Rose and Lily

Author: Yue Wei Xiao Tu

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Today was our first anniversary.

Edward went on a business trip abroad two months ago. Despite the time difference, he called me at 8 a.m. this morning, saying he had bought me my favorite flowers and asking me to pick him up at the airport tonight.

As soon as I put down my phone, the doorbell rang.

When I opened the door, the young delivery man said with a smile, "Madam, I wish you and your husband a happy anniversary and a long life together."

He was holding a bunch of white roses.

I took the flowers and said, smiling, "Thank you."

Then I closed the door, placed the flowers in the vase, and gently stroked the petals.

Actually, I didn't like white roses.

They were very delicate and wilted easily.

They were the favorite of my sister Carol.

But for the last year, I had been Carol.

My phone on the table kept ringing. I hadn't saved the number, but I was familiar with it.

That was because it had been mine for ten years.