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PART 5

“Kid, are you really serious?” He paused for a while, examining my eyes. “Jessa Jane Viguesilla had already, DIED”

His last words exploded like a bomb in my head.  Who’s playing dumb with whom now?

“Mister, I really am not kidding here! I was-”

“Jessa Jane mysteriously died 5 YEARS AGO!”

“Mister, seriously, please stop being absurd! I have just been with her yesterday at the botanical garden!” I exclaimed impatiently. I saw the janitors eyes opened wide.

“You have been with her where?” the janitor asked but I didn’t reply. “The botanical garden was no longer operating! It has been closed since a body was recovered there. And that body was of-”    “NO! STOP! You’re lying!” I shouted. “Enough with your madness okay? The garden is perfectly well! I’m certain of it” I completely lost my patience.

Hoping to refute the janitor’s statement, I ran toward the botanical garden. First I reached for the doors of the garden next pushed it open. Then, my jaw dropped. Is this …for REAL? I scratched my eyes, closed it for a long while hoping that when I reopened them, will see things the way it should look like. But it didn’t.

Instead of seeing a sophisticated garden, an inelegant one was laid before me. Everything looked dumped. There were no beautiful flowers but there were tall wild grass instead. The fountain has stagnant, murky water on its base- very unlike to the one that I remembered spurting water gracefully. The place is filthy.

I can’t believe my eyes. It was then that I realized that the janitor must be speaking the truth: which meansJane is-

I fell in my knees. I felt like a pile of cold water was poured on me. How come?

Tears welled on my eyes. I was woeful; but, it was only because the single friend I got, my confidant, my first and only love, my REFUGE was no longer living. The fact broke my heart.

I grabbed my camera hanging on my neck. I booted it to check the images Jane and I captured. I felt more sorrowful to find out that the images I love browsing doesn’t look like what it used to. Even my stolen shots of Jane werenothing but a blur.

I stood up and walked toward the place where Jane, as I remembered, loved to take pictures.  I closed my teary eyes then whispered to the air “Jane, I love you” All of the sudden I felt cold. When I opened my eyes, I saw Jane at the center of a bright, white background, smiling delightfully at me. I exhilarated to see her. I run towards her and hugged her tight.

“I love you too Adrian. We can be together now” Jane happily said.

I can’t deny the happiness I was feeling for being reunited with Jane.This is what I dreamed of. This is what I desire. I AM with Jane- I can’t wish for more. This is a right choice.

 I held her hands and smiled. I felt more than happy. I felt like I was walking in cloud 9.

After a moment, Jane and I heard a scream; I looked down and found an old man on hysteria. The man was holding a small thing on his one arm. The thing has sticker on it that says CARLA.

I also noticed that his other hand was supporting another thing that was traversing also on his laps. I predicted what could that thing be and I wasn’t wrong. It was my body.

***THE END***

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.

-  Leo Buscaglia

HAHA, may natapos din..

makapagsalita.

actually, project namin to nung second sem..

by 2's...

acknowledgement kay Mayeth Wyne Palay na nagsulat halos lahat nito.. ILY beiibi.

hindi ko sinosolo yung credit nito aa.

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