Winnie suddenly opened her eyes, and instead of being frightened, I was filled with joy.
“Winnie...”
Winnie covered my mouth with her fingers. Her eyes were full of smiles, as if she just played dead and been joking with me.
Winnie sat up from the bed, wiped my tears with her hands, and said with a smile, “China boy, why are you crying?”
I grabbed Winnie’s hand, and couldn’t say anything.
“Fool, did you think I was dead?”
I said in astonishment: “You... are you not dead?”
“Of course I’m not dead.”
Winnie took my hand and pressed it on her chest, and said, “I have a heartbeat, but ghosts don’t have hearts.”
“Thump”, “thump...”
Winnie did have a heartbeat, although it wasn’t strong, it could be clearly felt.
Winnie took my hand and put it under her nose and said, “I breathe. De
