有些外遇問題常鬧到全世界都知道
不幸的事實往往最後知道真相的却是枕邊人
常被問到如果我若身為朋友會不會告訴當事人？
以前的我會正義澟然地說那是當然的啦
而且會義憤填膺以暗示明講讓受害者有所警覺
有一年在偶然機會遇見却躑躅再三
決定沈默的理由是了解不管結局如何一定會被出賣
有時候其實當事人早就知曉却選擇廻避問題
怕不知如何面對不知如何收拾吧!
年紀越大越不敢肯定有責任站出來說
非關是非道德或什麼良心問題
“To be or not to be, that is a question.”
有一次我真的將自己陷入兩難的困境
無意中找到當時寫的文章，留下來做記錄
May is my friend since young, we then entered the same college.
As a student, I was ignorant in business,
but May was known for her sophistication in financial manipulations
and active in stock market too.
May and I had a mutual friend, Math, a tall and handsome young man
who knew how to please girls.
May was interested in him and asked my opinion.
I told her Math had a personality of pursuing everything to its brutal end.
He even asked me how rich she was. Ironically, they soon fell in love.
Math knew what I told May about him,
and liked to make fun of me in public to embarrass me.
They were married after graduation.
Years later, May owns an international trading company
and other potential investment, Math works for her.
She is capable in business, he lives luxuriously and actively
in the so-called “medium-high” social life.
People say they are an ideal match.
Three months ago, our families held a reunion in my home.
After dinner, our children had their own groups,
and the four adults moved from the dinning room on the first floor
to an open space on the third floor.
We drank tea and chatted casuallyunder quiet sparkling stars,
the old times remembered vividly.
After eleven o’clock, Math looked uneasily,
he made excuses to go to the restroom frequently.
When I went down to the first floor to get more desert,
I heard a murmuring from my kitchen.
I saw Math standing there, holding a cellular phone
and seemed to be comforting a pampered woman.
I hesitated and went away silently.
I connected this to what another of my friends said about a story
involving Math a half year ago; there must be a reason for this.
As May helped me clean the kitchen the next morning,
our conversation naturally led to marriage.
“If you know of any affairs involving Math,” she said, “
as a very personal friend, you must let me know the truth.”
She hoped to not be the last one to know the story.
Thinking about my previous experience,
the consequence of the advice I gave before the marriage,
it seems that I put myself in a predicament.
“To be or not to be, that is a question.”
And so I decided to keep silent for the moment
perhaps I am not right , but no choice.
As a student, I was ignorant in business,
but May was known for her sophistication in financial manipulations
and active in stock market too.
May and I had a mutual friend, Math, a tall and handsome young man
who knew how to please girls.
May was interested in him and asked my opinion.
I told her Math had a personality of pursuing everything to its brutal end.
He even asked me how rich she was. Ironically, they soon fell in love.
Math knew what I told May about him,
and liked to make fun of me in public to embarrass me.
They were married after graduation.
Years later, May owns an international trading company
and other potential investment, Math works for her.
She is capable in business, he lives luxuriously and actively
in the so-called “medium-high” social life.
People say they are an ideal match.
Three months ago, our families held a reunion in my home.
After dinner, our children had their own groups,
and the four adults moved from the dinning room on the first floor
to an open space on the third floor.
We drank tea and chatted casuallyunder quiet sparkling stars,
the old times remembered vividly.
After eleven o’clock, Math looked uneasily,
he made excuses to go to the restroom frequently.
When I went down to the first floor to get more desert,
I heard a murmuring from my kitchen.
I saw Math standing there, holding a cellular phone
and seemed to be comforting a pampered woman.
I hesitated and went away silently.
I connected this to what another of my friends said about a story
involving Math a half year ago; there must be a reason for this.
As May helped me clean the kitchen the next morning,
our conversation naturally led to marriage.
“If you know of any affairs involving Math,” she said, “
as a very personal friend, you must let me know the truth.”
She hoped to not be the last one to know the story.
Thinking about my previous experience,
the consequence of the advice I gave before the marriage,
it seems that I put myself in a predicament.
“To be or not to be, that is a question.”
And so I decided to keep silent for the moment
perhaps I am not right , but no choice.
