EPILOGUE
 
 

Life is a smile even though there
are tears in your eyes.

(the last words in my mother's diary)
 

I have come back, Mum.

The released prisoners are usually overwhelmed with happiness. The day of my release turned to be one of the unhappiest in my whole life. Didn’t I ask you to wait for me, Mum? Why didn’t you listen to me? Why were you in such a hurry? It was only a matter of a few days. Why couldn’t you wait?

I returned home a few hours after you had left for the better world and was standing in the middle of your room. You shouldn’t have worried so much, Mum. I have been fully acquitted. Can you hear the telephone ringing? There are calls from all over the world from people who cared for me and wished me well.

Do you remember you once told me that Life has no end? That people come to this world like stars which flare up for a short moment and then become dim and disappear into the unknown world.

Listen, Mum!

I’m so willing to achieve everything we have discussed with you. I want your grandchildren to receive good education - the best in the world! - and to live long and happy lives. I’ll have to plunge into work speeding up time that flies so fast! What is a decade when you look back? Just a fleeting moment.

My day (or maybe night) will inevitably come. I’ll look back at my life before disappearing into the Eternity. I’m no longer afraid to leave this world because I know you’ll meet me there and hug me the way you used to. We’ll sit down together by your favorite flowers. There are so many things I want to tell you! We’ll always be together and nothing will ever put us apart! And I know we’ll be happy, Mum!

We have the right for Happiness.