| I live with my mother. When I was a little girl, I | | | | man I called father. Every night, mother opened a |
| knew that I was different from the other children. | | | | box and took out a watch. She put the watch in |
| In our house, there were mother and me. But in | | | | my hand and told me joyfully that the watch was |
| other children's houses, they have their fathers. | | | | a Rolex watch and it was given by my father. |
| Mother was a proud woman. She told me that | | | | "It's mum's birthday gift. Your dad loves mum." |
| my father went to a city far away. He would | | | | The watch was bright and beautiful. I once took it |
| come back one day at last, my repeated it to | | | | as my toy. But my interest to it disappeared |
| me again and again. At first, I had great hope for | | | | gradually. I gave it back to mother. At my |
| my father's coming back. However, year after | | | | thirteen, grandma was seriouly ill. She was sent to |
| year, father didn't appear. I started to suspect | | | | the hospital and the doctores said that she |
| that mother was lying to me. Perhaps I didn't | | | | needed an operation right now. Grandma's |
| have a father. I was brought back home by my | | | | operation needed much money. We didn't have |
| mother from a mountain in our city, which my | | | | bank savings and mother's salary was just |
| grandmother told me. I once listened to grandma | | | | enough to feed our family. Mother decided to sell |
| and asked my mother why father hadn't gone | | | | the Rolex watch. I went to sell the watch with |
| back. Mother patted my head softly and spoke to | | | | her. In the pawnbroking shop, she took out the |
| me steadily, "you are too little now. After you | | | | watch, hoping the fat man before us would speak |
| grow up, your dad is sure to come back." I | | | | a good price. "This a replica rolex watch." The |
| repeated mother's answer to my grandma. She | | | | man looked at the watch and said it. "A replica |
| was very angry and shouted at mother, "You are | | | | rolex watch? You must be joking." Mother spoke |
| cheating your child. That bad man will not come | | | | with anger. The man's words seemed to insult |
| back. He has left you and gone abroad. Don't be | | | | her. "Ms, it is really a replica rolex watch. If you |
| silly. You must think everything for your child. Find | | | | don't believe me, you can go to the other shops. |
| her a new father and you two can live a better | | | | And I am sure the price I say to you is the |
| life." Mother didn't answer grandma. She just went | | | | highest one." Mother said nothing and left the shop |
| to the kitchen and prepared our meal. It seemed | | | | with the money that man paid. I was so sad for |
| that grandma was talking to the air. Though I | | | | her. In the taxi, she stared outside the car and I |
| couldn't get what grandma was saying, I | | | | saw tears slipping off her face. She was deepyly |
| remembered her words. Some years later when I | | | | hurt by the replica rolex watch. It is not a real |
| grew matrue enough to understand her words, I | | | | watch. Her love was like the watch which was a |
| came to know that I was abandoned by that | | | | false as well. |