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Chapter 8

  • IRIS LOU POV
  • When my cellphone rang in my sling bag, which was right next to me, I abruptly returned to the present. After taking the phone and looking at it before opening it, I discovered that Dad was the only caller. So I gave it a whiff.
  • "Dad, it looks like I won't get back till after dark." I looked at the sea and remarked, I simply want to see the sunset.
  • "I'll take care of your son, but me and my grandson will go home first, so take your time." He said on the other end of the line,
  • "Okay, dad" I hung up the phone after saying that and continued to sit there for a while, staring out at the sea as darkness fell.
  • It was quite pleasant to witness the sunset as it began to happen while I was staring at the sea. I used to enjoy watching the sunset with Eliot. I used to always be by his side, therefore I'm not sure why he still exists in my memory.
  • FLASHBACK
  • We were sitting on the Centennial Sea Bridge today when I asked him, "Honey, do you think you'll be able to find me when I'm gone?" My head was resting on his shoulder. There are many people here as well because it's a great place to relax once the sun sets.
  • "No," He said, and I turned to face him.
  • "What?" I exclaimed in shock. He laughed as a result.
  • "I won't look for you since I know you won't be lost." I just pouted when he responded.
  • "What if I disappeared like a bubble, what do you think you would do?" I said it, looking it right in his eye, Just before he spoke, he caressed my head.
  • "Hon, even if that occurs, I know you will still come back to me but If I'm mistaken in my suspicion. It is not my destiny to decide how we will meet again." He said and smile at me before giving me a kiss in the forehead, The moment he kissed my forehead, I simply smile.
  • "I promise I won't hurt you, so you have no reason to leave me and just disappear suddenly, my dear Iris." I turned my head to rest on his shoulder to gaze back at the water.
  • "Promise me Honey, you won't going to cheat on me." I told him while still admiring the stunning sea view, He did not immediately respond, but he did speak.
  • "I vow I'm exclusively yours, I won't ever cheat on you, and only with you will I raise a family." He respond. I simply smiled.
  • "I'll pray to God that you're the only one I can be with, the only one I'll marry, when I grow old." I told him.
  • He is the sole man who first captured my heart, and I want him to remain with me forever since he taught me how to love and cherish the people in my life.
  • At the same moment we watch the sun set together, and the sunset witness his vows to me.
  • END OF FLASHBACK
  • I didn't realize I was crying because of those things, and even though a few years have passed, he is still the only man I will ever love. I will be devastated if I see him happy with someone else while I'm still grieving.
  • I wiped away my tears and got to my feet before descending to the Rock and putting on my heels. It appears that I won't first call the driver. I have to think as I walk.
  • I shall pass by the street lights, the side food streets, and people walking along the roadside at this moment. I took my time to look around me, and now I just felt like I was by myself without the companion I had hoped would soon leave me as well.
  • I drove right up to the cab to deliver me to Olympus Park, where it is also nice to go, passing the side merchants. I'll spend the rest of the day here in Greece because I know it will take me a while to return. I spotted a taxi and ride it.
  • "Take me to Olympus Park," I told the driver and as the car was moving, I leaned my head on the side of the glass window to gaze at the big trees with their many lights and at the building we were passing through, which was full with street lines.
  • The diver turned to stare at the road and said, "I can read your eyes; they are full of pain and longing for someone."
  • Even though the driver could see my pain and longing in my eyes for the person I left in the Philippines, where I met him, I continued to stare out the window.
  • "If the man you've loved for a long time and want to spend the rest of your life with cheated on you, what would you do?" I was still staring out the window when I abruptly questioned the driver.
  • "Did he actually cheat on you? Have you even listened to his justification?" I was dumbfounded by his inquiry. Why didn't I pay attention to his justification? Why did I leave Unaware The Truth? The event left me perplexed.
  • "How can I listen to his explanation if he left me on the day of our wedding in favor of another woman? And I swear that day, he'll have nothing to return to if he walks out of that church." I said, hearing him sigh in front of me,
  • “You should at least listen to his explanation, and keep in mind that we have what is known as false suspicion.” He replied.
  • He is correct in what we refer to as erroneous suspicion. although I'm aware of the reason why I find it difficult to comprehend why he had to pick that woman than in our wedding day.
  • I remained silent while covering up the tears that were streaming from my eyes as I wiped away the agonizing worries that were returning to me. I didn't respond to what he said.
  • "Did you leave that day without even listening to his justification and without even telling him you were going?" He inquires abruptly.
  • "Yes, I vanished like a bubble that day because I couldn't accept the fact that he had someone else," I responded to him in Greek because I knew he wouldn't understand me if I spoke Filipino and not everyone in Greece speaks English, so it's better to speak their language, which they could understand easily.
  • "I split with him four years ago and haven't heard anything about him until today." I continued.
  • I suddenly gasped because of what the driver said, "Do you feel that leaving without knowing the truth soothes your mind's foam? No right? I hope you listened first before fleeing without a trace." he answered.
  • I was just looking outside when I asked, "Has anyone cheated on you?," I said for him to change the topic about me. He was just driving quietly and seriously focusing on the road when I finally looked at him.
  • “Yes, but the difference between us is that I didn't flee or simply vanish; I listened to her explanation before putting up with it, and I left voluntarily.”He said but I didn't say a word and just kept quiet to hear his own story.
  • "I was overjoyed when she told me she was pregnant, but when she told me I wasn't the father, my world fell apart” he said
  • When he said that, I became even more intrigued by his story. Because our path is really different when it comes to love. If he was betrayed and others got the person he loved pregnant, Then the man I loved pregnant another woman without me knowing.
  • “We had been together for eight years, but that year was ruined when I discovered she was pregnant with my friend.”
  • “I blamed fate for interfering with the course of my life.”
  • “but do you know what I'm thankful for?”
  • “I thanked her that she found the person to love and take care of her even if it wasn't me”
  • “I listened to her and accepted it on the day she confessed and explained because I loved her so much that I could tolerate just for what she could do.”
  • “Years passed when we separated, I found the one for me and the woman I no longer thought that she would be with me as I grow older and build a family”
  • He was able to put up with, overlook, and accept what was set aside for him, which made me grin in that scenario. As I remain mired in the past without knowing the whole context of that particular incident.