"Dingdi, tlawmpal ah VIP customers an phan lai. Nangmah nih na take care kho hna lai ma?"
" Yea, sure. Ngah ko!"
Ka lung chung te cun "poitak si" ka ti nain manager nih fialmi a si fawn. Regular cutomers cu si hnaseh law poi lem hnga lo nian, VIP cutomers take care cu hawihlei in zohkhenh an hau i thinlung tha zong a bat ter ngai.
Friday cu kan busy zaan a si i nidangnak in hnu deuh ah kan dawr kan khar. Dawr kharlai nak ah nazi pakhat te lawng a duh cang ka ti i ka nuamh tuk lio ah hawilei in take care hau hngami customers ngeih lai cu nuamh lo ning hi.
"Irashaimase! Welcome to Jinbeh!"
An phan cang. Ready tein timh ciami table ah kan boss nu nih a hei kal pi hna. Kum 45 hrawng an si men lai. nu va hna pahnih an si i zohnak in zeitluk mi ngei an si a lang. Kan manager nu cu ka pawng ah a rak ra i "An pa khi Country Club i President & CEO a si cuh!!" tiah athli tein a vun ka chimh ta.
Woww!!! Kan dawr hi Las Colinas Country Club he a naih ngai i kan dawr ah a rak ei pah mi an um tawn. Tangkaa an ngeih hna ning hi le an nun khawh ning hi thin hung lei khi a si. An tuahbik rian ah umhar pheng tennis tuk le golf tuk hrawng si lai dah.
Life is so unfair!!!
Anyway------
Atha bik in take care khawh kha ka rian si ko ka ti i an table cun ka hei kal.
Tam an ei lem lo nian wine bottle in an ka cah i a voithumnak ka pek a si cang. Zeidang an duh herhmi um le um lo ka hal dih hnahnu ah kal ka hun i timh ah khin,
"Excuse me Dingdi!"
An nu nih ka min in a auh. Ka lung chung te cun 'zei ko dah an herh rih hnga" ka ti nain ka nih bu tein ka hei i mer than.
"How old are you Babe?"
Cutluk mirang hna a laih theih khawh lo cu ka ti. Kum i hal cu a yaing tuk a timi ah an mah ttheo. Chimh ka duh lem hna lo nian, ka kaa in zeitin a chuah manh ka thei lo.
"I'm 25"
"Ohhh!! Ara laimi Novenber cun ka fanu te zong kum 25 pei a tlin lai cu tiah. You know---she loved sushi!!"
"Aww si ma? Next time ah rak rat pi ve ngat u!!"
OMG!! Zeidah bia kaa palhmi um ka ti. An nu pa in an hmaichia colh. Lohtlau!!! Holh tam cu mahi si ko. Chimlo le chimlo ma ka chim sual cang ka ti.
"I wish I could babe! Nikum khan pei cancer zawtnak in a kan liam tak cu! Ka ngei chunh, ka dawtbikmi ka fanu te cu....."
An nu cu a chim pah in a mitthli a tla. Ka lung tha lo tuk nain chim awk ka thei lo. An pa nih an nu cu a kuh i a liang a mawi.
Amit thli he an nu nih cun bia a ka ruah. Ngaih cu ka zuam lem lo nain an chimmi ka ngeih piak hna thawng tel in an lung dam deuh hram seh ka ti.
Ruahsang tuk in ka rak ruah hna i ttah hmenh an thiam hnga ma ka timi hna..
Hmancawk lo tangkaa he nifate zei ko khi dah an hei tuah ve hnga ka rak timi hna...
Annunnak ah herhbaunak le duhawk hlei khi tah an hei ngei ve hnga ma ka ti tawnmi hna...
Atak ah cun, an fanute nih kumno tein a liam tak hnga. Dollar an ngeihmi zapi te hmanh in zeitinhmenh fadang ngeih khawhnak lam an caah a um lo.
"Zeiruang ah dah mah cancer zawtnak hin keimah tu ka thih hmasa lo ee!!!"
"Honey!! Please!!! ticun chim hlah mawh!!"
An pahnih in ka zoh hna i ka lung tha hrim lo.
Sizung an ttin pah in kan dawr ah an rak ei pah a si. Anu cancer treatment caah an kal a rak si hoi.
Maww vawilei cung pi hi ka ti!!!!
Tuahpiak khawhmi hei ngei ning law cu tuah ding ah ka ready tuk.
Ka thin a khenh i ka ngaihchiat ka celh lo. An nu pa in an ka zoh i "Babe, we gonna be alrite!" an ka ti.
An ttin lai ah an ka kuh, an ka hnamh i bia an ka cah tak.
"Babe, never forget that a good life is when you realize how blessed you are for what you have!"
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