Love After

When she was ten, she carried the five-year-old boy on her back beneath the blazing September sun. “You’re so useless. You can’t even buy something without falling over.” When he was twenty, he carried the twenty-five-year-old woman along a moonlit path. “How did you get this drunk after just a little bit?” Long ago, none of us knew who we would fall in love with, or what tangled feelings we would get caught up in. Now, he has caught up with her, while she has only just realized how she feels He says, “Time can’t change anything, and it can’t change my choice either, because my love for you has sunk into my bones with time. I can’t give it up.” She says, “How long must we wait, search, hold hands, and let go?” In this world, no one can save anyone else. And yet I’m still lucky, because for all these years, you’ve been someone I could lean on. He loved her later, but neither of us is too late. The print edition is now available on Dangdang.com with free shipping. Search for it and order a copy! Lan’s reader group: 62364065