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Quote of My Daughter(15) 女兒語錄(15） — Jennifer’s World
When my daughter was nearly nine, I faced the danger of being sent back to a forced labor camp. I had no choice but to flee my country, leaving her behind with her father to manage without me. A year later, still having not found me, the police took her father away to an unknown place.
女兒將滿九歲時，我面臨再次被關進勞教所的危險，不得不遠遁他鄉，留下了她與她父親相依為命。一年後公安抓不到我，就將她父親抓到了不知何地。
On my daughter’s tenth birthday I phoned her to wish her a happy birthday. She said,
“I am not happy at all!”
女兒十歲生日那天，我打電話給她，祝她生日快樂，她說：「我一點也不快樂！」
Tears welled up in my eyes. I asked her, “Is there any news about your father?”
淚水湧上了我的眼睛。我問她：「有爸爸的消息了嗎？」
“It’s all your fault! It’s all your fault!” was her answer…
「都是你害的！都是你害的！……」
「……」
I was speechless. Coldly she said from the other end of the line, “Do you have anything else to say?”
我說不出話來。她在電話那頭冷冷地問：「你還有事兒嗎？」
Tears flooded down my cheeks. I knew she didn’t mean to hurt me so deeply, and that these weren’t really her own words — she must have heard them from others. Still, my heart ached all the same.
