Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 452

“I’ll take it from here,” Bang!
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“Wah!” I was astonished. “You swung your fist, he ducked, he kicked you in the shin, you ducked, and then an actual duck came!”
“Yeah that doesn’t usually happen, but that duck knocked your father out so we will have to thank it.” Scratching his head, Tao
returned to my Ba and proceeded to call the authorities and drag my father out of the room. “It was nice knowing you,” He
continued, “now that you kno w who I am we can never speak again. You shall go to the west part of Shanghai, under a restaurant,
there you will find a new family with a new identity for you. Grow and soon forget about me, don’t dwell in your past.”
I stared at the floor, unsure of what to do. I just lost Ba whom I thought I could trust, and now I was about to lose another person
in my life. A person who I took for granted. Someone that I thought was a pain and just a chore to visit, was about to leave me.
“I will obey your orders.” I said under my breath. “But you must promise that in 20 years time, you will tell my father, I forgive
him.”