A couple days ago, Emily alerted me with a nudge
Me : “Yes dear ?”
Emily : “I went to your old neighborhood with your mom today and saw the bad elevator maintenance guy…”
I have no clue what she’s talking about
Me : “The bad elevator maintenance guy you said ?..” [scowling expression]
Emily : “Yes, the one who harassed you when you were small… your mom told me about it”
Her description was good enough to reminisce me of an incident when I was only 8 years old (that’s exactly 20 years ago) …
Me : “Oooooh … Ah Wong ! Yeah yeah .. I remember him !”
Emily : “… So ?…”
She’s looking at me in a way that’s making me feel uncomfortable…
Me : “So what ?”
Emily : “… what actually happened back then ?”
Me : “I thought you said mom told you all about it ?”
Emily : “She just said that guy harassed you…”
Me : “Yeah, he harassed me alright…”
She didn’t seem to be satisfied with my brief answer. She dug for more …
Emily : “I mean, HOW …did he… harassed you ?”
Me : “I don’t want to talk about it… ok ?”
I was reluctant to share with her, because it was sort of a dark secret of mine, you know… which I’ve been lying to my mom for years. And I don’t wanna lie to Emily. But she’s getting all impatient about it…
Emily : “So … he’s like raping you in the butt or something ?”
Me : “WHATTTT ?????????”
Emily : “I could understand if you don’t feel like answering that question …”
Me : “RAPING ME IN THE BUTT ???? AHAHHHHHHHHHKKSS !!! That has got to be the funniest shit I’ve ever heard !!! Where did you get that idea ?”
Emily : “You said he harassed you maa …”
Me : “He just pummelled me up … ok ?”
Emily : “ooooh…”
Me : “He pummelled me up because I kicked his ass… I was too atrocious as a kid. But mom didn’t know that coz I told her that guy’s cracked in the head and he biffed me up in the elevator for no reason. And she went ahead to give him the nastiest housewife lecture a bloke could ever get in his life. That’s WHAT happened.”
Emily : “ehehehh.. ok ok … I misinterpreted the message…”
Ah Wong was a 6 ft tall elevator maintenance guy who loves to play around with kids. He’s usually found hanging out at our ghetto apartment’s lobby. On that fateful day, he teased me the way he shouldn’t have … when I was just innocently passing by the lobby. I responded by directly sending his ass a flying kick (coupled with a Bruce Lee’s signature cockroach yell - KACHAAAAT). That’s when he got real aggravated and started chasing me… and we somehow ended inside the elevator. I was then trapped with raging Ah Wong inside an elevator …
An 8 yrs old versus a 6 ft tall 30 yrs old bloke … you do the math who sustained the maximum boner there. I went crying home with some real nasty bruises and told my mom about it. That’s what really happened.
Ah Wong, if you’re reading this, sorry to have framed you that day. I did that because you’re such a pussy for not being able to take a kick like a real man should. I hope we learnt our lesson through the years, forget the bitter past and move on with our lives. But then, if you insist of having a rematch of free sparring, feel free to let me know, for I missed kicking your ass.