Page 159 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

“Your son made me cry all day at the Guot bus-park. I may
want to die if I could not find him.” In the bulk of words, she
said.

“Oh. My God...! My-Trinh. I am sorry... I do not know
about these things.” He started at Nguyen. “Nguyen, why did
you do that for your mother.”

Nguyen looked at the floor, while his mother kept silent in a
moment, then she said:

“You just said you would train him to be a good boy...!”

“Yes; He is a good boy. One thing I knew that he loved his
root. Sometimes we felt sorry to be away from village too.”

“But this time is dangerous.”

“So, I am sorry...” He looked at Nguyen and added:

“From now you must give up your dream. Do not go back to
the village. If you do not listen to me, you will get a lot of
trouble.”

“Yes, father.”

“Nguyen. How you went back the Gout while they fought
out there?” In comforting Nguyen father asked.

Nguyen looked at his father in a moment and said:

“I ran across the field toward the large dike, and from the
large dike, I walked back to the Guot bus-park at night.
He continuing:

I walked back to the Guot bus-park at night. And I met a
mom on the waiting chair in the bus-park while I am looking for

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