Lost In Paradise (COMPLETED)

EPILOGUE

EPILOGUE

"DAD, can we visit Mom this weekend?"

I smiled at Maximus before nodding my head in return.

"Of course, Son. We will visit her." Bahagya kong ginulo ang kan'yang buhok at tumayo na.

Kasalukuyan kaming nasa harap ng building kung saan ang kan'yang paaralan. Ganito ang palagi kong routine, ihahatid ko siya sa school at didiretso na sa restaurant pagkatapos para magtrabaho.

"Okay," He smiled cutely. "Thanks, Dad!"

"You're welcome, Son. Now, now. Give Daddy a goodbye kiss before you go," Yumuko ako para maabot niya ang aking pisngi.

He kissed my cheeks before waving at me.

"Do your best, Son."

"I will, Dad! Love you!" aniya at tumakbo na papasok sa loob ng building.

Napangiti ako at bahagyang napailing-iling tsaka napatingala sa kalangitan. Makulimlim na ito at tila ba anumang oras mula ngayon ay babagsak na ang isang malakas na ulan. Mabuti na lamang at nakapagdala ako ng payong.

And I was right. I was on my way back to the restaurant when the heavy rain started to fall. I immediately opened my umbrella and continued walking.

I could see lots of people running across the street and others walking just fine while holding their umbrellas.

It took me years before finally pulled myself together to get back on my feet. I mourned when she died but I realize that it's better to move forward and use her as my motivation instead.

As I live through the years, she became my motivation to keep going. I moved on but my love for her still remain. My love for my wife will never vanish.

"Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails." Anang pari.

He continued talking while I was just in front of him standing. Jorge isn't around because he's busy kaya naman si Uncle Sam lang ang tanging nandito kasama ko at si Maximus.

"You may now kiss the bride."

I kneeled down in front of her grave and smiled lovingly. I will never ever forget the day that I married the woman I fell in love with— buried six feet under the ground.

Hinaplos ko ang kan'yang lapida na kasalukuyang may kandilang nakapatong at bulaklak. Ipinatong ko ang singsing sa taas ng kan'yang lapida bago pinatakan ng halik ang kan'yang lapida.

"I love you, baby. I don't want to love another woman but you," I whispered and a lone tear escaped my eyes.

I fulfilled my promise to her that I'll marry her once I turned twenty-one. I fulfilled my promise to her that I'll adopt Maru and when I turned eighteen, I became a father. My father even disowned me after knowing that I adopt a kid at such a young age. He thought that I'm such a disgrace so he withdraw everything that I could inherit from him.

I don't care anyway. Sa murang edad ay nagtrabaho ako at kumayod para sa anak ko at sa sarili ko makatapos lamang ng pag-aaral. And all my hard works are worth it. I became an owner of a well-known restaurant named as Amaranthine.

I learned in life that instead of dragging yourself even more, why don't you use the reason why you're hurt as a motivation to keep moving forward? You loved and that love will help you to live but won't keep you alive so you need to be a hard-working person.