Sam got to know about Sodon and saw him in a group photo while she was having a meeting with Ms. An. At that time, she had been planning and preparing for the kids’ art camp. “That’s him, the old man in white polo shirt sitting beside me.” Her eyes easily spotted Sodon in the group photo of the volunteers and staff of Hope Orphanage that was taken in the year 1995, a few days before he suddenly went missing. A soft smile crossed her face while looking at him. It’s just a picture but she could tell that he’s a good person. “I will always be grateful to him for bringing a beautiful blessing to the orphanage.” Ms. An uttered with sincerity, referring to Heron who is now Jeremy Sean. But Sam thought it was Sodon’s genuine kindness towards them while he’s at Hope. She looked at Ms. An. Her yearning for the old man deeply resonated with her. “It has already been 27 years since he left the orphanage but I’m still hopeful that one day, he will show up here.” “You’ll see him again.”
“What a small world..” Sam uttered while walking back to Venere. “But hey..” She looked beside her. “Aren’t you wondering how Ma’am Serin and Sodon got to know each other?” Francis gave no reply. Covered in silence, he’s certainly lost in his thoughts. “For sure they met somewhere else and not at Hope because Sodon has never returned there since he left. Right?” The guy remained quiet. “What’s with you, huh?” She elbowed him to get his attention. “You were super active annoying me a while ago but now you’re totally quiet, as if someone just cut off your tongue.” “Don’t mind me.” “What’s the matter?” He released a deep sigh. “Nothing.” “Nothing but you sighed?” He gave her a seriously cold face. “I just told you not to mind me. How many times should I tell you that?” She hissed in disbelief then walked fast, leaving the guy behind. She got offended for sure but Francis could not do anything about it. He’s not in the mood and overly troubled because today is the day Sodo
Sam hurriedly went downstairs with her head still boiling in anger. She has to confront Francis while Venere is closed because once it opens, she will no longer have a chance to tell him right to his face that he’s brutally mean for what he did to her. They will be busy the entire day, especially that there’s gonna be a kids’ art camp in the afternoon. She hastened her steps towards the corner where Serin’s paintings are displayed. “You’re dead meat, you will see the wrath in me..” Her head simmered more as soon as her eyes spotted Francis standing in front of the paintings and gazing at them, as if he didn’t wrong someone who only asked if they could open Venere earlier than the scheduled time. But while she was getting closer to him, her steps suddenly slowed down and in an instant, her anger totally faded. Worry is now obviously shown on her face. “You look so down..” She stood behind Francis. The guy didn’t say anything in response but his eyes gave in. tears ran down his f
With the sudden change of the weather, from gloomy to sunny, his terrible uneasiness instantly faded. Francis can’t help but think that the bright atmosphere outside is a sign that Sodon and Serin were not taken back to their time in the past and remained existing here. He knows he shouldn’t be happy about it because the two need to be back in the past so that Sodon could help Serin exist here permanently but he can’t deny the happiness in his heart at the moment. The old man and Serin can still be with them, at least. “Who should I call?” He feels nervously excited. “Sir Chris? Sir Ken? Or Sir Jeremy?” “Francis!! “Oh shit” Francis got startled suddenly hearing Sam’s loud voice from the outside along with her repeated knocks on the door. “What’s wrong with her??” “Hey!! Open the door!! Don’t do something stupid!!” Flustered, the guy sighed in disbelief and put his phone back to his pocket. He opened the door. “Didn’t I tell you I had to make a call? Why are you--” Sam hugged
“Did something bad happen to Ma’am Serin?” Brian can’t take his eyes off the two who seem to be having a very emotional moment in the parking lot. “I guess you're right." It's Hana. "Francis must be comforting her." “Should we go there and join them?” Sam suggested. “To know what’s really going on.” “Let’s go.” Hana said. “Wait, let’s call Sir Glenn and Kaye..” “Wait..” Hana suddenly grabbed Brian’s arm. “Why?” “You know that Sir Glenn is in the pantry??” Puzzled by Hana’s weird question, he only nodded. “Anyway, let’s go down now.” Sam rushed to the door. “You go there first, I’ll call them.” “Umm..” Hana stood in Brian’s way. “You don’t have to, let’s just--” “Guys..” Glenn suddenly showed up from the pantry. “What’s going on outside?” Hana discreetly let out a sigh of relief then looked at Glenn. “We don’t know either, sir.. that’s why we’re going down to check on them.” “I don’t feel good about it. Let’s go..” Glenn rushed outside. The three followed him from beh
Sam displayed a more puzzled face. “She has to? Why?” But instead of giving Sam a response, Brian widened his teasing smile and looked at Hana. “She has to, right?” Hana nodded, which surprised the guy. In the back of her mind, she is praising herself for being quick enough to stop Brian from teasing Kaye or exposing her and Glenn about their dating status to their colleagues. “She told me earlier that she would need to send follow-up emails for her project proposal.” “Ah..” Sam replied. Brian hissed, looking away when he suddenly felt a sharp pinch on his waist. It’s Hana’s doing. He did give her a face expressing tingling pain, mind-asking her why she did it but the girl only glared at him. Hana then moved her eyes to Francis and punched him on his chest. “I hate you!” “W..Why??” “Why didn’t you wait for Ma’am Serin to get to the office?? We also wanted to be the bearer of the good news.” Sam agreed. “Hana’s right. It would have been a lot happier and more touching if Ma’am
After reading the text from Chris, Serin put her phone back in her pocket. “They’re already near here.” “OMG!!!” Hana screamed, standing up suddenly. “I should smell nice.” Then she hurried to her table. “My lips are chapped, this can’t be.” Sam also rose up from sitting and rushed to her station. “As if Sir Jeremy’s best friends will notice them..” Brian uttered. “Girls are girls.” Francis added then looked at Kaye. “Won’t you fix yourself, too? I mean, like putting something on your face or showering your body with perfume? Like what they’re doing now..” “She doesn’t have to.” Hana butt in, she just finished spraying flowery scent cologne on her. “She’s not just very pretty, she also has rapunzel-like hair. That long.” Kaye suppressed a smile as she got what Hana meant. “But..” Sam spoke, busy putting cherry flavored balm on her lips. “Her hair is short though.” Giggles from Hana and Kaye followed while throwing glances at each other. “What was that, huh??” Sam got a fe
A moment of silence then Chris flashed a joyful smile. “We’re on cloud nine now because..” He paused, voice almost cracked. He can’t help but feel overly emotional. “Jeremy is back to his old self again, our best friend who would always go along with our craziness.” Hearing such good news, Serin got choked up. That simple “it’s a deal” from Jeremy means so much to his best friends. Why wouldn’t it be? It clearly tells them that Jeremy is really back to being the person they used to know, the Jeremy who would say yes to their weird and crazy ideas. “Back then when we were still young, Jeremy was like Chris. He was really good at joking around and..” Ken suppressed a smile. “Teasing and annoying Yenny..” Serin chuckled, picturing the young Jeremy in her mind. “Enough of embarrassing me. You guys just ruined my image.” “Woah, bro! You’re really back to yourself!!! I love you!!” Chris, floating in extreme happiness because Jeremy jokingly spoke, hugged him very tightly. Ken, inste