Page 439 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

dishonesty."

" They made me angry sometimes. Tonight I saw two G.I. put
Mrs. Thu on the table. She cried while their hands ran on over her
body, and no one else says a word! "

" And you like a mad dog, came into their table to help Mrs. Thu.
"

" How did you know? "

" I looked at your face while you tell me about their actions. "

" Yes, " she looked down the floor, and in a low voice she
added:

" I could not stay out to see them force her down on the table,
and she was resisting and crying under their hands. "

" Were they drunk? " Nguyen looked at Phuong. " it was very
dangerous for you if they were drunk! " Nguyen said.

" No, Some of them thought the girl in the bar was their game so
they could play on her! "

Nguyen started at Phuong.

" They did for you too? " Nguyen asked, and he saw the tears
were running on her cheeks, after a moment of his sorrow, he said:

" Phuong, I am sorry to ask you about that. "

Phuong shook his head.

" Nothing ! they did it to me once, but they still touch me if they
had a chance. " in the sobbing voice, she replied.

" You know the story - If one fly drops into a bowl of soup, it
makes all of the soup in the dirty! The philosophy of life is different
between the east and west. Let's forgive and forget all of these

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