Nobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you're in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. But how can you get along if the situation become worst? Until when do you keep on fighting? Can you still trust the person who broke your heart and trust? Or pretend that nothing happened? I am Freya Kaleesi Mhekl and this is how my story begins. I am a married person with one beautiful daughter named Kaleeshya Kentce Mhekl and my handsome husband Zeke Mhekl. We're living in a simple life in Alaska where the place is peace and far from the noise of motor engines. My husband Zeke is a CEO of a magazine company while me? I'm a high school teacher in a private school in Alaska, and my daughter Kaleeshya is a third year student in St. Theresa College. My life was almost perfect that everyone wishes to have it, but one day everything went wrong. From my relationship with my husband and also in my health condition that I never thought that I could have this one. I don't know what to do anymore, I don't know how longer I can keep on fighting for my daughter, for my family and for myself. Before everything become worst I hope that I could feel the happiness that I had before and a memory that are good to be remember when I am gone.
Two months later after I discovered my illness I observed that there is something wrong with my husband Zeke. His going home late and he always excuse in every time that we have a family outing or something and that is very unusual for me. One day I decided that I am going home early because I am not feeling well but to my surprise when I arrived in the house I almost collapse when I saw my husband kissing a young and beautiful woman in our living room. I walkout silently and I drive my car away from my house. While I still driving my car my tears falling down. I never thought that he can do that to me but I am wrong. All this time he fools me when I am not around. His flirting with someone else. How dare him to do that to me? Am I not enough to him? Am I not worthy to his one and only? I keep on driving my car to the place where is nobody will hear my sobs. I shout the pain that I feel right now, I cry, I roll and I do crazy thing just to ease the pain and later on I decided to go home and no matter what happened I will never give my man to anybody unless that judgement day is come.
My illness is getting worst and all this time I just hide it to my friends and family. I don't want them to be sad because on my condition, I don't want that their attention will focus on me, I don't want them to feel pity and I don't want them to see me that I am weak and dying because all I want that when I am going to die I want to make them remember joyful things when I am still alive. I am here at the kitchen cooking for dinner I want to surprise my husband and daughter everyday by doing something that I never done it before, just like what I'm doing right now. It's 7 o'clock in the evening when my husband come. He just passing by like I'm not existing. I already expecting this, after the day that I confront my husband and his mistress in his office of course he will be going to ignore me and worst is he will divorce me and I am afraid in that day. Later on my daughter Kentce came home after she change her uniform he calls her father for a dinner and we eat together silently when my daughter broke the silence. "Mom and dad we are having a graduation ball two weeks from now and I would like to ask your permission if it is okay that Xion will be my date?" Kentce ask "sure baby but make sure you're not going home late, understood?" Zeke answered. "thank you mom and dad". After we eat I just clean up everything and going up stairs when I am going to enter our room Zeke hold my wrist and turn me facing to him. "what do you want Zeke?" "you know what want Kate, lets divorce". I was shock and my tears just fall down from my eyes. "Why Zeke are you tired loving me and that's you're going divorce me? How about Kentce do you think what will be the possible happen to her if she found out that we are going to divorce?" "Please Kate, I'm sick with you, I am sick with our relationship, you are just busy with your work and don't have a time for me?" "that's why you find another bitch to replace me?" "Shut up Kate, don't call Amy as a bitch, and no matter what happen weather you like it or not I am going to divorce you." I cried hard when I hear those words in his mouth. "okay Zeke if that what you want I will divorce you but in one condition can we stay like this after the graduation day of our daughter." "For what? It's useless" "please for the sake of our daughter's graduation. I don't want her to feel sad on her big day, please? And I swear after her graduation I am going to set you free." "okay, fine make sure that you are going to sign the divorce paper after that day." "and one more favor Zeke can you treat me just like before?" he just nods his head for the respond.
Everything is good, Zeke treat me just like before like carrying me when we are going to our room, he cooked breakfast and he driving me everywhere I go. I feel happy because everything went right even if this is just for now. Today is the big day of my daughter Kentce and this is the last day that I am going to call Zeke as my husband because tomorrow, he will not be mine. "Mom where is dad?" Ketnce ask "he's on his way, so don't worry okay?" "okay mom, thank you this is for the both of you". When the ceremony was done we just having a family date in Tagaytay. We just spend our time with full of happiness, this is the best day in my life and if I am going to die today, I am sure that I am still happy because my wish was granted. We went home early at the morning and after that I never seen my husband again.
It's been a week since the last day I saw his face. I am here right now at the kitchen just to get a glass of water when I feel something pain in my heart and stomach that I can't handle it. I am now lying in the floor and all I can see is light and someone is offering his hand to me, and I know if I am going to accept his hand I will never see my family anymore but I know I am very selfish since the day that I discover my illness until now.
I am on my way home and today I feel guilty and sorry for what I have done to my wife. All this time I just always mind myself, I didn't bother to know the feeling of my wife. I am selfish and arrogant but I promise starting today I am going to make her happy. I will do everything just to feel to her how much I am sorry and guilty for what I have done to her. When I arrive I open the door. I feel something unusual, I call my wife and daughter but no one answers. I went to their rooms but no one's there. I search them at the backyard but still they are not there. I feel thirsty that's why I went to the kitchen and my world fall down when I saw my wife lying unconsciously in the floor. I rush to her side to carry her but when I hold her hand my heart was broke, she's dead. How? My innocent wife, my loving wife why did you leave like this? I am sorry my love, I'm sorry.
THE END
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Life Before Death (one-shot)
Short StoryNobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you're in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. But how can you get along if the situation become...
