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The black cat

The black cat came and brought me out of despair

By aleaxPublished 3 years ago 6 min read

I was more than two months pregnant and planning my wedding with my boyfriend when he died unexpectedly.

Originally to me all kinds of good future aunt took the key to the house, the future in-laws do not answer my phone.

Even more afraid of my children to fight for property, let me lose...

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When I heard the news of Piex's accident, I was lying on my back doing color Doppler ultrasound. The doctor asked me to take a picture and show it to Daddy.

And Piex fucking barges in here and tells me that Piex is dead!

One minute I'm surrounded by happiness, the next I'm spinning.

Even the doctor who examined me looked sympathetic.

I don't know how I got out of the hospital, but Piex was crying.

I was afraid of affecting others in the hospital, while comforting her while holding on, drove her back.

On the way, Piex's sister Liang Yongjie called and asked me first. When she heard that I was next to her, she hung up the phone and made an appointment to talk at home.

Just home, her sister and brother-in-law on the news came, with a sad face, but see my eyes are not quite right.

Her sister even asked me directly, afraid that I would be sad. They had other things to do later, so they didn't have time to take care of me. They asked me to go back to my mother's place first, and offered to send me back.

I was still in a dazed state and said I would drive to see Piex without her.

I heard he died instantly, but I'm gonna have to go see him.

Mary says it's too bloody for a pregnant woman to see. Don't go back to my house with Piex. Let me go back to my mom's.

Piex and I moved in a year ago. He has a house near his work. We live there.

At that time, I didn't quite understand what Mary meant, but I kept telling her to calm down and to call me if I could see Piex.

Mary said she was going to Piex's house to get him dressed, put him on, make him walk in a better way, and let me give her the key.

I was shaking, thinking that Piex, such an image-conscious person, should change into something a little more dressy. I told her that I would go back and get it. I knew what Piex liked.

"I'm his sister, and I know him better than you do. Don't go, or you'll be sad and bad for the baby." Mary held out her hand to me insistently and asked me to give her the key.

She was right. After I gave her the key, she saw that my hand was shaking a lot and worried about my state. After handing the key to her husband, she insisted on driving me back.

I float when I walk, so I gave her my car keys.

Can just open the door, a black cat silently darted to my feet, front PAWS grabbed hold of my calf, black long tail also rolled up me, amber eyes round staring, but also half tilted to look at me, as if to smile at me.

It was Butch, the black cat Piex had picked up.

On that rainy day, I worked overtime until about 10 p.m., he came to pick me up, smiled and said he had a surprise for me. Then he took out from his pocket a small black cat, which was only about the size of a hand, wet and dirty, and wrapped in layers of tissue paper.

Said he was down there waiting for me when he heard the cat meow, and it was black as charcoal, and he almost couldn't find it with his flashlight, so he called it Butch.

When I found out I was pregnant last month, Mary told me that keeping a cat was not good for pregnant women. She insisted on bringing it back to her mother.

Piex also brought a can of cat. After looking for it for several nights, he couldn't find it. He was upset and said he shouldn't have sent it to his mother.

I carved a Butch when I made my woodcarving toys.

This will look at Butch holding my leg, my eyes suddenly sour, it is this is what he knows, so he came back.

I bent down and picked up Butch, who had been out for nearly a month and was still sleek.

Even when I picked it up, Mary looked a little strange, but that didn't stop me from holding the cat.

Butch is a good boy. He stays in my arms and rubs against me every now and then.

Passing by the gate of a kindergarten, just to see a child in the exercise, skipping, really lovely.

After I found out that I was pregnant, Piex was so excited that he was a fool. He spent the night wondering if it was a boy or a girl, what his name was, and then where to go to kindergarten and elementary school, and whether it would be better to go to Tsinghua or Peking...

The next day, she hurriedly dragged me to get the license. After delay because of my unstable pregnancy, she directly bought a house in the most expensive school district in our local area with full money.

This will look at those jumping children, I touched the belly, as if this reaction, the child's father - not in!

At that time, I only felt like vomiting. I don't know whether it was morning sickness or carsickness. I had a severe headache, and it seemed that there was something holding my stomach against my chest.

But Mary stopped the car, and I got out of the car, and I held the trash can for a long time, and I couldn't throw up.

Butch followed and stood on the edge of the green belt next to the trash can, turning his head to look at me, as if his eyes were full of worry, his long tail brushing my hand.

I was so sick that I was paralyzed, and when I got in the car, Butch was on my shoulder, holding out his PAWS like he was patting me on the back.

After retching all the way, Mary walked me to the front door, said hello to my parents, got me safely, let my parents take care of me, and left.

She came and went hurriedly and stiffly.

My parents don't know what happened and keep asking me if I had a fight with Piex.

My dad also told me that I must have cursed Piex, because he's so good-natured.

Seeing Butch, he was surprised to find him.

"They say you can't hold a cat or a dog when you're pregnant." My mother reached for it, and Butch, who had been motionless in my arms, promptly jumped to the ground.

My father saw that I was not in a good mood, so he showed me the nursery of the school district house. He said that it would be like this first, and when his grandson went to school, he would change the toy rack next to it into a small desk and bookshelf.

Piex is a good modeler. Together, they will build a slide for Baby on the balcony.

Even showed me the renderings on the tablet, said it was for the most high-end customers, not so much.

I knew he was trying to make me happy, but looking at the warm renderings of the baby's room on the tablet and my dad's smiling face, I thought of Piex coming home these nights and tinkling with all kinds of toys, saying that the materials bought outside were not up to scratch, and his little treasure had to be made by himself.

But he was gone...

That kind of wooden feeling, suddenly become sharp Yue.

It's like having a thorn in your palm. You can't feel the pain until you pull it out. The sharp pain seemed to run through the whole body.

I threw myself into my mother's arms and cried.

Butch, with a whimper, huddled beside me and patted me with his PAWS.

Young Adult

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