Naalala mo pa ba yung first love mo? How about your 2nd... 3rd... 4th...?. If we will think about it, a single heart can be turned into a hundredfold, depending on how many times it got hurt. It's true that amidst us are floating and broken hearts...
Rae was dead tired when they returned that night. She and Ivy extended the consultation since there was still a long line-up after five o'clock.
" Are you still okay Ivy?" Rae jokingly asked the assistant as she carried a very restless baby to the table. Ivy just smiled shyly and winked at her." She really loves caring for people," Rae sums up her evaluation of her assistant.
The gate was already opened when they reached the farm.
" Miss Rae, ginabi kayo sa unang araw nyo ah," Virgie appeared as she closed the gate.( Miss Rae, you worked late on your first day.)
Rae smiled at the housekeeper then looked at her watch and realized that she should be with her family now.
"Aling Virgie, bakit nandito pa kayo? Hindi ninyo naman kailangang hintayin kami," Rae said worriedly.( Virgie, you haven't gone home yet? You don't have to wait for us to get home.)
" Okay lang Miss Rae.May kinausap na akong tricycle sa labasan. Susunduin ako dito. Tapos dadaanan ko yung anak kong dalaga.Gagabihin din daw yung anak kong babae, kaya dadaanan ko na siya sa bus stop.( It's okay Miss Rae. I made an arrangement with a tricycle driver so he can pick me up and then pick up my daughter, too as she is also running late today.)
Without further instructions, Virgie served her home cooked food that night to a starving Rae after she went for a quick shower.
Rae hasn't really eaten Filipino food after she lived on her own. She just didn't have the time. She now realized how she deprived herself. She promised to cook again upon returning to the US.
Rae thanked Virgie and walked with her to the wooden gate when the tricycle honked to announce its arrival.The sign Flowers for Hope clanked against the slamming of the gate.
It was a quiet night and Carisse' snoring can be heard from where she was." She wasn't joking with her snoring," Rae smiled as she remembered her protestations in sharing the room with her.
Rae can smell the roses as she walked back to her cottage. She promised herself that she won't leave this farm until she explored the whole length of it.
She saw her smiling and reaching out for her hands. She took them and they hugged with tears streaming down her eyes. Then she woke up.
Mommy Vi.
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