【“BANG!”thedoorcausedareverberation(回声).ItwasjuststandingtherewithfatherstandingononesideandIontheotherside.Wewerebothingreatanger”Neversetfootinthishouseagain!”stormedfather．】

　　“BANG!”thedoorcausedareverberation(回声).ItwasjuststandingtherewithfatherstandingononesideandIontheotherside.

　　Wewerebothingreatanger”Neversetfootinthishouseagain!”stormedfather．WithtearswellingupinmyeyesIrushedoutoftheflatandranalongthestreet.

　　Thestreetlightswereshiningratherdesolately(凄凉的).Iwanderedaimlessly.

　　Ayoungfatherwhoheldachildinhisarmswalkedpastme．IfeltasifIsawmychildhoodfromanotherspace:happyandharmonious.

　　Butnow..．Idon’tknowwhetheritisbecauseIhavegrownuporbecausedadisgettingold．Wedifferinourwaysofthinking．Healwaysimposeshisopinionsandcodesofbehavioronme．WheneverIdosomethingwrongheneveradmitsit．Wearejustliketwopeoplecomingfromtwodifferentworlds．Itfeelslikethereisanirondoorbetweenusthatcanneverbeopened.

　　Iwanderedthestreetswithoutadestinationinmind．Myheartwasfrozenonthishotsummernight．AsIwalkedontherewerefewerandfewerpeopleonthestreetsuntilIhadonlythestreetlightstokeepmecompany．WhenIfinallyreachedthehigh-riseapartmentblockinwhichIlivedIsawthatthelightwasstillon.

　　Ithoughttomyself:“Isfatherwaitingformeorishestillangrywithme?”

　　Infactitwasnothing．Perhapsdadwasthrowingawaysomeofhisoldstamps．Perhapshethoughttheywereuseless．IneverhadthecouragetotellhimthatIlikedcollectingstamps．Ican’tstandhisoutrageous(蛮横的)words:“Ican’tthrowyouawayletalonetheseoldpapers?”

　　Allthelightswereoffexceptfather’s.

　　Dadwasalwayslikethis．Maybehedidn’tknowhowtoexpresshimself．Aftershoutingatmehenevershowedanymercyoranymomentsofregret．Afteranargumenthehasthehabitofcreepingupinmysleepandthentuckingmeunderneaththecovers.

　　Thiswashowhealwayswas．Hehasbeenaleaderforsolongthattellingeveryoneelsewhattodohasbecomehissecondnature.

　　Thelightwasstillon．“AmIwrong?”Iwhisperedmaybe...WiththekeyinhandIwasasnervousasIhadeverbeen．AtlastIdecidedtoopenthedoor．AssoonasIopenedthedoortearsrandownmycheeks．IsuddenlyrealizedthattheirondoorthatIhadimaginedbetweenusdidnotexistatall．Love—itsecondtonone.

　　Decidewhichi