Chapter 90: With or Without You

'Thanks for the gift'

'You're welcome. Do you like it?'

'I like it... The ice cream cake is delicious, the doll is cute, the keychain is cute. That's a lot of gifts.'

'Great. Eat a lot to grow up fast.'

'Hey, I'm a big girl.'

'what? You're so small, so big from where?'

'No way! I'm big! I'm eighteen.'

Mai looked at her cellphone with a faint smile. Her smartphone displays chat rooms that have been inactive for more than two weeks. The last chat was read-only, with no reply. Mai waited for his reply all day, days until now. Nothing. Where is he?

The man just disappeared. It's been more than two months. Two weeks ago suddenly an unexpected package arrived, right on her birthday. The package that gave Mai a reason to send the boy a message, a thank you note that ended in a short chat, was too short. Though Mai wanted to chat more.