I thought about it. I was going to work last night, so I took my laptop to the hospital.
Then I left it on the chair.
I was so sad last night that I forgot it, but when I went to the hospital in the middle of the night, no one reminded me of my laptop.
Did they forget?
I quickly said to Ming, “please drive me to the hospital.”
“What’s the matter? Did you leave your laptop there?”Ming looked at me.
I nodded.
I asked him as he drove, “my grandmother died. What should I do?”
No one told me what I should do yesterday, but I thought I should do something as her granddaughter.
“Her children will prepare for her funeral. You’re her granddaughter, so you just need to attend the memorial meeting.”
“Will they inform me?”
Ming’s words made me uneasy.
Would Jessica and Marlin not allowed me to attend the memorial meeting?
I had to control the time of the memorial meeting myself.
When we got to the hospital, I asked about my laptop at the service desk.
The nurse took me to a doctor. The doctor looked at me suspiciously.”I gave it to you when the patient died last night.”
“No!”
I said quickly.
The doctor looked puzzled.”I gave it to you. You wore a pink dress yesterday,” the doctor paused, “you had long hair yesterday.”
As soon as he said it, I understood.
He gave Molly my laptop.
I was speechless!
I thanked the doctor and called Molly.
It was a long time before she answered the phone.
Molly mocked me.”Why are you calling me?”
“Where is my laptop?”
I asked her directly.
“It’s here with me.”Molly said happily, “you want it?”
“My computer files are in it. Give it back to me!”I was grumpy.
In fact, most of the files were in the company’s computer, but if I didn’t have a laptop, it was not convenient for me to work at home.
If I bought another laptop, I would spend a lot of money.
I’d better get it back.
“It’s impossible!”Molly’s voice on the phone became vicious,” June, you know what you’ve done! If I can’t be with Sean, I’ll die with you!”
Her words reminded me of the photos I sent a few weeks ago.
I forgot it because I was worried about Sherry.
I snorted, “Molly, your private life is chaotic and just happened to be seen by me. It’s none of my business!”
“It would not have been like this without you! Do you think I don’t know? You told Sean that my private life was in a mess, or he wouldn’t have done that to me!”
“What did he do to you?”
I asked curiously.
Was what Sean said true?
Molly on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment and said,”I won’t give you back your laptop!”
“Oh.”
When I finished, I hung up.
Now Sherry was dead. I didn’t need to keep that money for anyone anymore.
I could buy a laptop.
I even wanted to buy the house Sherry left for me.
I asked a doctor. It turned out that Sherry’s body had been transported to the funeral home.
I asked the doctor for the funeral home number. When I called the funeral home, I found that Marlin had set a date for the memorial meeting.
It was early tomorrow morning.
The date of her burial was fixed, too.
But no one told me.
I called Lucius and I took those two days off.
I stood in the hospital and made a phone call for almost an hour before I remembered that Ming was still waiting for me.
I looked around and didn’t see him in the hospital.
When I went out, I saw him sitting on the bench beside the flower bed. He was looking around at people coming and going and seemed bored.
I ran over and said, “Ming, I’m sorry. I just made a few more calls.”
“It doesn’t matter.”Ming shook his head very kindly and asked, “have you finished calling? I’m free today. It doesn’t matter how long I wait for you.”
He said it naturally.
I looked at him and felt embarrassed. I didn’t know how to respond to him.
I was stunned for a while before I replied, “it’s OK. I’m done calling.”
“Well, let’s go to lunch.”
“OK.”
When I was with Ming, I felt like I was with my elder. I had a sense of security.
Was it because his name sounded like Marlin’s?
Ming took me to a vegetarian restaurant. I wasn’t used to it at first, but I thought the food tasted like meat and delicious.
Unconsciously, I ate more than usual.
He drove me to the company after we had lunch. On the way, he asked me, “when is the memorial meeting? I’ll drive you.”
“No, I…”
“Let me drive you. I don’t think you have a good relationship with your family. And taxi drivers don’t want to go there.”
I didn’t want to trouble him, but his words made me hesitate.
I didn’t speak so he said, “don’t worry about troubling me. I started that hospital. I don’t need to ask for leave.”
I hesitated and told him the time of tomorrow’s memorial meeting.
The next morning, Ming waited for me at my door and drove me to the funeral home for the memorial meeting.
When I got to the door, I saw Jessica sitting on the table at the door, recording the guests.
When she saw me, she was surprised. She asked me unhappily, “who told you about the memorial meeting today?”
“She’s my grandma. Are you not going to let me come here?”
I asked her.
Jessica looked at me and impatiently said, “go in!”
I entered the memorial meeting with a paper flower according to the rules. I put it in the box in front of the coffin.
Then I got up and looked at Sherry in the coffin.
Sherry’s eyes were closed and she lay in the coffin in peace. She was made up so she looked like she was asleep.
At this moment, I finally understood that Sherry would never wake up again. She really left me!
I just thought my eyes were covered with water vapor.
But I heard it was not good that tears fell in the coffin. I fought back tears and turned away.
I heard someone behind me say,” she’s June. I heard Sherry loved her so much. She’s not crying now.”
“She returned to Carter Family for money. She is really ungrateful.”
Another said.