Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4567 | Page 233

Cheng took out his phone and dialed Xiu. He asked her “What happened?” she answered, “What are
you talking about?” He replied, “Bo told me that the two of you are getting a divorce”. She exclaimed
“WHAT?!” Cheng replied “Nothing, never mind.” Then he looked around and realized that Bo was missing.
Cheng rang Bo but Bo didn’t pick up the call. After half an hour Bo called Cheng and told Cheng to
meet him at the Shanghai Library.
Meanwhile, Bo sat in the library got into deep thoughts. He took his diary out of his backpack. Stared
at it for a moment and realized he had a story to tell. He started.
Dear Diary,
I tried drugs for the first time and realized that I haven’t lived the way I wanted to. I lived it the way other
people wanted me to. That should change. The change is happening, I can feel it happening. It’s time to be a
new man. I know that it’s time to lea
His pen stopped moving.