It is too foggy for the enemy to leave my house now ……
Chapter 1
No one can forget the events immediately leading to their deaths. And if only he had confessed to my parents in 2006 that he had slept with me, then everything would have been better for all of us, including God concerned. God hates liars.
Chapter 2
A criminal can never erase his footprints enough even if he has eliminated all tools and appliances used in the act before he leaves the scene of crime. Never mind about his conscience the 良心，and ruling out the “sin” part in the Christian believes.
It is all about how smart he is. And that was how the man by the name of てつや や まがみ who shot 普三 安倍 the Japanese Prime Minister was subsequently apprehended and brought to justice. But was it justice for the entire nation and justice for his poor mother? Was Shinzo Abe actually the best Prime Minister that ever was for Japan? Only the native knows. I don’t. And I am in no mood to criticize a departed man and talk politics.
Today I just want to find out if he had gone into heaven. All departed souls go to heaven. And heaven is where the heart is.
We all tell our immediate family where we would want to go after we have passed into the next world. I am nowhere near departure, so I shan’t reveal where I want to go to. I don’t even like to tell others where I intend to go to when I step out of my house.
I value my privacy more than anyone I know.
“How old are you?” the Grab driver asked.
“You guess,” I said, that is when I feel like talking to him. Coz guessing brings us closer.
“So, you are a lady of leisure.” This sounds like an old acquaintance whom I disliked. I felt annoyed. The same tone a different voice.
She was my colleague in Law School. Being a year older she went in and became my senior. And she was the first to introduce me to the Bible. They were called the “Navigators” in the 1980s.
I was educated in Chinese, so that at the time, I couldn’t understand what she was trying to get at. Jesus Christ was still new to me. I can’t say that the Man has not saved me before, and I still pray the Rosary at times. I watch American movies and am a fan of several Caucasian actors.
But when I told my Chinese friends that I speak to Jesus in English, a panic alarm was sent across. Several attempts were made to induce me to enter into the Christian settings in Chinese. Why do I have to relearn the Biblical names in Chinese when in fact it was first taught in English in which I am conversant in praying to Him?
But I rarely talk to Him. He knows where I am.
Back to 安倍。It was on 8 July 2022 that he was assassinated. Almost four years have elapsed. He was a good friend of Singapore.
Chapter 3
We have moved on. But history remains. And memories do not fade. We can’t live without our memories. Destroying a person’s memory is cruel and unkind. Only Satan would do that. Satan is the most condemned character in the Bible.
I study English, but I have known enough vocabulary to read the Bible.
We sometimes call Satan S.A. Tan. No, we are not making fun of the Bible. We are just a little nation, who are still quite stupid, and would like to believe that regardless, we have a sense of humour.
Afraid of the Nipah virus now. So, I try to avoid going out.
Chapter 4
Then who keeps me company? It’s my dog Elaine.
Elaine is my best friend for now. She is a bitch. But I love her, even though I know that she is a canine. I am not alone. A lot of people think that dogs make better friends.
We adopted Elaine some three years after Arthur our cat, when she was born.
Cats typically last 12 to 15 human years, and 1 cat year is 15 years human life. So that cats are always at age one. They never turn old. They either die before they turn one, or never.
When Arthur had contracted pneumonia and died, both Leo and I were heart broken, and we swore that we were not going to adopt another animal after Elaine.
Elaine is ok. We can bring her out, except that he is confined to the estate. We don’t see dogs in many public places. She can travel, but not for a holiday.
That is ok.
She shits everywhere in our apartment. And that is extremely troublesome. I pick up her doggy poo several times a day. Leo has never been made responsible for this.
The first dog year is equivalent to 15 human years. The second equals 9 human years. So that dogs live 24 years maximum. That means that dogs can only celebrate a 2 year birthday.
Chapter 5
This morning at breakfast Molly suddenly spoke to Leo, “Why don’t you write a will,” she said.
“Huh? Will? What for?” Leo replied.
“So that if anything happens to you, I would be able to claim for your inheritance,” Molly said.
“But …. But …. “ Leo said.
“We are not officially married, our union is not recognised in law,” she lamented.
“But then we have been together for so many years!” Leo said.
“At most it is a common law marriage,” she continued.
Common law marriages are not claimable without a valid will.
“But then where would the money go to?” Leo was puzzled.
“I don’t know, you might be having another woman outside, I have no idea.”
“Why would you say that darling?” “I have been as faithful as a puppy.” Leo protested.
“You have been coming home late in the evenings recently,” Molly complained.
“That does not mean that I was unfaithful. Do you see me outside with another woman?” Leo carried on.
