“You are the sinner. You create sins.” Mei spoke in a particularly wrathful voice. “That’s why you deserve all the pain. That’s why they didn’t kill you, didn’t give you a quick death. Because they wanted to watch you suff ering. Now you are spreading your pain to me, as though I’m not only your wife but your trash bin, your ashtray, your toilet. What about me? What about how I feel?”