Romance in Roses

EPILOGUE

Well, what can I say? Never waste the chances of spending time with someone. We don't know his/her life ends, so you have to express them before it’s too late.

8 years after Ken's death, I graduated and became an official Cardiothoracic surgeon. And because of that, we got out from the penthouse and built a mansion for my friends and my family. I'm glad that my parents are okay now and so as Hendy and his fiancé. They got married 5 years ago so, basically, they are husband and wife. Heiley on the other side also built a small mansion for a start, and also, they are engaged last year. Heiley managed a coffee shop and collaborate with Annica's shop and guess what... they have the best-selling coffee.

Let's say enemies turns into a lover, Annica ended up with Chase and it’s a miracle that Chase change himself and became a successful engineer. Well, Zach learned his lessons and regretted on Ken's grave, but Ken never mentioned that he hated his brother, he was accepting him whatever he does to him. The good news is they got a baby boy and they named is Wren. Well, Brianna is 13 years old now, but she still keeps on hanging out with me, she grew up beautiful and smart but a little too playful though. We both hang-out in the coffee shop right now where we always hang out.

"So, how's school today missy?" I ask

"Turns out it's a rough day. I badly want to join the swimming club" She answered me while taking a sip of her cappuccino

"You got that from your brother?" I ask then she looked at me. "Maybe" she replied

"How are you?" she asks me

"Hoping for a change of scenery helps" I answered her with a sad smile

"Do you miss him?"

"super...he was like tracker for checking me out. Always have those rose thingy at my porch" I chuckle

"it's been 8 years... aren't you going to find another man to love? " I shrug at her and drink my Frappuccino “I’m just not ready to” I answered

“My brother gave me instructions before you barged inside the apartment. He wants me to give this to you” she said as she hands me over a journal.

“Its Ken’s?” I ask her then she nodded for a response. “my class is starting, just read that and it might give you answers.

I haven’t mentioned yet on how he got that gunshot, well its because of Noah. That son of a b*tch shot Ken after knowing that Ken and I are in a relationship, so he killed him just to make sure that I’ll come back with him, but he actually gets it wrong. Karma wasn’t that long, he got prisoned 2 weeks after Ken’s death and he died at the prison because he was beaten up by his cellmates.

I’m on my way to the cemetery and visit Ken’s grave, I sat on the ground touched his grave. “So you asked your sister to give your journal to me. I wonder why” I smirked and open his journal at the very beginning

(She is a beauty) is written on the front page, as I turn into next page, I saw a picture of me enjoying my coffee. There was the date when we met for the second time and I didn’t know that he actually captures me on that time. I turn the other pages and there are more pictures of us, a photography of us at Las Vegas in the hotel room, playing chess, picture of me driving the car, the whole team, and my friends in a vacation at New York. Every memory we make was captured and paste on his journal. Until I reached in the middle, a letter with his handwriting.

To Rose,

A lovely name with a lovely personality, I didn’t expect that we will reach this far…and I did not also expect to meet you and have you in my arms. It’s like a dream come true, that bridge was the only place I’m comfortable at and when you came along, your arms became my comfort place. I have CHD but you showed me that I am more than an ill patient. We may not made it, but at least we met. Thank you for all the memories. Je vous aimme.

Your cotton head,
Kenji

Lips are red as rose,
Arms that gives me comfort when I needed the most.
Your smile is all I wanted to see
Even in my last breath, all I wanted is you’ll stay with me.

That’s all written on the middle of the journal, I quite notice that the other page is different from the others. I turn the page and saw a small round mirror that only I can see is my pendant’s reflection. A riddle written on the top that says (although I’m not a diamond, I get put on a ring. When it is time to use me, a lock is opening) then I hold my necklace and look closely.

“The answer is key, but why does it shows my pendant?” I ask myself, then another word written on the bottom (Though I’m not an elephant I am something with a trunk. If I get old and rusty, you might sell me off as junk)

“Junk? A metal?” I ask as I am uncertain.

“Jeez Ken I’m bad at riddles” I murmur as I read the riddles back. I hold my pendant and say “If this is a key…so the lock is…at the- “

Beep beep, a sound of the horn from a car noises because of the traffic and so it made me think. “a car?” I ask, I went back to my car and looked over for something that I don’t know. I open the trunk but there is nothing around there, I already opened and move the seat since it might be hidden below. When I open the glove compartment, I saw a tiny box with a keyhole that shapes like a tiny human heart. I opened back the journal and looked where the mirror’s angle, then I saw my pendant. I take off my necklace and attached the pendant on the keyhole then it opened. It produces music, its obviously a music box with a princess and prince inside, dancing. I notice that the music was ‘you are my sunshine’ even though there are no lyrics to hear. I wear my necklace back and went back to Ken’s grave.

“Great riddles, but I cracked it all” I chuckle as I placed the music box on his grave. I kissed my hand and placed it to his grave and say “I will meet you again someday” I kissed him goodbye and turned my back at the grave, remembered that he said (don’t look back). I took a deep breath and step forward.

A heart beats 100 000 times a day and about 35 million times in a year. A heartbeat that I always wanted to hear in my stethoscope, is his heartbeat. It’s too late for me now since his heartbeat stops, but what I’ve learned that only your heart and mind can tell if he’s the right person for you, it’s hard to accept but we better move forward and put our past behind us. Love is so unpredictable, you don’t know what’s going to happen next and you’ll just be surprised that he isn’t with you anymore, so if you love someone show or let him know that you love him so much before it’s too late and you have to say goodbye.