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A woman of ecstasy

A woman of ecstasy

By Porsha SamuelPublished 12 months ago 5 min read
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Horton did not have a family at the age of 36 because he was too poor. Horton grew up in an orphanage, and as an adult, he read few books, but fortunately he was born a strong body, only to find a job as a security guard in an antique shop. Horton cherishes this job and is always careful and meticulous because it is the only way he can make a living!

It was a winter's day, and Horton got up early, sifted through scraps of food and headed to the antique store. The north wind was blowing hard. Horton folded his hands, clenched his quilted jacket, and walked forward without looking up. Just as he reached the side door of the antique shop, he found a woman crying. The woman was about thirty years old, with long blonde hair hanging down on her shoulders and huddled in a corner.

Horton was a warm-hearted man, and he knew that the woman must be in trouble, so he quickly approached her. It turned out that the woman was a cook who had been tricked into coming here to find work, and all her belongings and clothes had been abducted, and she was in such a strange city, in addition to helplessness, there was no end of despair.

Horton quickly took off his padded jacket and put it on the woman, and pulled out all the money he had and shoved it into her hand. The woman's tears ran down her flushed cheeks. She said she could not accept help for nothing. She wanted to repay it. She wanted to cook some meals for Horton at his house. Horton said nothing at first, but could not resist the woman's repeated insistence, he had to leave her.

In a flash, half a month has passed, and the woman has put Horton's home in good order, and Horton, who has been single for half his life, finally has a hot meal at home. But Horton knew that the woman was destined to go, and in the next few days, Horton offered several times to see the woman off, but the woman refused. One day, the woman cried to Holden and said that she was an orphan, her husband died young, and there was no place to go back home, it was better to spend the rest of her life with Holden. With that, the woman threw herself into Horton's arms. Horton did not know what to do, but like a pool of spring water, suddenly moved by the woman.

Since then, Horton is no longer a person, when he met the night shift, someone sent him meals, more than a woman at home to take care of, and the days have gradually been thriving.

Two months later, spring came. After dinner that night, Horton was supposed to go to the night shift, which knows that just got up, suddenly felt the world spin, the whole person like a puddle of mud fell to the ground, instantly lost consciousness.

When Holden woke up, the woman wasn't with him. There was a note by the pillow saying she was on duty for Holden. Horton a clever sit up, you know, in the antique shop night shift is very dangerous, not to mention a few years ago there have been a lot of accidents, Horton thought of here, quickly ran to the antique shop.

Horton ran to the antique shop, found in front of the door parked a stalled pickup truck, which is filled with large and small antiques, Horton dark call is not good, through the night into the store, Horton just slipped in, was scared silly by the scene: There are three thieves, two thieves are carrying things, the other thief is holding a gun to his wife's forehead, Horton's heart suddenly in his mouth, he thought, if not subdue the thieves, not only the antiques will be stolen, his wife's life will be in danger!

Horton did not think much, picked up an iron rod, crept to the gun behind the thief, a stick down, the thief fell down, the other two thieves did not wait to draw a gun resistance, was clever Horton picked up the gun fell on the ground, knocked down.

By the time the police arrived, two of the thieves had been shot dead, and the third was in a coma after being hit with a Horton iron bar. Horton was not guilty of preserving antiques, but was rewarded by the government. The next day, all the local newspaper headlines without exception reported Horton's deeds, and Horton became known as the anti-theft hero. Speaking of these, Horton always said that he should thank his wife, because since his wife appeared, he has always been lucky and found luck.

Time flies, a flash of 35 years, Horton has changed from that strong middle-aged man into a stooped old man, he and his wife's two children have also been married. In the past 35 years, the life of the old couple has become more and more sweet, and the family has gradually become rich, driven by his wife, Horton began to devote himself to social welfare undertakings, they took out all their savings, organized a school, and contracted a welfare home, and took in nearly 100 homeless homeless children and lonely elderly people. His wife was always so positive and selfless, always wanted to be ahead of Horton, and she devoted the last part of her life to public welfare.

Horton has been able to marry such a virtuous woman as a wife is genuinely pleased, a woman from the kitchen, should have such a Bodhisattva heart and precious realm, this is simply an inconceivable thing!

In the year of his wife's death, Horton was almost tearfully collecting his wife's belongings. In his wife's dressing box, Horton found a yellow diary, which was nearly 40 years old. He read it page by page, and his eyes gradually stopped at a page called "Confession" :

Originally, I was just a pawn they had set up in advance! In order to get rid of me, they actually used a gun against my head, at that moment, I have clung to a heart to die, but I did not dream that it was Horton who saved me, when he saved me from the muzzle of the gun, my heart was regreted, a person who can be trusted for a lifetime, but I put ecstasy in his bowl...

On that day, Horton personally wrote such an epitaph for the woman who had accompanied him for most of his life: "A mesmerizing woman who had captivated me twice, and then she woke up forever!"

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