The tunnel isn't a narrow one, the reason for it not to be suffocating to people who might be claustrophobic or something similar.
Adeline started taking some pictures of the tunnel and sent them right away to her mother if she needed some visual clues. Adeline and her father had a seat on the bench to have some rest.
“Are you thirsty?” she asked him kindly.
“No, don’t mind me. Just sit there and enjoy the view.”
She did what he told her, and the two both fell into a significant silence. Adeline secretly glanced at her father and saw the joy on his face.
“Did you know that I brought your mom here on the first day of our date?” her father suddenly opened up.
“Really? What was her reaction?” Adeline asked him excitedly.
“You two had the same reaction.” he chuckled happily, which was followed by a sigh of relief.
For Adeline, her father’s laugh makes her happy, and it also comforts her for which she hopes to never end.
“If you only knew how happy and content I was with my life with you and your mom, I would definitely make a video documentary about it if I still can.” Adeline’s father was a person who was very optimistic in everything, so even in this situation, he could still tell a joke.
“Of course, you can. There’s nothing you cannot do.” Adeline cheered him up.
Slowly, her father’s head turned to look at her with a matching warm smile. She did the same to him as she held his hands.
“I want to rest, my child.” he suddenly told her.
Those words made Adeline a little uncomfortable and gave her goosebumps. She thought of not becoming a pessimist in that situation that’s why she remained translucent.
“Do you want me to take you back home so that you can rest well?” Adeline tried to ask him.
“No. I want it to be here.”
Adeline granted her father’s wants and went to scoot closer to him. She allowed him to lay down on her right shoulders so that she could support him.
The father and daughter stayed in that resting position for quite some time and in total silence. Adeline went back and forth from checking if her father was already sleeping and she can see that he is. She felt her phone suddenly vibrate before seeing her mother’s text message saying that ‘Adeline needs to take her father back home and her mother will go home soon.’
Adeline replied to her mother about her father still sleeping. And there’s no way for them to get home sooner. So, her mother, later on, replied of coming to fetch them from the park instead, just about an hour.
They stayed another hour in the park until Adeline received her mother’s new text message saying that she’s already getting near to the park, the reason for Adeline to decide to wake her sleeping father.
“Dad, you need to wake up now. Mom’s going to be here in a minute.” she called him calmly.
There was no response coming from him.
“Dad? Dad?” she continued calling him calmly.
During that time, Adeline got nervous because she doesn’t know if what she thought was happening was already happening. She tried to hold his hand, but it was motionless, cold, and it could be lifeless.
"D-Dad?" Her voice cracked since her emotions are getting stirred up. The tears were already forming in her eyes, but she remained calm.
She sniffed, "Please, dad. Don't… do this."
Adeline watched him. Right inside her head was a blank. She doesn't know what to do anymore. It made her feel like the entire world crashed. She couldn't speak loudly enough for her father to hear if ever he could.
She’s realizing that he's not moving. He's not breathing anymore. His heart had stopped beating.
"Addie, my darling." Adeline glanced to where she heard her name being called and saw her mother approaching from the parked car.
Adeline couldn't help but let her tears flow down from her eyes, going down to her cheeks as she noticed how her mother's walking speed went slower and while she was looking at her unresponsive husband.
"What happened to dad?" her mother’s voice faded.
Adeline felt her throat had dried up and thought there wouldn't be any voices coming out from her lips.
"Dad is…" she gasped after sobbing. "...gone."
Her mother had already approached them, and she held her husband’s hand. She remained to stare at the lifeless another half of her heart.
"Dad…" Adeline’s mother’s voice also cracked.
She started crying silently while Adeline remained in the same emotion as hers.
"Thank you for giving us this life," she continued, "you can rest now."
Her mother’s words made Adeline almost break down in so many tears, but she kept it all to herself. There's no use if other people would see them mourn the death of the greatest man in their lives.
Adeline and her mother had held a private funeral for her father after a few days of his death and invited some close friends and relatives only. Right after the funeral, Adeline went straight to my bedroom to have some rest. But, her heart couldn't accept the fact that her father wasn't there with them anymore, that her life wasn’t complete anymore.
She opened up the gallery on her phone and searched for the picture of her dad during their stay at the cherry blossom tunnel. The photo of her father having a genuine smile while looking at the trees will always be the best image Adeline will have as his remembrance.
"Huh?" She suddenly became distracted after accidentally noticing her left eye getting blurry. She gently wiped it with her hand, but she got confused with what was suddenly happening to her eyes.
Adeline seemed to have her eye getting irritated after noticing how imbalanced the color she saw was. But since she wasn't sure of what’s happening, she thought of something else. She tried to cover up her right eye with her right hand while her left eye remained uncovered.
It confused her to see no colors other than the two: black and white.
Adeline switched on, covering up her left eye and uncovering her right eye. She seemed to be completely normal because she can still see colors. But, she suddenly thought, why is her left eye like that? She’s not even sure if that condition would be terrible for her.
