Louis has not come to visit me today. Maybe he is still a bit upset in his heart with me after what happened yesterday with my anger. We have our engagement party soon and I think it is not good to start an engagement with bad feeling, so I take out my pen and paper and write him a small note:
To my sweet Louis,
I am sory.
I am sory that I was angry and that I hurt your feelings.
Plees forgiv me.
That is all.
From
Harper明华Míng Huà Eve
I put a very important URGENT word on the envelope and will ask my dad to give this to Louis as fast as he can.
There is a knock at my door. It is the lady who brings us food. Her name is ‘Angel Chow’. I think it is strange that she is an angel because her food tastes like cardboard and looks like poo. But I do not tell her this personal private information.
She leaves the room and I push her food to one side. I use my mind to think about all my favourite foods:
Oodles of udon noodles
Baskets of egg tarts
Spring rolls, handmade by Wài Pó with love
Steamed chicken with ginger and spring onion sauce
Hawaiian pizza
Chocolate cake
Red bean soup.
Now, I see myself with Louis in the kitchen. The table is set for two with a candle in the middle. Our first course is the spring rolls. We have one plate each. I dip the fried roll into sweet chilli sauce and take a crunchy bite.
YUMMMMM.
Louis and me smile and cheers with cans of Coke. We are not shy as we feed each other spoonsful of steamed chicken and rice, slices of Hawaiian pizza and we even share one long noodle, sucking on it until our lips touch. The walls are whispering to one another as we kiss. We finish the hot and spicy udon noodle soup – hot and spicy hot and spicy hot and spicy – and then have one egg tart.
Dessert. Louis looks into my eyes and gives me a slice of warm chocolate cake topped with custard and a little vanilla ice cream. His eyes are sparkling.
We cross arms and give each other red bean soup. It is warm and sweet.
The taste of ginger and cane sugar are still on my tongue a long time after I finish eating.
Even though I am not allowed to have these foods right now because the doctor says they are not good for my heart, I can still eat them in my eyes-wide-open dream, shared with Louis, with love.