In the bargaining stage of grief, in those moments of intense emotion, we may find ourselves creating a lot of “what if'' and “if only” statements in our minds. We try to foolishly imagine a different outcome, if we only did much better to strengthen the relationship."Hmm. I miss taking the subway. I miss my friends and my boy friends. I miss my old school and the library. I miss having toasted bagels with cream cheese at lunch break." Zamantha had voiced out loud with a deep sigh. She was having dinner with her mother and Zara that evening, five days after they moved to Illinois.So far, she is still waiting for Zara to finish taking care of her transfer papers to her new school. That was why she had spent all of her time whining about life like that. She looked down at Azlan eating his own bowl of dog food on the floor and caressed the golden retriever's soft fur with her own feet. Zamantha only shifted back her attention to Mrs. Zenaida and Zara when her mother tapped her arm. "B
Most professionals say that when we are coping with loss, it isn't unusual to feel so desperate that we are willing to do anything to alleviate or minimize the pain. Bargaining comes from a feeling of helplessness and gives us a perceived sense of control over something that feels so out of control. "They are really gone, huh?" Dionysus exclaimed after seeing the once lively and cozy atmosphere of the Lavigne household was now suddenly turned into an empty and gloomy surrounding.Sebastian and him were standing inside the living area of Zoey's former house for almost half an hour now. And, that was the only time Dionysus said something. Sebastian was starting to get worried again. "Are you alright, boss? Do you need some tissues?" Sebastian tried joking around, just to lighten up the mood but Dionysus didn't bother replying back to him. Sebastian cleared his throat and blew a deep breath on the side."Who was the buyer of this house again?" Dionysus asked after a few, deafening mome
One way to counteract depression is to get involved not with someone else, but with something else. Sometimes, pursuing our passion is a way to bring us joy and hope again. Sebastian averted his gaze and sat on the edge of Dionysus' table. "You're really being an idiot lately, Dionysus. I believe everything happens for a reason. Do you think you and Zoey would meet in the first place if you're not the C.E.O. of this company? She would have applied for another company but she still ended up here. She could've ended up meeting another man through that dating app but still, you and her crossed paths again. And, what about that restaurant while you're having a blind date? See how lucky you are to finally meet your soulmate? But, you let her go, just like that. If you can't stay with her in your darkest times, you don't deserve to be with her, at all." Dionysus faced Sebastian with curious eyes. "Why do you sound like you're going to court her and anything and like you're going to steal
We all know that In this stage of grieving, we start to feel the loss of our loved one more abundantly. Our panic begins to subside, the emotional fog begins to clear, and the loss feels more present and unavoidable.A month later. . "That's it? That is the best you can come up with? That's your fucking fourth revision, Mr. Ismael? I don't pay all of you just to slack around!" Dionysus' thunderous voice echoed at the four corners of the grandiose meeting room of the Chevalier tower. Everyone in the marketing team flinched with so much fear and bowed their heads in unison, trembling and not even wanting to stare at Dionysus' menacing eyes. "What? Don't you have something to say?" "I'm so-sorry, Mr. Chevalier. We're. . we're going to revise it again." Ismael, the head of the marketing team, murmured in a small voice. "If you can just tell us exactly what we really need to revise and. ." "Are you bloody telling me to do your job for you instead? That is your fucking job, right? I can'
The fifth and final stage of grief where we can finally be able to accept the reality of what happened. And, during this stage we finally tend to accept how this loss has changed our lives and we will eventually stop wishing for everything to go back to how it used to be, for the better. Three and a half months later. ."Will you stop pacing around, Zam? You're literally making my head spin." Zara complained in a loud voice, her arms crossed against her chest while looking up at her youngest sister walking back and forth in front of her."Ohh, right. Sorry, princess. I'm just fucking nervous. It's been ten minutes already and we still don't have any orders coming in online. No one is also coming to check out our first opening day." Zamantha groaned with so much disappointment laced in her eyes.Zoey only smiled at that, she was sitting on the counter of their newly opened boutique while sipping a hot cup of chocolate milk, with lots of marshmallows. Zoey looked above on the opposite
They say acceptance often occurs later in the grieving process, so it was considered the hardest stage of grief simply because it requires fully accepting that a loved one is really gone. It is not that we no longer feel the pain of loss. Instead, we are no longer resisting the reality of our situation, and we are not struggling to make it something different. More than a year later. . Sebastian rubbed his hands against each other but the coldness of the morning air still creeped inside his body. He was even wearing winter gloves but it can only warm him if his hands are inside his coat's pocket. Sebastian hissed when he suddenly noticed that he was so behind from following his boss. "Boss, wait for me!" Dionysus stopped walking just to wait for Sebastian. "Would you please walk faster? We still have a meeting before the actual meeting for the Californian investors. So, hurry up." "Why work so hard for the past months like a madman when you're already a fucking triollionaire? I
Whatever someone has done to us, is going to be attracted back to them at some point. We are not involved in this process anymore. It's a simple 'Law of Attraction'. Their bad deeds, their freaking lessons for life. "My treat, for today. Yey." Zoey came back with a tray full of food. There were two cups of coffee for Dionysus and Sebastian, a cup of mint tea for her and three slices of tiramisu cake for the three of them. "Your coffee, gentlemen. Just how I remembered them from before." Zoey muttered in a singsong voice while putting down the cups of coffee in front of Dionysus and Sebastian.Zoey feels so proud of herself to finally be able to treat Dionysus and Sebastian with her own money. After all, she doesn't really have any friends. The two gentlemen in front of her were the nearest to that category for her. "Your treat because you're successful now?" Sebastian teased as he helped Zoey to serve the cakes this time around. Zoey laughed before sitting down again. "That and bec
Courting a girl 101 guide: Drive her around. "See, boss? Zoey is safe and sound." Sebastian uttered as soon as he sat beside Dionysus on the couch, placed on the farthest corner of that hotel's waiting lounge. "Hang on. This is one of your five star hotels, right?" Dionysus sighed and blew a deep breath while watching how Zoey laughed and conversed with a lady near her age, in a table a few feet away from them. "She had laughed so much when she was with us a while ago, yet she can still laugh like that with other people. She's an introvert like me, remember?" Sebastian shook his head. "That's got nothing to do with her being an introvert, boss. Zoey can laugh as much as she can because she's happy." Sebastian's phone chimed again, but this time, it was one of the department heads who was tasked to supervise their meeting for that day. "Dio, I think we should really be going now." "Cancel it." Sebastian was too stunned and had to ask his boss again. "I said, cancel the meeting." "