The man who never wanted to tell the truth.

There was this man Ah Liang who brought to jail because he smuggled heroine, cigarette through the causeways .The day he was caught. It was cold, raining when he was caught He was caught at orchard road; A plain cloth policeman nabbed him down.
He didn’t struggle. He did a mistakes and this wasn’t his first time doing such things. He lived a frugal and time wasting life. He used to be a taxi driver, but he found the income generated wasn’t fast enough for him. His wife wouldn’t yell at him that it is not enough. Years later, his wife left him. Thus that started his whole life came crashing down. He lost his family, and his wife asked for a divorce while she was pregnant with a baby boy.
Divorce was harsh for him. But been poor was unbearable .Thus, he wanted fast cash. He decided to do it the easy way out smuggling things, drugs was part of them. He sold them to ah pek and uncles who wanted to get cheap cigarettes .They would said ,”Go down to Hougang 25 S11 store, look for Ah Liang who usually drink Gunnies Stout or Tiger beers ,flirting with china beer lady who were here for their studying children ( taking some English course ) or married to Singapore Ah pek , found that he couldn’t afford to feed her .Ended up to be a beer lady. Ah Liang would flirt around with them, open several bottles. And Ah Pek would come to him for non taxed cigarattes.He would go to downtown pubs like Bangkok disco pub to get rid of his drugs. It was fast and easy cash for it.
When the time, he was sentenced to death sentence. He wasn’t rich enough to look for any lawyers .Thus he was sentenced. He remembers he had a son. His wife was in bad relationship with him and didn’t let his son know his existence. So he decided to write to his teenage son.
Dear Xiong,
I guess I am the father whom your mum didn’t tell you. I had been busying working hard all these years. I had saved up a lot for your varsity education. As I never made it to my O levels, I realized looking for a job is not easy for me. I am working in Malaysia, I do come home once a while .You could reply the letter to the address below.
Liang asked his good friend Siwei to bring those letters to him .As He asked his son to post all letter to Siwei’s house.
The letter was posted by the prison warden .But no replies was given .Toward a man waiting for death sentence. It is a long wait.
He wrote 2nd letter. He really hopes to see his son.
Dear Xiong ,
I wrote to you ,but you didn’t reply . Is u busy at school? Dad as usual been having classes here. Had you and mum living well? Do write back asp .
Again there were no replies for half a year .
.
This time ,he visited Liang with a reply letter.
Dear Papa,
I never expected to find out my dad at this age . I was teased in school , people said I don’t have a daddy. I asked mum about you ,but not much was told to me . Yes , Daddy , I was busy with my PSLE , thus I never wrote back to you . Finally , my exam is over . I write to you . Dad thank you for working so hard for me . Mum and I had been fine. I will be migrating to Australia with mummy and new daddy soon.
Daniel
When Liang read the letter , he was filled with tears.
Tears flow down , he shouted at Sewed,” He is doing fine . Do you know my son named Daniel .He replied . He doing well and he will be migrating to Australia with his new family. Sewed , I am so happy to know that . I could go with peace now .
The fact wasn’t it was as Sewed wept as he walked out the visitation centre.
For months ,When there wasn’t any reply Siwei decided to investigated it .He went to the address where Liang had wrote to .He found that there are only old folks living there. The previous tenants which may be his wife had lost his son in car accident when he was 8 year old .Liang son died . His wife remarried and migrates to Australia .
When Siwei found out these, he was shocked. He wouldn’t know what to do
The fact was Siwei was the son of Liang who wrote that last letter to him . Maybe it is after all good to tell a lie to a man waiting for death sentence that his kids and wife are living happily .
Siwei become the man who didn’t tell the truth . But neither was I right or wrong to judge him.