I Will Always Remember You - Hmong Sad Love Story

Chapter 11: A Familiar Face

That man stopped all those other mens as he walked closer to me. "Son, I am your father that you lost when your mom took you away from me." He says as I stare at him in total shock. He walks closer and closer to me until he pulls me into a deep hug. "I'm so glad I found you. Son, now that I've found you, I won't let you suffer anymore. You're coming home with me." He says. I'm in shock, this is my dad?! I thought my dad was gone. As we were making our way back to my dad's house. I look back to Grandpa Va's house and think about all the memories I had when it was just me and Grandpa Va. 3 days later. I'm back at my original home where I was born. My dad gave me a tour of the house and place. "Son, I am very sorry about what happened. Your mom stole you away from me and ever since then, I tried to look everywhere for you but I couldn't find you at all. Your mom hid you away so I couldn't find you anywhere I go. I went to many places and many lands but still couldn't find you. I'm glad I found you now." My dad says. "You're my dad? What's your name?" I ask. "My name is Vang Ger." He says. I took a moment of silence before yelling out. "Do you know how much suffering and pain I went through my whole life?! My mom threw me into a family that didn't even want me! They treated me like shit, I rather die than go through all that! I was so sick but they threw me outside and made me sleep at the farmhouse all alone! If it wasn't for that old man that saved me, I would've been dead by now! And then I lost him, he was like a true grandpa to me!" I screamed as much as I could. My dad stared at me for a bit before pulling me into another big hug. "I'm very sorry about what happened to you son, but now that I've found you, I won't let you suffer anymore." Days passed and I wonder how Crystal is doing. I tried going back to Grandpa Va's place again but my dad didn't let me go. I also tried sneaking but he had his eyes on me. My dad was so happy he found me that he killed chickens to call my spirit and ask a shaman to come fix me and tie a string onto my wrist to be his son again. Days after that he came home and told me that he applied for visas for us to move to the U.S. I was so shocked that I had to let Crystal know but I was so busy helping my dad farm and get ready to leave that I didn't have time to find her. Also, Crystal never came into my dream or tried to even look for me. Did she forget me? On the day I leave to the U.S. I decided to forget about Crystal because she never came looking for me. Maybe she found someone new. 4 years later. It has been 4 years now and me and my dad already moved to the USA living a good life. I am now 25 years old. One day on my day off, my friends called me and asked if I wanted to go fishing with them so I did. We went fishing for a whole day for some stripers. I had a weird feeling that day but I couldn't seem to find out what I was feeling. We got 4 stripers so far and everyone seems to be hungry so we decided to go home. I went to bed that night. I then woke up to what felt like wind and somewhere familiar. I open my eyes and look around me. I was back at the river where me and my friends went fishing but it was dark and no one was around. I then saw a girl wearing a white dress, long black hair, green eyes, and a beautiful face approaching me.