Rose's Love Story 💞

The lost butterfly 🦋

Johan as usual was reading a book drinking tea and then he got a call from some unknown number.
He took the call.
"Hello, is this Johan?"
"Yes it is." He replied back.
"I think you visited my shop searching for a book. I got the book you were searching for. You can come here to collect it." The person who called said and cut the call.
Johan could not even respond back anything. The call ended before that.
He once went to a library owned by an old woman looking for a limited edition book which was said to be available there. He couldn't find it there at that day so he gave his contact number to the staff and left the library saying to inform him when the book arrives. It was about a month, or two, ago that he went there.
Now the old lady herself had called him on the phone directly.
She was said to possess some powers like predicting one's life.
He however wanted that limited edition book so he decided to go to the library.
He went there and rang the bell. The staff there came an took him in. She said him to wait there at the guest hall and gave him some tea to drink.
The tea was so refreshing. He saw the old lady herself coming to see him. He stood up seeing her and bowed.
She greeted him with her hands seeing that.
They began talking.
She gave the book to him.
"Why did you have to call me directly. It would have been so difficult for you." Johan asked her buying the book from her hand.
"I don't give such books to everyone who asks for them. I would select the ones who should read this book and give it to them when he should read this book." She replied.
Johan was confused hearing that.
"There is something you wanted to have in this world. And there is also something you want to know so badly. Both these things are Strongly connected. No matter how much you try to avoid them it will only worsen your situation." She concluded.
Johan wanted to ask her about what she was referring to but he didn't.
"Thank you" Johan greeted them and left the place. He kept thinking about what was that thing which she said about.

Johan called Bowie in his phone.
"Hello Bowie, this is me Johan!" He said.
"Hai bro, what the hell are you doing. You left us, joined another company and even changed your phone number."
"Well I lost my phone number. That's why I called you!"
"Okay great! It's been a week and now you are calling me. Where are you?" Bowie shouted.
"I- I am at my new house. I'll send you the location." Johan replied.
Bowie hanged his phone hearing that.
Johan called him to enquire about Rose but he hang the phone.
Johan send Bowie his location. Not even minutes after he heard the doorbell ringing.
It was Bowie.
As soon as Johan opened the door Bowie pushed him to the wall and punched him in his stomach.
"Stop. I'm sorry!" Johan shouted in pain.
"You deserve more beating!!" Bowie replied and beat him again.

"Then why didn't you call me when you got the new number??" Bowie asked.
"I didn't know what to do. So!" Johan replied.
"You changed everything for Rose. You changed everything so that she can date her ex boyfriend! Wonderful!!" Bowie exclaimed.
"Then what was I even supposed to do at that moment. I knew she liked him so much till that moment. The only thing that I could do was to let her date him again." Johan replied.
"Johan, there is nothing like that. She seems so sad nowadays. And You know what she didn't accept the CEO post. She decided to countinue as manager." Bowie said to Johan.
"What?? It was her dream job. Why didn't she accept it. She was so excited that day!"
"May be because you left her." Bowie replied back.
"Is she dating him?" Johan asked curiously.
"Well, yes. I do think so." Bowie replied back.

"Come to my marriage next week!!" Bowie shouted and left in his car.
"Okay!" Johan replied back.

He came inside his house and decided to read the book that he collected today.
He opened the book which the old woman gave. He opened the book.
He didn't felt like it was a story.
"The butterfly you are looking for is still living! But it can no longer live without you. It is trying to change it's colour for somebody else. If it happens it will die.
SAVE IT IF YOU CAN!!"

This was the only thing that was stated in that book.
Johan understood that the butterfly described here was Rose.

He dialled Rose on his new phone number but she didn't pick it up. He wanted to meet her.
Johan took out his car and went to Rose's house.

As soon as he reached the crossroad near Rose's house, he saw Rose sitting on the backseat of a car. Ofcourse the car seemed rich. Johan saw Adrian comming near to the car holding the car key.
For Johan they seemed to be doing fine. He felt like he was the one who was not fit there. Although he came all that way there to see Rose after reading that book, he felt like he has to go back.
He left the place taking a reverse turn hoping Rose didn't see him.

He didn't want to go back home hence he stopped his car and got out of it near a hill.

He heard the sound of a car approaching them and looked down the road.
It was Adrian's car.
Johan threw the cigarette he was holding seeing the car and he turned back facing the other way trying to be not seen.
But the car stopped there near him.
Johan turned back.
All he saw was Rose opening the door and running towards him. She hugged him so tightly.
Johan looked at her. He could hear her crying.
He hugged her back and looked at Adrian. Adrian gave Johan a smile.
Rose looked at Johan after the hug. Her eyes were filled with tears.
"Rose, I -" Johan started explaining but Rose slapped him so hard.
"This is what I had to give you!" Rose replied and got in back to the car and slammed the door. She left starting the car as Adrian gave her the car key.

Adrian came near Johan.
"Rose was so depressed after you left her." He said and continued
"That day of her promotion her aunt Natalia fell seriously ill.
I just went to visit Natalia at her home after a long time that day but as I reached there, all I saw was her being taken to hospital. She had heart attack and needed a heart surgery immediately. A close relative had to sign a contract for that. Hence, Rose had to be there at the hospital urgently.
I came there at her office just to inform her and take her with me to the hospital. There was no time for her to inform you about the incident. But she still tried."
Johan didn't reply anything back. He was listening to Adrian feeling guilty about leaving Rose.
"She tried finding you after we reached back. She spent a whole day and night searching for you. But we couldn't find you. Even your friends couldn't find you." Adrian concluded.

"I do feel sorry about leaving her but I don't regret doing it. I know she was too good for me. I don't deserve her love. She is the one who deserves to be loved. All I wanted is her to be happy and I think she is happy right now, this way. Just take good care of her." Johan said and walked towards his car to leave.
"What are you talking about?" Adrian asked him confused.
Both of them started staring at eachother.

"So you are saying that you left her for me? Are you crazy?" Adrian yelled.
"I mean Rose and you never actually did break up. She still loved you and you too loved her back too. And also you are super rich. I hoped she would be happy with you." Johan replied.
Adrian sighed hearing Johan's response.
"Why didn't you date her. You still had feelings for her!" Johan asked Adrian shouting.
"It's not like I didn't want to date her. I tried explaining her but she didn't want to listen. She was just like a violin whose strings were broken."
Adrian turned to Johan.
"You! You should date her. She is still waiting for you. I want her to be happy and loved. Money is not equal to love. Those are just two different things. Johan, I never loved her infact I received her love. But you loved her and I want her to get loved." He said.
"Don't you love her?" He asked again.
"Ofcourse. I do. But-"
"Then just go. Just go fast so that you can find her. Fighting!!" Adrian cheered for him.
Johan's eyes were filled with tears.
He ran to take his car hearing that.
He started searching for Rose.
He saw the car parked. He got out of the car and saw Rose sitting on a rock watching the sun setting.

He walked towards her.
"You are a fool!" She said without even looking at him. She sounded as if she knew it was him. She knew that Johan would follow her.
She stood up from the place and turned towards Johan.
The sky was beautifully red due to the setting sun.
They stood there looking at each other.