217 Goodbye, Sweethear (2/2)
Though Anthon always gave him unforgettable memories of their strolls and adventures,but at the end of the day,it was still Jim who helped him in his bath, tucked him into his bed and lifted him up out of it in the morning.
Mr. Wayne then spoke again.
”Jian,your daddy Jim is not coming back to life anymore and your mom needs to move on and be happy again. Fortunately,daddy Anthon knew and loves your mom even before she met daddy Jim. So, can we allow them to be happy as well? ”
After hesitating for so long, Jian nodded and he became teary -eyed.
”I just miss dad. ”
Jia then pulled him towards her in a tight embrace. She gave a little laugh but her eyes became misty,as well. After some moments,Jian looked up at Anthon and he threw himself into his chest.
”As long as you promise,dad, that you won't go back to Dubai
anymore.”
Anthon laughed. ”Wish granted,
son! ”
Soon, the kids left together with their grandpa and Kuya Nap, leaving Jia and Anthon alone in their candle - lit table. Mr. Wayne planned it all. Even after their water escapade,they no longer came back,giving them ample time for their first date.
”Jia, I still owe you many things. ” Anthon said while he drew her closer to him.
”What is it ? ”
She asked absent - mindedly,her thoughts were stillon Jian. Mr Wayne was right after all. He needed to ask her hand from him and his aister.
”Sunsets and romantic dinners. ” He smiled as he looked far beyond the glittering sea water.
She laughed as the sense of awkwardness crept into her heart. But the sound of her laughter soon faded away as Anthon drowned it with the waves of his hungry lips.
They may had missed the sunset,but they had watched the moon as it sailed along the starless skies,wrapping their entwined bodies with its gold and silver hues, until the candle lights were blown away by the breeze.
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Early inthe next morning,Jia went out again but this time,it was not for her morning routines. She drove instead towards the lonely,memorial garden where they built the physical tomb for Jim.
Even though she knew that the dead knew not about anything and couldn't hear her anymore,she still decided to pour out her emotions
”Jim,would you forgive me if I would break my promise to be your wife forever? Would you confront me if one of these days,I would be marrying your own brother? Would you hate me or would you understand just as how you understood my own failures and unworthiness? ” She said, demanding and answer from the cold gravestone as her tears began to fall.
” I'm sorry for failing you. I know that I could no longer find someone whose heart is as big as yours.I could no longer find someone who would love and embrace my deceitful heart like you do. And I could no longer find someone,who only knows how to give and to forgive. ”
” But you're unfair,you're leaving me
forever... and now I also need to go..”
She cried her heart out once again as she traced his inscripted name on the tombstone, flooding the letters with her tears. She recalled their past once again, from the day she came into his life until the day that he left her with a shattered heart.
When the weight of her heart was finally heaved out,she kissed the tombstone and whispered,
”Goodbye,sweetheart. I will never forget you.”