“Not yet, I still don’t have any evidence.” Molly.
“Evidence! What evidence do you want???” Leo.
“Evidence of your bad behaviour,” Molly.
“Well, if you want, I could fabricate some for you …. if that makes you happy ….” Leo gave up.
“Ok, done!” and with that Molly closed the topic of conversation.
Chapter 6
Leo was perturbed, but not unhappy.
He and Molly had been living with each other for at least a decade. Arthur was adopted at four and he took another 6 years from Leo and Molly until all revenues were exhausted before the feline would call it quits. Meaning that Arthur died young, since cats are allotted 15 years. After that the landlord stepped in and stopped them from adopting another feline, so they moved to a smaller house.
At least the new landlord allowed them to keep Elaine. Elaine is a beagle.
And beagles are similar to foxhound. Molly sometimes brings her beagling.
Chapter 7
Today Elaine saw Molly collapsed on the floor, it inclined its ears to hear what she was saying: “Dear God, I pray that Elaine will live long. Please grant her the maximum life span of at least twenty years allotted to dogs.”
Oh, she is praying for me. Elaine thought to herself.
At dinner that evening, Molly presented Leo with just a chunk of beef and two pieces of broccoli.
“That’s all I can cook for tonight,” Molly said.
“You can’t think of other dishes??” Leo asked.
“What would you like?” Molly asked.
“Use your own brains.” Leo became angry.
“Hey! Why are you in such a bad mood?” “I didn’t do anything,” Molly protested.
“Precisely, it is because you didn’t do anything,” the man explained.
“So, apart from cooking and cleaning dog shit, what else do you want me to do?” the poor woman responded.
Leo moved away from the dining table, leaving Molly bewildered.
Molly looked at the used plates and cups, she picked them up and went to the kitchen, quietly she cleaned up the leftovers and gave them to Elaine.
At least Elaine is nice to me! Molly was crying inside her heart.
From that moment Molly decided that she must leave Leo. The best way to do it is to get a woman to seduce him. Once it is his fault, then she could just drain his account and leave. And then, if Leo still refuses to release evidence that he had slept with another woman, Molly will need to get Jack the P.I. of Spider’s Bureau to procure the evidence.
These evidence Molly would show it to Leo to prove infidelity as a reason to walk out on him. Although they need not prove it to the courts that they are divorced, since they were only married in church.
Damien was the paster who performed the ceremony at the time. But he had since become late. No notice was given to Molly. “I believe church is the best place where unions are formed,” he helped Leo in the idea of marriage without the registry, “after all, most people marry in church, especially if they had found their partners from a church gathering.”
Chapter 8
You can’t make others steal when they have no intention to steal. Likewise, you shouldn’t encourage others to kill themselves, unless you are absolutely sure that they would have killed themselves by some other more lethal means. But if the person is already on his way to a meeting with the Almighty, then you must accompany him. Whether the Almighty would allow him to return is another matter. This is not abetment. This is just letting nature takes its course. And this is just being polite as you respect a person’s own decision making.
So today Leo tried to find out who Elaine’s God is, as he sees her praying at night before they go to bed.
She would light a candle, then take out her Rosary, and then meditate for at least half an hour. During which time she is oblivious to her surroundings. The candle continues to shine, and Leo is rather annoyed I would say, having to wait for her in bed together with Elaine.
“I have never gone to Mass with her before,” Leo thought to himself. “Maybe I should follow her to one and see if she had been there seducing other parishioners.”
“Dear, where would you like to go?” Leo asked during dinner.
“Huh? Where?” innocently Elaine asked.
“Like, a place of worship,…..” Leo replied.
“But you don’t go to church!” Elaine replied.
“But I would like to follow you if you have been travelling there,” Leo said.
“Travelling!” Elaine said, “Why don’t we go to South Africa,”
“NO. I mean in Singapore,” Leo was crossed.
“I don’t want to go to a church in Singapore, I want you to bring me to a place of worship overseas,” Elaine said.
“Then no deal.” Leo said.
“So, you are not following me?” Elaine was quite happy.
Inside Leo, he was getting fumed up.
He left the dining table without collecting the rest of the food on his plate.
Inside the kitchen. “PANG!” A plate was dropped.
Leo rushed to the kitchen. “What happened?” he asked.
“No, nothing,” Elaine responded immediately.
“You broke my plate!!!” Leo shouted.
“No, I didn’t. It fell onto the floor by itself.”
“How can a plate drop by itself? It can’t fly. You must have done it.”
“Do you want me to pick up the pieces?” Elaine asked.
“OMG! You lost your brains!” Leo shouted.
And with that Leo stormed out of the kitchen, back to his favourite spot in front of the television.
