Change of Hearts

EPILOGUE

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"Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch." - Jack Thorne from Harry Potter.

Sun leaves but came back... same thing as the moon, and those things lights up the surrounding. To see clearly how cruel the world is.

But then, Is it impossible to make her cameback to me like those two things?

Janine is my sun and moon, brightening my dark surrounding.

But unlike those... she never came back to me.

Life is really unfair. By the time you taste it, you will also lose the taste that fast. By the time you became happy, the sadness will come along.

Hindi ba pwede manatili na lang ang lasa? Hindi ba pwedeng manatili na lang masaya?

Bakit laging may kapalit?

To paid the sins? To make the person suffer?

Damn! I already suffered a lot. And it was always being left behind. Hindi ba pwedeng ibalik na lang yung panahon na wala akong problema? Yung kung anong alak ang pwedeng inumin lang lagi ang iniisip? Kung paano mananalo... kung paano tataas ang rank ko sa mobile games. Kung paano tatakas sa mga guwardiya sa bahay para makapang babae sa bar? Kung paano sasabihin sa mga magulang na bagsak ako sa exam?!

Fuck it! Full of what if's... and surprises.

Architecture is what I really wanted. But for the past ten years... I gave up my profession. Maybe to forget? To forget that once... we're both an Architect. And also to move my life... without her.

And I did. I finally moved on... ngunit sobrang hirap ang pinagdaanan ko bago makamit yon. Depression became my friend. Rum, whisky, name it. Any beer that can make me forget about her is always there. Trying to soothe the pain I always felt when she left me behind.

I grin. Looking at her picture in my table. Her smile. Her doe-like eyes. Her pointed nose and her high cheekbone. They will always stucked in my mind through the years.

As of now, I can proudly looked at her picture without any pain. Instead, always happiness to remind me that once, I met a woman like her. I met a brave and strong woman who always makes my knees wobble.

I sighed and laid my back on on the swivel chair as I press the intercom.

"Mr. Salveda?"

"Coreen, anong oras ang susunod kong meeting?"

"6pm at the palazzio restaurant with Mr. Soriano, sir."

I nodded. Ano naman kaya ang balak ni Eon at nagpa-schedule pa ng appointment sa'kin?

"Okay, got it."

5pm ng umalis ako sa opisina. Looking back at the door of my office where my name with my position carved on it, I smiled. Remembering how my Parents celebrate because finally, I already accept my Dad's position since he's planning to retired on his job.

Jillian Alexander Salveda
Chief Excutive Officer

Masasabi kong mahirap sa umpisa dahil ang propesyon ko noon ay malayo sa trabaho ngayon. But for the hard works and Dad's guide, I finally succeed. Being the highest-ranking person in a company and ultimately responsible for making managerial decisions, it's difficult due to the fact that my employees are depending on me.