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There was this once when she dropped by the McDonald that I worked to pass me an application form for the national disabled people sports meet. I was about to finished my work and she offered to wait for me in order to give me a lift home. While in the car, she talked animatedly about the sports meet saying that I should participate in order to keep fit. Then she touched my left arm and said I needed to grow some muscles. She suggested that her husband could be my coach. He could train me to win in the sports meet. I agreed and we arranged to meet in her house every other day to train.

On my first training session, Ms Lim introduced me to her husband John. John looked very strong. He had a big smile and a very firm handshake. I knew he will be the right coach for me. He brought me to a room in their house. They have all training equipment there. I didn't know what they were for but John showed me how to operate them one at a time. Soon, I am lifting heavy weights and ran on a machine call "treadmill". After the training, Ms Lim gave me a towel and gestured me to use their bathroom for a shower. Overall, it was fun but it was kind of tiring.

During one of the training day, I went to their house as usual. Did my weights and running followed by a shower. After the shower, I sat down on their sofa and ended up falling asleep. When I waked up, I heard noise coming from one of the bed room upstairs. It was Ms Lim, she was screaming. I ran up the stairs and found the screams coming from the bedroom to the left of staircase. The door was not locked so I let myself in. I knew instantly why Ms Lim was screaming, John was lying on top of her crushing down every half a second. They did not notice my entry but I realized John's eyes were fixed to the TV in front of him while he continues to crush on poor Ms Lim. I turned and looked at the TV and saw myself showering in the TV. It looks kind of funny seeing me on TV. I laughed out loud and Ms Lim stopped the screaming. I turned to look at them. John was pulling up his sports shorts while Ms Lim walked towards me while trying to straighten her skirt. John looked funny, he had a half angry half worried look on him. He left the room without even saying “hi” to me. I asked Ms Lim why their TV could see me in the shower, which channel were they watching. Ms Lim did not reply, she switched off the TV, held my hand and led me out of the room.

When we reached the sofa in the living room, Ms Lim asked me to sit down and started to explain what she and John were doing. She said in a gentle voice that John was trying to help her but before she could continue I stopped her. I touched her on her lap and said I am old enough to know what that was all about. I explained that I have seen my dad did it to my mom since I was a kid. In the beginning I thought my dad was hurting my mom and went to help her. My dad immediately slapped me on the face and chased me of the room before locking it. Soon after, the screaming would continue. I was still worried for my mom at at that time and stayed outside the door. After a while, both my dad and mom came out of the room. My mom looked happy and then she explained to me that most women felt sick every few days and dad was just trying to help her cure the sickness by trying to push the disease out of her. From then on I did not bother to save my mom whenever it happened. It seems my mom was very sick and my dad had to crush her very frequently. This continued until one day I saw my dad helped Auntie Sophie next door. From then on, my mom was fully cured. Instead the disease was passed to Auntie Sophie. She would come once in a while (especially when mom was at work) to let my dad help her. One day, Auntie Sophie even asked me to help her when dad was not around. I told her I did not know how to do it but she assured me that she would teach me. Unfortunately, I was too stupid to do it correctly. After crushing Auntie Sophie for a while, she pushed me away and left the house. She never asked me to help again.