Two Months Ago…Email subject line: Advertising Campaign Staff from World Spectrum Enterprises, Inc.Dear Quinn Adeline Maynez,We were all very excited to meet and get to know you over the past few days. We have been impressed with your background and would like to formally offer you the position of Advertising Campaign Staff. We will be offering you an annual gross salary of $56, 400. Your expected starting date is the 14th of April. You will be asked to sign a contract of 6 months, and nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements at the beginning of your employment.
Adeline noticed she wasn't really alone in the office. There were also few unchosen employees left who were looking at her. And there's only three of them left. Out of ten."Hey there, unfamiliar girl." Adeline glimpsed a man wearing some nerdy eyeglasses. He was smiling at her."Hi…" Adeline greeted, even if it feels very awkward for her."I'm Jeremy Barton, you can call me Jerm. Welcome to our department, by the way." From the way he talked, Adeline can immediately tell how bubbly and optimistic he is."I'm Adeline. It's nice to meet you and thank you for welcoming me." she smiled at him, which obviou
Adeline couldn’t figure out how she will work and finish at least half of the 200 paperworks which Shirley had provided her to do. Every minute in every hour, she couldn’t help but look at the clock repeatedly. While Sandra, who was already cleaning up her desk, had noticed it.She also observes how Adeline shakes her tired and numbing hand because of the relentless signing, stamping, and encoding of the data to the computer. Sandra may show a worried reaction, but deep inside, she was enjoying the suffering Adeline is having. Right after she was done retouching her makeup, Sandra pretends to comfort and cheer up Adeline.“I hate to see you like that, Adeline. You need to take a break.” she told her.Adeline stretched her neck as she remained focused
"Hi, mom!""Addie, my darling. I'm so happy that you called me.""I've been ringing you a few, but I think you don't have that much time to answer because of work." Adeline rolled over on the other side of her bed."I'm sorry. It has been a hard past few days for me. Papa- I mean your grandfather, wants me to sell our family business and help him with his." Her mother explained, and from her breathing, Adeline can hear tiredness."What's your decision?""I don't know. I can't think of anything else to reason out to him so that he won't insist on that matter."Adeline might know nothing
The sound of the truck pulling back outside was the first thing Adeline heard and also the reason she woke up early in the morning. She got up from bed with a frown face and an irritated mood.She grunted, "What the heck is that noise?!"She immediately went off the bed and wore her bathrobe, before going out of her apartment. Right in front of her apartment was a mover truck parked.Adeline didn’t even realize that there’s someone new moving to the same apartment where she is staying. The landlord informed her, but she didn’t know it’s today.When she was about to go back inside her house, she accidentally bumped into a man, which made her fall to the ground.
“Move away, I will look for it.”Adeline moved away from her desk as Shirley sat on her seat to look for the file on her computer. It took her a few attempts, but she also couldn’t find the file.“Are you sure you saved it?” Shirley questioned her.“Yes, I did. I am sure.” Adeline said.The commotion already caught the attention of the rest of the department staff.“Shit.” The word lingered on Shirley’s lips.“What are we supposed to do now?” Adeline asked Shirley.Shirley glanced at Adeline before calling Sandra's attention."Sandra, call an IT personnel. Now." she said.Sandra immediately stood up, "Okay."She ran out of the office to fetch an IT staff while Adeline remained worried yet trying to calm herself down. With things like this, there's no room for error.Shizuko tries to approach Adeline to comfort her. She placed her hand o
If they compare Adeline’s face to any amount of money, it may not be worth a single penny. Anyone can see in her eyes how open her heart is in dealing with others, so even if other people mistreat her, she tries to understand why they’re doing it.But no one can blame her when she has exploded with rage, not trying to tolerate the things that could ruin her life, especially since she’s no longer in the world of garden with butterflies. Adeline has to live in a world full of betrayals, problems, and mistakes with a bit of miracle.Adeline woke up the next day after the alarm sounded. From what she remembered, she never had an alarm clock. Therefore, where did that loud and annoying sound come from?
