A Change of Heart

by Sophia Lieo

The telephone was ringing. I picked up the receiver and answered. As soon as I heard the voice from the other end of the line, I knew who it was.

That man! He was like a mosquito buzzing around me. He was the Satan that I wanted to get rid of. His flowers were thrown away by me. As for his letter, I didn't even open it. I forwarded his unopened present to others. When he rang, I hung it up. More hatefully, when I saw his love poster, I tore it down with rage. He seemed to me a ghost always haunting me. Each time he came to the dormitory and called me up, I just wanted to dig a hole to hide myself in it. I had told him I have a boyfriend but he shamelessly said he would wait for me till I get married. He just stirred up my loathing. Eventually, I refused to answer his call. If I had not cared about my roommate, I would have cut the telephone line in my room. Except going to class, I would not take one step out of my room. Even now, I hope that he would go to hell, so that I would not see him again.

For a few months, he seldom appeared in from of my eyes. Thank God! I got peace once again and could breathe freely. I led my life as usual: go to class, make reports, hand in papers, burn the midnight oil for an exam. Day after day, I got used to my school life without his disturbance. During this period of time, I gradually forgot this shadow in my life.

Then again he phoned me. What did he want now? He told me that recently he was trying to court another girl and asked how he could avoid the same mistake he had made when courting me. I gave him some advice half in joking, and then said goodbye.

After I hung up the telephone, a drop of tear fell down my cheek, followed by another drop, and another. All of a sudden, an uncertain sense of loss came over me. I could not but let the tears fall. Nevertheless, I realize it will be the first and the last time that I cry for him.

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