My First and Last

Flame of Love?

"Ah. I think I can no longer bend my neck," I slide backwards with my chair.

Work is fun but I'm human too, you know. I'm not vulnerable from being tired. It's been days since we've started our work here in Morgan Hospital.

I went to Reiny and peeped at was she's doing on her magenta laptop. "So, that is why your so into what your doing."

"Sssh. I'm reading about something," she kept her eyes on the screen. I sat beside her.

"Who's she?" I cringed at the screen. She looks like a model. Well, I guess she's one. Reiny is only interested with models, especially males.

"You won't believe this!" She kept on scrolling down while I leaned on her desk my back on her laptop.

I am not really interested with those. Well, a little bit. I get starstruck when I see one, okay? Maybe because I admire how they dress; how they look, period. I am quite plain to look at. I don't turn heads.

Reiny was so focus in reading and so I turned and was surprised.

"Adam?" Reiny looked at my face.

"Well, that made you excited."

I looked at her, "Of course not," then sat properly at my seat.

I can't help it. Was is with this article with him on it? I turned to look at the screen again. I can feel Reiny rolled her eyes. Am I being obvious?

"So, what have you read so far?" I asked her still looking at Adam's picture.

"See, I've been searching about Adam. I can't find any since he has no faceboook or instagram. Well, I guessed he had those but then decided to delete such social media accounts. And this is what popped out in Google."

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I no longer can take my headache. I excused myself and said that I'll be back. I went to the garden of the hospital. It's big alright? It has cement benches on it. I preferred to sit at the one shaded by a big flame tree. It's flowers are flamboyant.  Some fell on the ground making it so beautiful. A big fountain on the very middle made the garden a high-class one. Singing angels are its centerpiece.

I feast my eyes with the sight. Some patients also wander here for fresh air. Some are with nurses assisting them with their wheel chairs.

That was tragic. I am not into news so I am not that updated. I mean, all I see in news are killing; all sorts of violence. It just so tiring.

What I learned from Reiny maybe is the reason why I am having such headache and not because of work. Well, slightly because of work, too.

I recalled about what I said to him when we talked about her. About Kelsey Pamaran. His girlfriend. Actually, his fiancé.

You think she's happy? I hope so. I'll never know since I will never see her again.

So, that is what he's trying to say? All I thought that she just left. Went abroad kind of thing. So dense of me. I even offered a muffin. Geez! How would a muffin made him feel good after losing the one he loves so much? Darn.

I inhaled some fresh air and choked while doing so.

"Katarina?"

I was still coughing. I covered my mouth and looked at him. I was already crying.

He is too. He's laughing at me. I can't believe it. I glared at him.

His laughter began to reduce. "I'm sorry. Did I scare you that much?" He sat beside me.