The screen was just showing one of the serials from “Squid Game.”
And then Elaine heard laughter from Leo.
Why is he so happy? I thought I just broke one of his favourite plates?!
Chapter 9
Since Molly read the news aloud to her, Elaine had been in a bad mood.
Molly used to admire the Japanese. Of course, as her canine companion Elaine should know.
It’s time to go down. I need to pee.
“Woof! Woof!” Elaine shouted at the top of her vocal cord.
“Woof! Woof!” Molly responded.
When Molly does that, I know that she is telling me to wait. Elaine thought to herself.
Then, “Keep quiet!” Molly said to Elaine again.
After Molly had logged out of her computer and changed into a new set of clothes, she brought Elaine down.
Today Elaine saw a new friend.
He is good looking! Elaine thought to herself.
And there is no better way to introduce herself to her new friend except to woof at him.
“Woof!” then,
“Woof! Woof!” followed by,
“Woof! Woof! Woof!” Elaine began to court the Silky Terrier.
Silky started to bark at Elaine.
Who is the master of Silky? Elaine thought to herself.
She waited for a long time, but Silky’s master never came to claim ownership.
After a while, she saw Silky went up the road and disappeared into one of the staircases.
Elaine continued to pursue him, and then at the entrance to a first-floor unit, a door was ajar.
She must be inside. Elaine thought.
“Woof! Woof!” Elaine.
“Woof! Woof! Woof!”
Chapter 10
Today Molly plucked up the courage to bring Elaine out for a walk outside the estate.
Elaine started to bark even before she reached the ground floor.
“Keep quiet,” Molly said. But Elaine doesn’t recognize this command now. She had connected with Silky.
“Woof woof woof woof woof woof,” the bitch started. She was looking for Silky; it was to tell Silky to come down and join her as well.
But Alas! It only disturbed the neighbours.
And then, “Hey! Molly!” a male voice.
“Who are you?” Elaine heard Molly speak.
“I recognize you by your dog,” the man said.
“Oh, I didn’t realize, am I the only person with a beagle?”
“Seems to be, your beagle has a nice coat pattern,” the man started talking.
“Oh yeah, there were more than one, I like Elaine’s that was why I choice her, “Molly said.
“Let me bring my dog out, just a minute,” he followed suit.
Elaine was overjoyed when she saw that it was Silky.
“Wooo, oooo, ….,” Elaine. But Silky was less talkative.
He must be hiding something. Elaine thought to herself. Let me find out.
Chapter 11
“Why is Elaine in such a splenetic mood?” A splenetic situation occurs when the mind becomes incoherent as thoughts rambling.
When Elaine was barking after Leo had just brought her down for a pee, Leo was annoyed.
“She is usually quite well behaved, what did you do to her?”
“Nothing, I brought her down,”
“I know, but where?”
“Oh, she peed at the same spots,” Molly replied.
“Mind if you tell me specifically which spots?” Leo asked.
Molly turned and she switched off her lamp by the bed.
Flabbergasted, Leo patted Elaine, then decided to cover himself until Elaine stopped barking. He had no idea that Elaine found a companion.
Inside Molly’s brains she was thinking of how to get Leo to write his will. And then at midnight when Elaine started barking again. The plans had already been lodged.
Chapter 12
Molly have been having the same recurring dream that everyone refused to take a photo with me at my birthday party.
It disturbed Molly as she couldn’t recall what clothes she was wearing in her dreams, and which birthday. So that she picked a random piece. But the moment she came out she realised that she was in the wrong attire. The sun was hot and everyone was in thin, nylon clothing.
Elaine was of course excited, and she dragged her straight towards the staircase that Silky disappeared in.
Molly of course knew what was happening.
The moment she went near the block, she heard Silky barking. “Woof! Woof!”
And then a man came out.
Molly could not believe her eyes.
This was a cache of Richard Gere!
She paused, bright-eye and bushy-tailed, she said “Good morning, sir!” to the man.
“I do not have a helper you want to come in and clean?”
“Oh, no, no, no, …. “ and she immediately turned to Silky and said, “Woof! Woof!”
The man looked at her with amusement, took the leash and pulled Silky away, “bitch,” he said.
Elaine was very upset. Why he called me a bitch???
So rude!!!
“Call me rich!” the man dropped the sentence and started to walk.
Frozen, Molly said, “ok,” and started to follow him, as Elaine was also pulling Molly in the same direction.
“Are you ok?” the man talked as he walked.
“Oh yes of course I am, especially seeing you now …. “
“May I know your name, sir?” tentatively Molly asked.
