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THE YEAR 1990"He will just know that I will be with you and he will just smile," Jane smiled teasingly over Paul that made his cheeks beet red again. He knew how Jane's father was so kind and even then, Jane was a living clone of his father. They both smiled mesmerizingly over their eyes and you knew right away that they were so happy even though they lived a simple life like that. He doesn't want that to be taken away from Jane's face so that he tried everything he can just to tilt that little corners of her mouth.
Jane and Paul ensured the silence between them. Paul tucked in his hands over his slacks while Jane was doing the same with her right hand. They were both staring at the afternoon sun and Jane quickly recognized the rainbow that was over the horizon. She stopped walking and looked up towards the seven colors over the clouds.
***THE YEAR 1990"I know it may seem uncomfortable for you, but I want to say it as early as possible. It feels like I needed to say it because I can't control myself anymore,"Paul muttered as he scratched the back of his neck and Jane chuckled a bit at him because she saw how much shame had been painted over his face. He didn't know how he can say all of it to Jane right now and he was glad that she was smiling despite his confession."So that is why you shed over some umbrella over me, knowing that I am crying that day?"Jane asked as the tears were on the verge of falling from her eyes. She didn't know what to feel anymore with the way she had been hearing those soothing words from him. She had been lonely for years since she had been schooling. The only friend that she had known migrated over to a different country and she di
***THE YEAR 1990Jane zipped her backpack closed again as she glanced over at Paul again. She smiled as she nodded towards the town. She glanced at her wristwatch whom they bought with her father over the town for only twenty pesos and saw that it was already thirty minutes after four."Do you still... want to go towards the town and eat something?"Jane asked as Paul was battling with himself on whether to ask it again or not. Paul nodded as Jane smiled giddily towards her with sad eyes and she walked ahead of him too. She patted his shoulder as she nodded towards the end of the bridge. Paul huffed an air over the bridge as she caught up with Jane who was still holding the straps of her backpack. They both walked beside each other as they reached the end of the bridge. The people were still rummaging in and out of the market as Jane sniffed loudly. She saw the familiar
***THE YEAR 1990"Yeah. I was nervous about what you will say. But I'd rather do it than regretting the choice I've made earlier. It was not easy to say those things, you know. It took me some time before I say anything," Paul explained as Jane removed her gaze from him and swallowed constantly. She suddenly felt her heartbeats louder than the usual days and she knew she needed to take some time off from being beside Paul all over again. She glanced at him carefully while the moon shone right through the waves and she knew that she was gonna be mesmerized by how handsome Paul was. His hair was now flowing relentlessly over his head as he glanced above the moon and slowly shifted his gaze towards Jane.Jane didn't even flinch a bit as he saw how desperate his eyes were. She swallowed constantly as she felt the electricity in between of those gazes and she felt
**** THE YEAR 2019 ****She sighed and said,"It was your father."Danny stood up from the mattress as he furrowed his eyebrows and got puzzled by what his nanny said."Ehh?"Danny expressed as Jane smiled bitterly over the hallways. She didn't saw anyone from the hallways and she was thinking that Stan might have gone home for a bit. Justin and Marian must have been having a coffee outside of the hospital as Jane was left alone on the bench."It was true, Danny. Your father is my first love,"Jane said as she sighed and Danny ran over to the windows and opened them. He was getting a lot of reveals today and he can't help but open his mouth widely and glanced at the fountain underneath. He leaned on the window frame as he motioned for his nanny to continue."You would not regret it even i
***THE YEAR 2019"We went to town. We stroll around it until early in the night. We sat down by the wall that separated the park and shores, and we watched the sunset together. It was as if something never changed between us, and it was relieving to see. Because even though he confessed his feelings towards me, our friendship still stayed there," Jane murmured as she leaned her head back on the wall and listened to the last verse of the songs. She swallowed as she clutched the hem of the skirt and glanced above the sky. The stars were smiling down at her and she can't help but wonder how she can reach them. She pointed her finger and traced the constellation that she recognized."When did you let out your feelings that time, nanny? When the time had come, orhowdid you know that it was the right moment to say it?"
