The Falling Petals...🌺

Don't-go....Please

Then her cell-phone rang again and, again, it was Guen. I picked up the call this time.

"Hey, I guess you should hurry up. It has started raining again," he said.

Though I heard him at that moment, I still said, "Yes, just a second. We are coming down. See you there."

We were about to leave the room, when she screamed one more time. "Shit! I forgot this," she said, looking at the big plastic bags which Nari had left at the entrance of the room.

She quickly picked them up and said, "Shillang, this is for you."

"what is this?"

"Open it."

I did what she asked. A blue-striped shirt with a park avenue tag and two ties: one, black with white stripes in the middle; the other, steel-colored. I was so pleased. A girl bought something for me....My Dae bought something for me. And I suddenly recalled a couple of managers from my office whom I used to see, at times, in shops along with their wives, who were selecting shirts for them. I felt good, realizing all those things were happening to me now. New things, different things, beautiful things.

"For me?" I asked.

"No. For that fat cab driver," she tried to tease me.

"Really? You had an affair with him too?" I teased her back.

"Shut up," she responded with a smile but her eyes wanted me to fear her. Then she reminded me, "I have to rush now. It has started raining."

"Oh yes. Let's go," I said, dropping the box on the bed behind and stepping out of the room. This time I made sure to walk beside her, and she acknowledged that with her mischievous smile.

We were about to reach the reception when I couldn't' control myself anymore and asked her, "Why are you leaving Dae? Don't go....Please." And my speech paused there, along with my feet.

She stopped there as well and held my hand in hers and said, "Just a couple of months and I won't have to leave you this way. I will be all yours." There was so much love in those words as if, from now on, she was going to take care of me forever.

"I know," I said.

"Now shall we go before Guen gives another call?"

"Yes."

Back at the reception, we met Nari and Guen again. They were trying to tease Dae with their faces and expressions but she was somehow, managing everything with her simple smiles, digesting from what they wanted to hear. We all stood there for a few minutes before they went to their cab which was parked in front of us.

It was drizzling. They got seated and the cab reversed. They were leaving and my eyes were following the left window from which she was waving to me. I almost ran into the middle of the road to catch a glimpse of her for the day. Then the cab took a right turn at the end of the street and she disappeared.

But Oh! I loved the light rain shower and looked up at the sky, thanking the heavenly firmament.