"I miss her so bad." He said.
They were at the memorial park where Thea and Alessandra was buried.
"Me too. What were you supposed to name the baby again?" Nicomaine asked.
"Hmmm... Thea wanted to name her Alessandra, then I wanted to name it Juliet, but what the girl wants, is what she gets." He explained.
"You love her very much, don't you?" She asked.
"Yes. Yes, I do." He said. Then he started tearing up.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"God, yeah. Sorry for that. I can't help but cry." He told her.
"Let's go? I think I'll tear up any second now." She said then he nodded. They hopped into the car then drove to RJ's. Maine decided to stay with hum until his heart was cured, she even took a vacation from work aswell.
"Thanks for spending time with me, Nicomaine. I owe you, big time." He said.
"You're welcome. And I'm glad to help you." She said.
Maine walked around their library, and saw a book that she always wanted, but it ends up getting sold out.
"Can I borrow this?" She asked as she showed the book. It was titled "Memories" by her favorite author, Lang Leav.
"Sure. That was Thea's favorite poetry book. She used to read that when we weren't married yet." He answered as he searched the library aswell.
"Oh. Lang Leav is my favorite author. And this book of hers were always sold out." She said. She scrolled through the book, then a note came falling out. She picked it up and read it.
'I want to travel the world with you, my RJ.' -Thea.
"RJ? I think this is for you." She said as she gave the note. He took it then read it. He started crying again, so I decided to calm him.
"Sorry... Can't help but feel emotional. I just miss her so bad. We had alot of plans, and I never knew leaving me was one of them. Our trip was actually planned next week, but I can't go there without anyone to bring. Nicomaine?" He asked.
"Hmmmm?" She said.
"Would you come with me?" He asked.
"RJ... Are you sure about this? I mean—"
"Yes. I'm sure. So, will you come with me? I understand if you don't want to, no pressure." He told her.
"Okay. Let me go home and fix my things. Do you want to come?" She invited him.
"Ummm, sure. Let's go. You can bring the book." He said then helped her stood up.
"Thanks." Nicomaine and RJ drove to her house to fix her things.
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"I'm done." She told him. He was talking to her parents, as she fixed her luggage.
"Salamat po ulit, Tito, Tita. Mauna na po kami." He said as he shaked both of their hands. He took Nicomaine's bag then they both went to the car. They were both inside then he started driving.
"Where are you going by the way?" She asked to stop their awkward silence.
"Ummm... Greece, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Maldives." He said.
"That is alot. I think she'll be happy to visit them with you." She told him and it made him sigh.
"I hope too. But... There's nothing I can do, It already happend." He said.
"By the way, we'll be going back after our trip from Italy, we'll go back here and get new clothes then continue the rest of the trip." He continued.
"Oh. Okay. Do you think its weird for us to hang out after your wife's death? After my best friend's death?" I asked him.
"Not at all. I understand that you're just trying to help me, and there's nothing wrong when you want to help." He answered.
"Right." I kept my mouth shut until we arrived.
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A week and a day later... They arrived at:
Greece 🇬🇷
"Never knew that I can still find fresh air." She said as she breathed in and out.
"Me neither. Manila always deals with Traffic." He answered. He took her hand, which made her look at him. He smiled and took a deep breath.
"Let's go?" He asked her.
"Y-yeah, sure." She nervously answered. They were drove to their hotel and arrived a few minutes later. They checked into their room and dressed up so they can walk around Athens.
They roamed around, hand in hand like a couple. Maine was very uncomfortable doing this with him. She feels like she's betraying her best friend, but something feels wrong, if Thea knew that this is betrayal, then why won't she hunt her?
"Is Thea still alive?" She asked herself.
"Maine?" RJ called her name.
"Hmmm?" She asked.
"Is something wrong? Are you uncomfortable with this? We can stop." He said.
"Sorry. It's just that... Never mind.
"I'm getting tired. Shall we go back?" He asked.
"Yeah." She answered then they went back to the hotel.
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"I ordered wine, is it okay?" He told her. She was in her room scrolling through the book she borrowed.
"Sure. I'll join you as soon as I finish this. Just a few more pages." She said. He went back to his room and continued watching YouTube on his phone. Maine went to his room a few minutes later, then they started drinking.
"Why do you even want yourself to get drunk?" She asked, half drunk.
"Cuz' I wanted to forget Thea. She left me, and it broke my heart." He said. Maine felt sorry for him for hearing those words.
A couple of minutes later, he was fully drunk. Maine decided to stop and put him to bed. She remembered their team building, and this is what exactly happend. She sighed then stood up, about leave but RJ pulled her to bed then started kissing her. She tried to pull away, but he was strong. Several seconds later, she felt herself kissing back, not knowing that she is slowly falling for him. He finally stopped then went to bed. Maine went to her room, and prayed before she slept.
"Lord, give me strength." She prayed then went to bed.
