Inside An Amnesia Patient's Mind

Epilogue

ASHLEY'S POV

Three years later...

Kas and I are here waiting at the very last place I can think of visiting.

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I submitted a leave at work after years of working so hard and raising a half-sinking company. It only stabilizes after two years but I am still hands-on with it, until one day my daughter asked me to take her to an amusement park.

She's three years old now, my little star. And she grew up with lots of wonders in her mind.

When she asked me that, I suddenly felt guilty. It's been so long too since I took them on a vacation. Last time I remember, it's when my little angel, Martha, is still with us.

So I decided to take a month's leave. To have this time with my family only. We visited a lot of places. We visited Martha's grave as the first. Then we went to Tita Ana's resort and it feels just the same.

It's like I had never aged and I am stuck to that moment when I found Keirstine in that place. But now, Star is with us.

After visiting the resort and experiencing the sea life for four days, we head north and visit a place surrounding with trees and nature.

For a week, we stayed there. Kas learned some local dishes which she wanted to add to her menu. Yes, she's managing a small restaurant now.

Star, on the other hand, wanders and wonders about the beauty of nature. She may seem so little but she had learned to appreciate small things around her.

We take her on a hike while she settled in a carrier on my back. We went camping and she saw the stars with her little telescope. It would have been wonderful if Martha is here. She would sure love to tell a story about the stars to her little sister. I smiled at that thought.

After that camping week, we went to visit Kas' hometown in Sta. Monica. We visit her mother's grave.

It was a relaxing month but we cut it short and went home because of Kas' restaurant. And after fixing the minor problem in her restaurant, we went to my parent's grave which is on another cemetery.

I visited it a few times but I am alone every time I went here. But right now, I am with my family.

That day ended well. But when the night came, Kas said something that I never thought she will think of. And even if I wanted to object, I can't do so because I saw the eagerness in her eyes.

So here we are in this narrow room with glasses in most corners. She patiently sat in the black chair and waited for the person on the other side of the glass pane in between us to come. I stood beside her and I felt her nervousness in the way she fidgets her fingernails.

Not long after, the other door opened. The person in an orange shirt seems shocked at what he's seeing but he quickly composes himself.

"Collins," he said in his usual raspy low voice as he looks at me after he settled in a chair.

The glass in between him and Kas hasveholes and we can hear the sound from the other side of the glass barrier.

"Ramsay," I greeted. I stared at him as he stared back. Remorse is visibly in his eyes which is once full of hatred.

"Samonte," his eyes went to Kas. "You're the last person I can think of to visit me, but you're here." There are disbelief and amusement in his voice. He is calm and he is speaking casually like we've been friends.

"It's Collins now, Ben. How are you?" He seems taken aback by Kas's question as I did. Maybe he thought that we came here to mock his life in prison yet he receives the opposite. And that's why I love Kas even more.