EPILOG

I RETURNED TO ANSHAN IN AUGUST, 2008. UNINTENTIONALLY, IT WAS AT THE START OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING.  I DID NOT PLAN THAT, IT WAS JUST THAT LI AHN HAD SOME FREE TIME AND SHE WANTED TO SPEND IT ALL WITH ME,NATURALLY I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY AND I ARRIVED IN SHENYANG AIRPORT AROUND THE 12TH OF AUGUST. SHE WAS NOT AT THE AIRPORT WHEN I ARRIVED, THE HEAD OF THE CHINA LOVE AGENCY WAS THERE TO MEET ME. RIGHT THEN I HAD A FEELING SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT LI AHN WAS IN ANOTHER CITY NEARBY-DALIAN. HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN SHE WOULD ARRIVE IN ANSHAN TO SEE ME-BUT IT WOULD BE SOON. THOUGH I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED- I HOPED THAT THIS WAS NOT A PERSONAL SNUB BY HER ONLY A CONFLICT OF SCHEDULES.
 I SPENT THE NIGHT AT A PLAIN BUT CLEAN HOTEL IN ANSHAN. THE NEXT DAY, THE AGENCY BOSS INFORMED ME THAT LI AHN WOULD BE COMING FROM DALIAN TO SEE ME IN THE EVENING. MY MOOD SOARED HIGHER THAN A 767 JETLINER!

IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, I WAITED IN THE HOTEL LOBBY FOR HER.
SHE ARRIVED AND SHE SMILED SO BEAUTIFULLY AT ME. WE  EMBRACED AND KISSED AND FOR ME- THE WORLD WAS MINE- I HAD EVERYTHING I WANTED OUT OF MY LIFE.
I ASSUMED SHE FELT THE SAME WAY.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THE CLOCK WAS RUNNING OUT ON OUR TIME AND OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.