Chapter 4: MALONE ARTHUR I ANDROMEDA

I was awaken by the banging sound of the karaoke. I thought it was from the neighborhood,but it sounds terribly loud. Don't they know that someone is sleeping?

HEY WAKE UP !!!!

AND WHO THE HELL IS THIS? -______-

BAAAAANNNNGGGG!!!! (Something hit my head)

"HOY ELAINE WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?! YOU'VE BEEN LOCKING YOURSELF IN THIS FREAKING ROOM OF YOURS FOR 3 DAYS NOW!!"

I grab a pillow and cover it to my face.

JESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

I know he won't stop. So that's Malone Arthur I. Andromeda - MARIAN for short. Yeah he's a gay. A very handsome gay hahaha! He works as a CiSCO Specialist and we've been friends since high School. We know each other very well and I know that he won't stop nagging unless he gets what he wants.

"Hey are you even listening to me?" He Nags

"Eh? Sorry I'm just sleepy"

"Sleepy? Hello you've been here for 3 days doin' nothing but to sleep. I already know what happened"

"Whad'ya mean?"

"I mean this .. (He showed me a video of my conversation with Clyde)

"Ok." I laid down once again .. The pain's coming back again..

"That's okay BESHY. You don't deserve a guy like him"

He hugged me tight, I buried my face in his chest and burst into tears. Days have past little by little I learned how to go on with life. I accepted the promotion offered to me as an Account Supervisor. I now used to go in the park and write down my thoughts in a sticky note .. Sounds odd but I found it as a relief to me. I don't want to drag anyone in my miserable life though I have Marian with me, I know that he still has a life of his own and I don't want to add up.

I am also planning to pass my resignation already and go abroad. I was thinking not accepting my Aunt's offer .

August 5 2017

It was the 5th Anniversary of Marian's Company. He invited me to be one of the guest since his boss knows me as well. I was busy browsing his phone's gallery to check our photos when I saw something that moved me.

It was a clip of two persons' conversation..

P1: Have you told her?

P2: Not yet.

P1: Why? When are you planning to tell her?

P2: I don't know yet .. I don't know how to tell her.

P1: What?! Then let's stop this! This is insane! Choose between me or her!

P2: Hunnie you're the one I am choosing.

P1: Then why can't you just tell her that you are no longer inlove with her? Would you like me to tell her instead, she has to know about us .

Not just that, I also saw a photo of two people kissing in a bar and holding each other's hand in a mall and there, it hits me. I can't believe that my best friend hide this from me. He already know that Clyde is having an affair with another woman but he never told me. I ran outside and found myself in a parking lot. I lean on my car still can't believe of what I saw.

"I think you need this" Someone handed me a hanky

"Thanks"

Before I even lift my head, the guy who handed me a handy was gone. I drove myself home. The next day I went back to the park, my sticky note was gone. It may have been picked by the people who cleans the park. But something is odd, I found a note saying "It's okay. Everything will be alright. We may not have everything we wished in our lives but God has more better things to provide us" Eh? Did that person just answer my thoughts? I sat under the tree and meditate for a while, I didn't spent much of my time cause I still have an appointment to settle. As I got home, I found Marian sitting in the couch. He has all the access to my house. He was staring at me giving me that 'Where have you been' look.

"I went to DFA, I just processed my papers"

"Papers for what?" He asked

"I already decided.. I will accept my Aunt's offer in SoKor"