Camera shutters, bright light flashes, and the smell of coffee had surrounded Adeline as she arrived at a photoshoot studio with Chris. She didn't understand the reason she was brought there until a few people approached her friend.Chris greeted his co-workers with a cheek kiss, before he tried to introduce them to Adeline."Adeline, these two were my guardian angels. My manager Sam and my assistant Jazzy." Chris said.Adeline greeted them with a smile, but she got showered with judging facial reactions coming from the manager who seems to be gay. A respective one."Christian, honey." Sam called him by his full first name."Yes, Sam?" Chris replied."Is this the one you're telling us about?" Sam pointed at Adeline with his fancy nail polished fingers.Chris suddenly grabbed Adeline by her shoulders closer to his body, which surprised the latter."Yes. She's beautiful, wasn't she?" Chris was so proud after introducing his chi
Thank you for reading my book. Unfortunately, I will discontinue updating new chapters. Why? It's due to recent file thefts made by unauthorized sites against the writers of Goodnovel and other legit writing platforms, creating or getting involved in malicious mirror site and plagiarism threats. To avoid my book getting fully copied without my consent, I will only update the book as soon as Goodnovel's security heightened to the level which would lessen the incidents of plagiarism. If ever there are no actions made, I will have to pull out my book and terminate my contract with Goodnovel for the best. Hopeful for your great understanding. Thank you and see you again soon! Ciao! - Aria Dean
When two people are destined for each other, no matter what happens, they will meet at any time or any opportunity. It was Friday morning the next week when Adeline went early to work. Her eyesight is still not back to normal. She's still having black and white vision even though it happened again last week. Before she went straight to the office, she passed by a Korean convenience store. She was intrigued and would really like to have a nice breakfast along the way. As she entered the store, she was surprised to see Thomas standing right next to a shelf. It concentrated him to what seems to be a shelf of a Kimbap or known in English as rice wrapped in seaweed lavers. Before the shocked woman could even take another step, Thomas noticed her presence. He was even surprised to see her.
The Pioneers, excluding Sebastian, had their scheduled golf course along with a targeted Dane national entrepreneur during Monday morning. “You are really striking it well today.” Thomas complimented Victor. “Thank you. I’ve been watching you since earlier and might as well give my best with this simple game.” Victor said. The men went to the side as it was the Fontaine siblings’ turn to play. Val was teamed up with Thomas while Katerina was on the foreigner’s team… which turned out to be a strategic plan to get Victor’s approval with financial shares from the Danish company to World Spectrum. When Katerina got lucky and won against Val, the Dane national got surprisingly happy, embracing her which made Val cautious. “That was a very nice game, Mr. Hankinson.” Victor exchanged handshakes with Thomas. “Thank you. I had fun too.” “Because I got ze chance to be paired up wiz you and win zis game, I have a present for you, mister V
It was 10 years ago, Thomas began working in his father's company, the World Spectrum Enterprises Inc. The business was all about product and services advertising for which they’ll be hired as the primary advertiser depending on the years of the contract the company will offer. It would have been a good opportunity for Thomas to be the rightful heir to the company if only a scandal his father made hadn’t come out. Thomas had a half-brother and half-cousin, Sebastian, who was a year younger than him. They have the same father but different mothers. However, the fact that Thomas’s mother and Sebastian’s mother were siblings made everything more complicated and almost destroyed the family. “I can't allow a bastard to be the heir to the company that we both founded and built, Tim!” Santanna, Thomas’s mother, and the
It's been a few weeks since Chris left for Paris and Adeline still has received no news or even a message from him. She can't be the first to message him because she looks like she's looking for attention.“I think you are waiting for each other to do the texting.” It took Adeline’s attention away from her phone when Shizuko approached her on her desk.“Hey.”Shizuko looked around for Sandra’s whereabouts, but she was nowhere to be found, “Where is your dear friend?”She sat down on Sandra’s chair.
It was during the year-end party for the graduates, ten years ago, when Adeline first found a genuine friend.A few groups of friends from the senior high school and senior college batches held a sudden and fun random picking of who will experience the infamous 7 Minutes In Heaven game.Since the party was hosted at a random student’s house, the students will probably take the advantage to do things they can’t do before. This game was also chosen for the participating batch of students for them to make friends and get to know each other… or better, go beyond that.The senior college student named Angelica, and the senior high school student na
A few minutes later, Adeline walked to a certain area where Thomas instructed her to wait for him. He didn't tell why, and she didn't even ask for the reason.The area wasn't far from the main building of World Spectrum, but whatever the secret future CEO said.Adeline noticed a sudden Mercedes-Benz S-Class considered being an executive limousine. She was confused at first until one of the car windows rolled down."Did I make you wait for too long?" Thomas's signature modulated voice was heard.Adeline couldn't believe what she was seeing at that moment. She t
Sandra immediately got excited while Adeline remained embarrassed.“What are you thanking us for?” Sandra asked Thomas who apparently squeezed in right next to the ladies, well, right next to Adeline to be precise.He referred to Adeline, “For what she did.”Adeline glanced at Thomas who was staring at her and smiling genuinely.“I did-”“She did nothing.” Sandra cut her.“Yes, she did. She called the guy’s name earlier, now I know his name even though he didn’t tell me.” Thomas explained.“Really? All thanks to me then!” Sandra exclaimed.
Friday, 7:30 AMSandra was waiting in front of the company building for Adeline, since they had a plan of having breakfast together.While waiting, she caught a glimpse of Angie standing a few distances from where she was standing.They get to stare at each other for quite a long time until Sandra speaks up to her."Aren’t you ashamed of coming here, showing yourself to everybody, after what you did to Adeline?" she asked her."We both know I never did such a thing to her. In fact, I would be unwilling to get involved with any of her business. So, I have no reasons to tamper with that rookie." Angie placed her hands inside her cardigan pocket."You're the only person everyone has knowledge of hat