Simon and Lily were childhood sweethearts. You may call it puppy love but you may be wrong. Their love for each other started from a tender age of 13 when they were in a co-ed school.
Each day during the recess period, the two of them would sit close to each other sipping drinks with straws from the same glass. They would pecked each other on the cheeks and nothing more intimate than that as it was prohibited in school.
Of course, everyday school day Lily and Simon would take the same bus to and from school,holding hands. Incidentally they were also living in the same neighborhood. They were very much in love. Their love for each other grew stronger by the day. Later they studied at the same university and graduated from there. Simon majored in Economics and Lily in Business studies.
They eventually got married and decided to start a family but something unfortunate happened that would changed their lives forever.
Simon and Lily spent their honeymoon in the Australia. It was while driving a rented car from Brisbane City to the Gold Coast that an accident happened. Their car slammed into an oncoming car at a speed of 100 kpm and it left Simon paralysed from waist down. Lily was not badly hurt and recovered in a month or two. Simon condition remained the same i.e. he was paralysed permanently. It was tragic and had long term consequences for the couple. Their dreams of having children were dashed.
Back home, Lily had to take care of Simon. Besides going to work she had to feed,wash and take care of Simon's medication etc. They had a maid but she did most of the housework and did not attend to Simon much.
Taking care of Simon and working at the same time took a toll on Lily. Besides all the hard work, Lily needed some emotional and physical love and attention just like a normal person. This went on for two years and Lily became frustrated with life. She often thought of suicide but the thought of Simon without her was unbearable. She persevered but for how long more?
At her work place, a handsome young man by the name of Victor had an eye for Lily. They knew each other for a year and he knew the problems Lily had. Vic was a nice gentle man and Lily liked him as a colleague. Sometimes, they would go out for lunch together but that's about it.
Often seeing Lily being bogged down with her domestic problem and appeared to be sad, Vic decided to cheer her up by asking her to go out for a movie one day after work. Lily accepted and they went for a movie one evening.
It was a romance movie and Vic and Lily enjoyed it. They had a wonderful time together. After the movie and a light supper, Vic drove Lily home. Just as Lily was about to leave the car, Vic leaned over and kissed Lily on her cheek. Suddenly a gust of sexy lustful feeling overwhelmed Lily. She had never felt like this before even during her days with Simon. Is this love? Lily asked herself or merely animalistic lust?
Whatever it was, Lily felt good. She went home to Simon feeling happy. She had a nice time and Simon could feel it and was happy for her.
One thing led to another. Three months passed after their first date and now Lily was sleeping with Vic,often at the expense of Simon. She would reached home late and lied to Simon that she was working overtime. But Simon could sense Lily was involved with someone romantically. Simon pretended he did not suspect anything but he was relief and glad that his wife was having a good time. It didn't matter who she was screwing around with for he can't fulfilled the role of a sex giver to Lily.
Meanwhile, Lily was torn between Simon and Vic. She would preferred Simon but since the car accident he can't fulfilled her sexual lust. And here was Vic so handsome and caring and could satisfied her sexually. Somehow, Lily was confused but decided to postponed thinking about the future.
One day after work, Lily found Simon dead from an overdosed of sleeping pills. In his suicide note he pleaded with Lily to go on loving the man she was going out with and forget about him. He said in his note that he felt useless as a husband and decided to make way for his wife's happiness by committing suicide.
Lily was shattered and felt guilty. She kept feeling sorry for Simon and missed him a lot.
A few days later, Lily was admitted to a mental hospital for severe depression and trying to take her life.
According to her psychiatrist, Lily was having hallucinations. In her hallucination, Lily often talked to Simon like a good wife would talk to her husband. She often expressed her love to Simon and in return Simon would "whisper love words to her".
Lily never recovered from her illness and spent the rest of her life in the mental hospital. She died at the age of 35.