***THE YEAR 1991They continued to eat their noodles as another song came out from the door. Jane was staring at him in awe as she bit the beef from the noodles and chewed them lovely. Paul did the same and they both stared at each other's eyes as they scoop up some soup. The people on the sides on their own tables were murmuring to each other. Paul then beamed a little towards the couple on their side as the song of Collin Raye was playing over the radios. "I thought I am still in grief, but I never know that I will be beside you after that time."Jane teased Paul that he was a monstrous eater and Paul quivered his lip right away. He chewed very carefully as he glanced towards Jane. She smiled lovely towards him as she poured down the remaining onions down the noodles and rapidly mixed it with the soup. She ate another bite as Paul
***THE YEAR 1991"Are you sure you will be okay?"Paul asked worriedly as he observed the people on the bridge. Jane nodded and unclasped her hands on him. She nodded and said,"You should go home. Goodbye." "Dear Paul, I wanted to love you always.""Goodbye, see you tomorrow, my love,"Paul mumbled as he patted her head again and Jane smiled lovely towards her. She caressed her face as she felt that her heartbeat was getting louder and louder than usual. She licked her lips as she felt that moment was wrong. It felt like that was the last time they will be like that. The day earlier was so good and she was worried that tomorrow will change for both of them.&nb
***THE YEAR 1991Paul can’t seem to know how to move from his place as the heavy rain started to pour down through the ground while he wiped his nose. He sobbed uncontrollably as his shoulders were starting to shake, and he turned around towards the exit of the woods. The heavy rain was still pouring down as Paul let himself to be soaked in rain. Jane heard the rain outside as the tears fell down on her cheeks continuously. She sobbed uncontrollably as she thumped her chest with her palms and she can’t seem to move on from the pain that she was feeling right now. Her shoulders were shaking as she clasped her mouth from the sobs that were incoming. Paul was also feeling the same as the box from his hand slip down the ground and he slowly turned to it. He crouched down and he picked up the box quickly from the mud. He fell do
***THE YEAR 2019, one month after Jordan Mendoza died.The engagement party for Danny Sy and Marian Aguinaldo.The golden brushes were laid down on the dressing room of Marian as she was sitting down on the couch, with her hair fixed up in a bun. She was looking at her bare face at the reflection, and melancholy music was playing over the speaker by the side. She was at the dressing and vacant room of the Sy's mansion, waiting for the makeup artists, who will be painting her face to make her glamorous.Marian stared back at the grieving eyes looking back at her. This was it. The time she would be marrying someone she doesn't want to be off. She just wanted a happy life, wherein she could decide what will happen to her life. She sighed as she glanced at the door, it opened, and someone came inside.She was holding a black bag in her hand. She was als
***THE YEAR 2019, the burial of Jordan MendozaPaul was left alone on the side of the hallway as Marian stood still and averted her eyes towards the other way. She sighed as she looked down at her feet and she doesn't know what to feel. She had never experienced being without parents or something, but for ma'am Jane, she lost them both."I never thought that the smile I will never see was with my father," Jane shook her head as she glanced the other way and she cried while Danny was looking up from his seat. He saw the name of Jane's father as he heard weeping on the other side."That was when the time I saw him smile 2 months ago... it took so fast for me to realize that it was the last smile I would ever see from his lips," Jane cried as she closed her eyes tightly and she remembered the time when she had to undergo that crisis once aga
***THE YEAR 2019, the burial of Jordan MendozaJane was wearing a collared ivory shirt, while she was holding the marble and gray jar close to her chest, as she walked down towards the hallways. The maids from the mansion were also there, paying their condolences and wishing that the soul could rest in peace after it had been buried. The emotions were clear from her face as she walked very slowly, while Justin was holding a white rose in his hands. He was behind his mother, as he looked down and the tears trickled down once more. Marian was also there, and she had been perceived to be there when she knew that Justin wouldn't have someone to lean closer to. She looked the other way as Jane walked past ahead of her while sobbing. They stopped in front of the priest in the hallways and bowed down their heads. The chrysanthemums and orchids were lined up on the table as the priest held onto the microphone han
***THE YEAR 2019, the results of Birschet International School had been released, 2 months afterDanny pursed his lips as he