LIKE I NEVER LEFT °[KathNiel] ✓COMPLETE

Epilogue

Amara

It's Darryl's wedding today. Honestly, I am not happy. I mean, I'm happy for her. After everything she's gone through with her fiance, I can only be happy that they're getting married. Kaya lang, hindi ko mapigilang 'wag malungkot, 'wag mag-alala. Siyempre, mag-aasawa na 'yong anak ko e.
Parang dati lang kargakarga ko lang siya. She'll always be my baby girl.

"Mom." She calls out as I walk in her room. It's so cute how she keeps her room almost exactly the same as it was before—since she was seven and designed this room with her father. "I'm nervous."

"I know you are, jellybean. But you don't have to. He better be there or I'll skin him to death."

"Mom!" Nakangiting untag niya. "I wish daddy's here though."

"He is." I say. Automatically, my mind brings me back to the most painful decision I had to make almost twenty years ago.

"You told me that your heart will be broken when I get married but you said that you will be happy too. Dad, you promised me that when I grow up and get married someday, you are going to sing Butterfly Kisses to me. I am looking forward to that day daddy even when I don't even know what marriage really is because I'm just turning nine tomorrow. Dad, you haven't greeted me happy birthday in my entire life."

"Mara." Sambit ni mama nang mapansin niyang nahihirapan na akong huminga. Yumakap ako kay mama samantalang nagpatuloy si Darryl sa pagbabasa ng sulat niya.

"And if you won't greet me tomorrow, if I'm never going to hear your voice again, I'm never going to have a happy birthday for the rest of my life. Come back to us, daddy."

"Mrs. Palmer?" Dr. Scott calls out, making me want to faint.

"Can I... Can I have just another hour with my husband first?"

"Su—sure. Sure, Amara."

Everyone leaves the room. Slowly, I walk to the piano in the corner. Since Four is in state of comatose, Darryl plays and sings her father song everyday.

You and I, we're like fireworks and symphonies exploding in the sky
With you, I'm alive
Like all the missing pieces of my heart, they finally collide

So stop time right here in the moonlight
'Cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes

Without you, I feel broke
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm
Without you, I'm just a sad song
I'm just a sad song

With you, I fall
It's like I'm leaving all my past and silhouettes up on the wall
With you, I'm a beautiful mess
It's like we're standing hand and hand with all our fears up on the edge

So stop time right here in the moonlight
'Cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes

Without you, I feel broke
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm
Without you, I'm just a sad song

You're the perfect melody
The only harmony I wanna hear
You're my favourite part of me
With you standing next to me
I've got nothing to fear

Without you, I feel broke
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm