Would you stay or leave me?

Chapter 31: Orphans

Waking up to the sun shining brightly peeking through the curtains that's half opened. Sitting up right and rubbing my eyes groggily, I sat there looking at the surrounding letting my whole system to wake up from the daze. Slowly getting up and heading for the bathroom,grabbing a white clean towel on the way to take a shower. Nothing helps to wake me up early in the morning than a cool shower. After showering I wrapped the towel around my body and find something to wear.

I went downstairs and breakfast was on the table for me. A sticky note on the side

Enjoy your day off,I'm off to work. Have fun and don't go wild ;) -Abigail

Very typical of her,to make breakfast for me then leave for work. How can I survive without her cooking. I can cook but I'm just lazy,plus she cooks way better than me. I sat on the chair and started eating while thinking where should I go later. There's no particular place to go.

After finish eating I put the plate on the sink and wait for Abigail to wash it when she gets home. I'm such a lazy ass,but I just can't help it. I grabbed my car keys and the house key. Double checking whether I have everything with me and if the windows are locked and if the house is clear. Locking and closing the door behind me looking at my red beetle Volkswagen,oh how I love my car.

Starting the ignition and thinking of where to go,but nothing came into my mind. I feel like my mind is blank as a paper. I started backing off the driveway and drive to nowhere in particular. Just driving aimlessly hoping to find some nice place to relax or something. When I was driving a house caught my attention. The rooftop was red and the walls were colourful with painting of tree,butterflies,some flowers and a lot of small hand prints on the walls that was slowly fading. You could see a little bit if the painting because some parts of the painting are peeling off. The place has a big playground at the backyard full of kits for a playground. I was wondering what that place is so I drive nearer to the place and on the entrance there's a sign saying 'Sacred Heart'. I don't know why but I seemed to be attracted to this place,its so beautiful outside.

Getting out of the car looking awestruck at the place. It's a place for orphans. In my whole life I've always promised to visit and help out the people that needs help. I stood in front of the gate and pressed the buzzer. After standing there for about few minutes a woman around her thirties greeted me with a warm smile.

"Hello,can I help you?"

"Hi" I replied with a sheepish smile "I was just driving around and saw this place"

"Do you wanna come in and see around?"

"Yes I'd love too" I was beyond excited but tried to act calm and compose.

She led me to the back of the building,the backyard is very wide and is complete with playground sets. The slide is a bit dirty,it seems to be a very old slide. The swing set looks like it's about to break if you put more weight on it. Then we walk into a place which I think is the kitchen because if the stove and every cooking appliance is in there. There's a lot of colourful plates put aside. Each plates has names written on it I might have shown confusion on my face because the woman answered "The names written on the plates are so that the kids would not fight over the plates because they have their own" My mouth formed an 'O' shape and I just nodded.

Then we walked into another room,this room looks so old that I'm not sure it could still work. At the far end corner of the place there's a few toys,some dolls and some stuffed toys. Everything there seems to be old and rugged like it's been passed down from generation to generation. It pains my heart to see those children's living at this place. We passed through a long pathway,the walls covered with photos.

"These are some photos of the orphans from last time and have now found a home to stay at" the lady said.

I look at every pictures closely,the pictures look very old,like it was taken from the old time. Everything black and white no colours,the paper slowly turning yellowish brown indicating that the picture has been there for a pretty long time. Then my eyes suddenly fixed on a name Justin Eelore adopted at the age of 13 by the Rochmin families

The first thing that crossed my mind is shit! No this can't be him,right? I mean he doesn't seem to be like and orphanage. But how am I sure? He never told me anything about himself. Trying to confirm my assumptions,I look closer at the picture then took my phone out and compare the photo of Justin in my phone and the picture on the wall. I turn to the lady and showed her Justin's picture.

"Is this Justin that Justin" I said pointing to my phone and to the picture on the wall.

"Why yes,how do you know him?" She smiled at the mention of Justin.

"His my boss"

"Oww... It's so good to see him become so successful. He's had such a tough past. It's good that he recovered from the past and lived his life like a normal person"

I was speechless at first,shocked that she said he had a tough past. I didn't know Justin had a tough past.

"What do you mean by tough past?" I asked worried at the thought of Justin having to go through a tough life when he was young

Her face fell immediately,she cleared her throat and gave me a meek smile "It's the past,and talking about it won't change it. It's better to leave the past behind" she look at the ground and she continues to guide me around the whole place.
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After everything I stood outside the gate and shook hands with the lady who is Mrs. Eleanor "Please do come visit again. The children absolutely loved you"

"Don't worry. I'll promise to come visit whenever I have the time. I'll probably bring in some stuffs for the children too."

"No don't bother yourself with bringing too many stuffs. A small gift would do" she said waving me off

"No please,I would absolutely love to help them out. They are such adorable children and I couldn't help but to reward them and make them feel special. So please" I said giving Mrs. Eleanor my sincere look.

She chuckled and gave in "Ok,sure no problem. Anything is fine"

Before leaving I gave her a big hug and waved to the children that's standing infront of the gate. The place may seem old but it's what inside that counts. They all have the warmth like a family have,they might not have parents but they seem to be happy. It's a really eye opening place. Talking with the kids a bit more I've learned a lot of things and I've also learned that Justin goes to visit them occasionally and helps to sponsor for the bills or any other things.

I took my phone out and dialled Justin's number. After the third ring he picked up. I told him to meet me at the French restaurant. I don't know if I'm doing a good thing,but I do think that we should give it a try. Everything falls in to place eventually right? So I'm gonna give Justin the answer when i see him later.
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A/N
I'm sorry guys for my late update. I've been pretty busy lately with schools and stuffs. So here's a chapter I hope you guys will enjoy. I'll try to update more faster ok guys. Thanks for all the supports. I'm welling up with joy,I just wanna give you all a big teddy bear hug.

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