stared down and Hazi was doing the same thing. Paul huffed an air as he pocketed his cell phone on the pockets of his coat and he glanced at the building. He walked towards the porch as he stepped on the front lobby and said, "Let's go."Paul was the first one to walk ahead as he breathed out. His son was puzzled about his rush and he knew that his father was so worried about his nanny. Danny followed suit as Hazi turned his heel around also and they rushed to get through the lobby. Paul was the first one to press the buttons on the side. He ran towards the steps and he was rushing as he placed his hands on the buttons as he waited for his son and Hazi to come inside.Justin was sobbing as he wiped the tears and stood up fr
***THE YEAR 2019, the results of the Birschet International School had been released, 2 months afterDanny huffed some air as he said, "What are you doing over here? I thought you had to take a guard with both Justin and Marian."Hazi didn't answer any about it and he knew that he had to unfold what happened in the last two months after the arranged marriage plan. They don't have anything to do with the arranged marriage and Marian's mother had a knack to still push what happened on that established plan. Danny and Hazi took some time to delved into the silence in between them. He sighed as he glanced the other way and knew that he had to ask what happened with the plan."Marian's dream to be a professor at Birschet International School is now coming true," Hazi was the first one to initiate the topic as he knew that Danny would like to keep his mouth shut tight
***THE YEAR 2019, the results of Birshcet International School had been released, 2 months afterJane let Marian grasped her arms on the bench while she sat down on the bench. She swallowed as she wiped the handkerchief on her face while the tears were streaming down on her face. She glimpsed at the doors shut tight as she knew that her son was now inside the morgue. Marian looked at her worriedly as she pursed her lips while she glanced out of the way. She bit her lip as she looked the other way.Justin halted abruptly in his place as the doctor removed the blanket over his head. He bowed down his head completely as he glanced the other way while still huffing some air over his mouth. He saw how blue his skin now was, the white hairs were still on his hair, not moving, his feet were now parallel with one another, and his chest was not breathing up and down.Justin walked
***THE YEAR 2019, the results from Birschet International School had been released, 2 months afterDanny swallowed as he glanced at the other way and soothed both of her arms with his hands. Jane sobbed as the doors finally opened and someone came out from there. He was wearing a surgical mask and a blue uniform. He wore off the mask from his mouth and glanced at the people outside. Danny whispered to his nanny that the doctor finally came out and Jane quickly stood up from her seat. Justin also did the same thing as Hazi and Marian followed suit. Jane glanced at the doctor as she placed her hands on her chest while asking, “Can I see my father now?” The forensic doctor nodded as he instructed something while Jane was nodding her head. Only one can come in inside the morgue as the doctor said that they should wait for minutes. Jane hurried inside while the tears we
***THE YEAR 2019, the results of Birschet International School had been released, 2 months afterJustin was surprised by her touch that Hazi looked away suddenly. Justin grabbed a hold of her wrists and smiled at her. He put it down on her sides while Marian’s inner brows were raised. She swallowed as Justin turned his heel around and didn’t have the time to speak any more words towards Marian. Hazi was left alone with Marian as she smiled at him. “Let’s go,” Hazi said simply as he followed Justin inside. Marian pursed her lips and followed Hazi behind. Meanwhile, Danny was sitting down beside Jane now on the outside doors of the morgue, still waiting for them to be summoned and enter the room as soon as possible. Danny sighed as Jane was still weeping beside him. Danny turned his head towards her while he swallowed and said, “Everythin
***THE YEAR 2019, the results of Birschet International School had been released, 2 months afterJustin was left alone at the swing while remembering that scene. He placed his fists on the sand while he punched it over and over again but the pain won't go aside from his heart. He shook his head as he finally sat down in a curling position while he howled in the center."Grandpa... why?" Justin asked himself in a crying voice while he propped up his arms wrapped around his knees while he cuckooed his head in between. He was surprised with what he did but he knew that he couldn't know what he will do. The thunder cracked together with the lightning on the clouds while he was still sitting down on that sandbox. He doesn't care if he will be soaked with sweat or rain now, he just knew that he was in pain, and he couldn't move. He felt numb, resentment over the one that was ru