When I _____

When I ______, she said,

you'll be free, but remember 

Pastor Liu owes me five thousand dollars, here is 

the note she wrote 

Look, that's her signature. 

Don't ______, mom. 

She didn't reply. 

 

My debit card is with your father, he can have

the four thousand dollars

in there, for coming to visit me, his

divorced wife with cancer. 

Don't 

______, mom. She 

just smiled. 

 

Look, you're a woman, she said,

Be kind and gentle, be soft like

Water 

Never divorce, she said. Work on 

your marriage and tolerate him. 

Don't ______ 

______,

Mom. 

 

When she ______, I called

Her friends, they all cried

Including Pastor Liu, who was no longer a

Pastor 

she told me 

Your mother was a good person, if she knew how 

Broke I am, she wouldn't 

Want her money back 

 

Then I talked to my father

Yes, I have her debit card, but

There is only fifty dollars

iIn there, do you want it? 

 

I betrayed her too, my mother 

I divorced him, I was not soft like

Water.