When the Orion Glows

CHAPTER 1.1: Decisions

✨ LYNDON'S POV✨

It was about 5 years ago when I was hopeless to be a successful man conceivably because I lacked some natural talent or skills to shine. I was a professional Painter despite not having enough money to continue my profession. My friend, Rey Lim loaned me some money to participate in a painting competition.

The reason why I'm dried of money was that my little sister is sick and was confined to hospital for more than a year. She had a brain injury; A blood clot stuck inside her brain. The possible cause was our Father who deliberately abused us, and so I decided to run away with my sister.

Thenceforth, I lived together with her even though, she got hospitalized later on.

I was desperate to make money just to spend it on my Sister's operation and I coincidentally saw a poster for a painting competition.
I then came up with an idea of what I would submit in the competition.
I decided to paint a portrait of my sister.

However, in spite of that, I won the prize, It was already too late for my sister to survive. I was just standing next to her holding the prize while the doctor was trying to revive her.

My mind went black. All I could hear was the flat line sound filled in the room that continuously rings in my ears. I escape from that suffocation and walk upstairs to the hospital rooftop.

I remembered not shedding a tear instead, I deeply exhaled while looking at the night sky. I was thinking if this was a fitting ending to a useless me.

  

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I feel like ending myself here would be the best choice.

Up until now, I vividly saw the Orion Constellation from the sky with my bare eyes. It was so bright and I clearly saw the star fall down like a falling star but somehow different, thus it became bigger and bigger the closer I looked.
Just like a glowing comet land right in front of my eyes.

I was appalled and anxious that it may cause an accident to where that thing fell into.

However, thankfully it lands in an open park across the street where the Hospital I'm at.
I hastily went down the building and run across the street to check it out.

Strangely, there was no explosion nor loud sound the moment It landed at the park. It's quiet and dark. I doubt no one saw the comet fall and I was the only one who witnessed everything.

I questioned myself if this is just an effect of depression after my sister died that I'm starting to see things or ---

 
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Here at that moment, while convincing myself just seeing things. The park that filled with darkness, started to get bright. My eyes followed where that light was coming. I'm not drunk or anything but I literally saw a girl standing next to a tree whose whole body was glowing.

I thought I saw an Angel who came down to Earth but after that, I don't remember anything else.

I woke up at the hospital where I came from, They said my body was too weak to handle the pressure of my sister's death and fainted near the park across the street.

Even so, I'm certain that what I saw back there isn't a dream. It's too vivid for me to remember to doubt that.
That time I was thinking of suicide but a miracle happened that only I witnessed.

It's been 5 years.
After my sister passed away, I decided to live on my own and stop drowning myself in sadness.

My name is Lyndon Lee, 28 years old.
I'm employed at a company in the Morning and working at a restaurant in the Evening.

I'm employed as a Professional Designer in Trend Magazines. I barely saved my budget for my living expenses and worked my ass all day.

I'm exhausted.

But here I am on a train where all the busy workers are crowded in one place, except for one person behind me who is secretly groping my ass. This old man is a damn pervert and has the nerve to whisper in my ears about R.rated stuff.

To be continued...