“Rich, I thought I just told you,”
“I am sorry, I know you are rich, sorry I should have asked.” Molly complied.
The man laughed.
“You silly, my name is Richard,”
“Oh, I see …. “ Molly put on her best smiles.
“Your beagle is a female right?” the man said.
“How did you know?!” Molly was genuinely surprised.
“I know enough about dogs than most people, I can see by their appearance,” And then he paused, “I used to be a veterinarian,” he winked his eyes.
“Then, is Silky a male or a female?” She asked.
The man looked at Molly again, this time with a quizzical eye, “I thought I told you,”
“Huh?” again Molly couldn’t understand him.
By this time the two dogs are already fully acquainted with each other and were frolicking around.
Suddenly the man pulled Silky away, and then Molly realised that they had reached the staircase where Richard lives.
How did he know that Elaine was a bitch? And then Molly suddenly realised that she was using a fuchsia pink for Elaine’s leash.
Molly was beginning to fall for Richard the Rich man.
They say old enemy can exploit fresh toil.
The next day was a rainy day, so that Molly could not bring Elaine for a walk at the estate.
She waited the entire day to chance with Richard, but the man was not there when she brought Elaine down. Only a few cars with remnants of rainwater collected on their bodies greeted Molly. And Elaine as usual peed at her usual spots.
Chapter 13
Sometimes we don’t know the consequences until we have made a mistake. And we depend on the good people around us to show us how we have affected others badly.
The moment Molly stepped into the house, she sensed something different.
It was not until she went to the back of the living room at the corner where cabinets were displayed that she found that Leo had bought a Lady Buddha.
Satori 悟り immediately seized upon her, and she bowed down and prayed, until Leo came behind her and patted her on the shoulder, “are you praying in English or Chinese?” he asked.
“It’s between me and my God.” Molly was defiant.
“Ok, as you say so,” and then Leo added, “don’t forget that I paid for the Lady Buddha.”
“Woof!” Elaine barked in acquiescence.
The poor woman was devastated. But she remained determined to see Richard again.
Elaine started to howl again. “Wooo, oooo …. “
Leo pulled Elaine’s leash aside, “I will walk her today,”
“But she just came up,” Molly said.
“Oh, I thought you brought her to the market,”
Molly immediately went into the kitchen to cook. At dinner, she then realized that Leo had not come up with Elaine.
Where could they be?
At 9:00 pm, Molly decided to pack up the dinner plates and put the dishes into the sink to wash.
At 10:00 pm, Leo was still in the garden ….
At 11:00 pm, Molly heard the door click, signaling Leo’s return. She quickly pulls the blanket over her face and pretended to be asleep.
The next morning Leo woke up and saw that Molly had gone down for a walk with Elaine before he went out.
She was disappointed that Richard was not at the garden.
“Elaine, where is Silky?” she spoke.
After three minutes, Richard appeared with Silky.
“Where were we last night?”
“Last night? I thought we met in the morning?” Molly retorted, she was still fresh in her memory.
The same Richard brought her up the path where the other houses were. He let Silky peed at her regular spots before he would talk to Molly again.
“So, you want to apply for a job in my company?”
“Yes, of course, any position,” Molly was happy.
“Then how about my personal assistance?” Richard said.
“Of course! Thank you Sir!”
“Come by tomorrow morning,” Richard replied.
With this employment prospect, Molly was happy to follow Elaine back to the house. She forgot that Elaine had not peed yet.
Half an hour later, she found Elaine peed on the console where the statue of Lady Buddha stood.
“OMG! OMG! …. ”
She took out a cane and hit Elaine!
No one knew who supplied Molly with the cane and no one knew why Leo bought the statue.
But for now, Molly had secured an appointment with Richard.
Chapter 14
Do dogs tear? I don’t know. Neither does Molly.
Leo took over the walking of Elaine as well as cooking.
Molly went to work at Richard’s office.
And then Elaine stopped howling at night.
Silky had disappeared from the grounds and Richard and Molly became a pair in Tableware Kitchen.
Do dogs recognize dogs of their own breed when they see each other? I know that they cannot recognize their own reflection in the mirror. And I know that because as Molly, I have reared dogs before.
And Leo knows that all Molly wanted was to get a job instead of looking after Elaine.
Elaine was a woman that she knew a long time ago who had helped her find herself. An old acquaintance I would say.
Or you could call her your 闺蜜, meaning your confidant.
She was not love with Silky. I think that dogs know who’s who in their own dimensions.
But poor Leo, he had become the helper of Molly, who now looks after the entire estate.
This of course, is a secret between him and Richard.
Who is the enemy? She is in the house.
Her name is Elaine.
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