Shanghai Nobody_A Novel by Vann Chow

Author:Vann Chow [Chow, Vann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2015-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26: Game

Shirley and Simon lived in an luxury apartment on the waterfront, over looking the Charles River. If I simply look at the apartment building that looked like it was made out of glass, I could easily thought that this was back Shanghai.

There was a little park behind it where Jessie could play so the two of us could get a moment of peace. Marvey and I sat on the edge of one of the big flower beds and watched Jessie climbed on top a plastic pirate ship together with some other kids. There was no cultural barrier when it comes to playing pirate.

Life at this point had made a ridiculous turn. I had a girlfriend, I had a kid who could be practically my own if I so choose, since Paula would not have time to object, and I had arrived in America. This was half of the Chinese dream completed, if not all of it. It made me realize that life was all about making a move. I might not have played all my moves in the best way in this chess game of life, but if I did not move, there was no game. I felt proud of myself for the second time in the same day. The first time was when I managed to check Jessie in onto our flight by answering all the grilling questions the woman at the counter bombarded me with about every personal aspects of my life to find out if I am a potential smuggler, child kidnapper or a fatherly terrorist successfully. I had been worried about it for days about all possible worse-case scenarios that could keep him from going with me on this trip, one that he looked so much forward to. He even started watching English cartoons out of his own initiative. He said that was for when he could meet Captain America. He would settle for any of the members of the Avengers though, he confessed.

“You're amazing...” Marvey broke the silence first. “You're like a completely different person from the one I met in Shanghai.”

I asked her what does she meant.

“When I first met you, you were shy, and you didn't like speaking English, except to me, because you knew you could always switch back to Mandarin with me. This morning you were standing in front of the cameras as if you can't wait to show off.”

“I took classes.”

“Yes, I know. Shirley's classes,” she said. “I can't believe the two of you are together. But I am happy for you.”

We reminisced over those months we spent together in China. Then the apology came. I thought it might, because unlike any other woman, Marvey was a kind-hearted girl. She would not let such a thing slip.

“Sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you at the zoo. I was completely beside myself during that period. I was so sensitive about everything around Zhi I thought I would lose my mind.”

“Have you come out of it?” I asked concerningly, for she had gotten, as Shirley described, a bit too skinny to be healthy for a girl like her.

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