In New Zealand, since Marina learns that her condition is stable, she has become more active in the treatment than before. The final result requites a full body examination, which is the most painful thing for her. Her physical access to various instrument is a torment for her, however this time, she feels painful yet excited.
The result of final inspection doesn’t disappoint her. Her condition is very good, which means that she doesn’t need to be in this small room anymore, only a medication is enough to control it.
George hands the result to her and looks at the woman in tears. He then pats her shoulder comfortably, “Marina, congratulations.”
With his limit Chinese words, he calls her with her Chinese name. Although the pronunciation is still lame, still it gives people a pleasant feeling.
In recent years, except for Rex, no one has called her Chinese name like that for a long time.
“Thank you, George. I’ve waited this day for so long…”
Finally, she can go back and stays with Rex, she will fight for things that belonged to her!
Marina couldn’t even wait to choose a suitable time. After getting the result, she asks the man sent by Rex to book her a nearest flight.
It is already late at night when she arrives. She is wearing a long back coat with a red sweater in it, as though celebrating her arrival since so many years.
She wears a black wool benny, blocking half of her face from lips to chin. She stands outside the airport in the middle of winter, very eye-catching.
This time, she barely takes one suitcase, which is not filled with clothes or jewelry. It is the birthday gift that Rex has sent over the past years, as well as things that her parents left before.
For her, five years in New Zealand is too hard to kill time. Everything about it make her uncomfortable, thus she takes nothing and leave everything there. As long as she is back here, she doesn’t plan to go back.
Outside the airport, the assistant reminds her to walk to the high class black Bentely, “Ms. Marina, please.”
Marina takes a deep breath and walks to the car. Maxx gets out of the car and helps her to pull the door open. The compartment is clean. There are no wrinkles on the seat.
She stays still, her eyes dropping, the person feels kind of loss.
He doesn’t come after all.
Maxx barely wears a thin suit and feels a little cold, but still patiently gesture her to the car with his hand, “Ms. Marina, it’s cold, please get in.”
Rex has told him that Marina hasn’t fully recovered yet. She must not catch any cold or have any other accidents.
Marina then steps inside the car. She sits in the back seat. Once the door is closed, she looks at the various crowds on the street through the window. It is no longer blond-colored, but black hair and pupil.
Five years, it has been five years since the last time she was here.
Marina closes her eyes tightly, blocking the warmth that comes under her eyes.
What can you do in five years?
It is enough for Rex to become top from nothing, and also makes her change from a medical doctor into a withered patient.
Five years, 2628000 minutes, long yet temporary, one-sixteenth of her life. When she left, she is twenty-five years old. When she returns, she is thirty years old, which is the golden age of her life.
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