Saint Lavigna, New York, USA, April, 1966.
She put a album Elvis Presley in the sonata, he started playing "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", Her favorite song.
Yen, a sixteen-year-old fan of Elvis Presley, sat on the couch, holding another album, Rubber Soul, The Beatles. The dreamy girl, like almost all girls of that age, had earned those albums by a "boy friend", who at that time was in another state, on tour with his rock band. His name was Maxwell Donald, but all called Max, and a simple fact, he was the brother of her best friend, Diane.
Yen, a shy girl who never imagined, but often dreamed that one day she would meet a rock star, and he'd be a person close to her, he would give her some albums of your favorite artists.
Yen, who did not consider herself beautiful, especially comparing herself with other girls in the city, who were blond, bright-eyed, tall and they wore clothes that she could not even think of wearing, as her family was a Chinese family, and she only wore qipao, those traditional female garments from China.
The physical characteristics of it were no different from most Asian people, black and straight hair, slanted eyes, yellow skin, short stature and weak body, she just thought her face was beautiful, it still had traces of innocence and purity, but She hated his own body and the fact she can not do makeup or pretty things in her hair, only a single braid, made her more ugly compared to other girls.
Before long, Lien, the wife of her brother got there in the room, carrying her daughter, Emily, a baby almost a year old.
Lien was very pretty, had a beautiful body, full lips, shiny black hair and beautiful skin. Lien also only wore qipao, and little Emily, that even without understanding a word, followed a very conservative lifestyle.
"What are these albums, Yen?" Lien asked, while Yen was traveling in her own thoughts
Heard the voice of her biggest idol "Yen, I'm talking to you!"
"What did you say?" Yen asked her, right after "wake up".
"What are these albums?" Yen did not want to say anything to her, although she likes Lien, she feared that her sister would tell that to the law, her husband and brother old Yen.
But she knew she should have thought of it before, now it was late
"Gifts. Gifts from Diane" she said, but Lien did not seem to have believed.
"Diane Are you sure?"
"Yes, who could it be?
"From her brother" Yen smiled, trying to disguise
"Harry would not give me anything, he's married"
"I'm talking about the other brother, who plays guitar"
"Max? "Yen smiled again," He is not here, he is in California, with his band " She answered, but Lien, took the ticket that Max wrote for her, and read it. "Lien, you will not tell this to anyone, right? Please, if Lei, finding that he will kill Max, and will kill me too".And that was true, Lei strove to be a quiet man, a peaceful man, but he could not simply as a thing out of his control, he lost his temper and became violent and abusive. That was part of Lei , who feared Yen.
"If he did not ask me, I will not say anything, but if someone asks me, I'll be honest, I do not want to be accused of being helping you to lie, because then the blame will be me," Lien said, and knew Yen she was right, because if they knew that she helped the girl, even in a twisted way, she would suffer consequences and be condemned by all.
"Thank you" The girl thanked Lien, who gave her back her ticket
"Be careful with this,girl, if Lei see it, you'll be lost"
Lien left the room, and the teenage girl looked at the note, handwritten by the young, sweet and affectionate words. Yen liked him as a friend, a dear friend, but several times, she picks up thinking, what he felt for her. If, perhaps, he was in love with her, because he always asked for her. He was a sweet guy, but he never talked about it. Yen thought he was afraid, but who would not?Lei, liked a dragon, he was always with a frown, did not talk to people in the street and was at times rude to others.
"Yen" Yen was frightened, was the voice of her mother now, she'd better think of a good story because it was not an easy person to fool "What are you doing there? What albums are these? " Hua, the girl's mother was a woman of forty-six years old, very thin face with few wrinkles and some white hairs showing up in the midst of black hair.
The woman looked at the Yen and albums. A teenage girl was speechless, and until the mother could see the ticket, she hid it inside the album of the Beatles.
"Diane lent me the albums" she said, wishing that her mother believed in her words, and, unexpectedly, Hua smiled, her eyes shining.
"Ah Yen, did such a good thing for your sister" Yen knew her mother had just come from her sister, Yuk, who lived in Randolph, the nearby town of Saint Lavigna, and she was married for six months " Yen, Yuk is pregnant "
"Ah, what a wonderful thing, mama, and how is she?" Yen asked, wanting to make her mother, forget the albums.
"Yen, my dear, she is very happy, and Kun also, you can not imagine how." Yen grinned a mixture of relief and joy. Yuk never had been so helpful throughout her life. "I can not wait for time to tell this to your father, he'll be so happy."
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