Chapter 6 – Widow before marriage

Back home, the family of Dexter found themselves the need to move. Three months have passed, no news, no clues, no explanation why he was lost without trace.

                “Let us offer a mass for the soul of Dexter” the mother of Dexter said.

                “That is good, this the third moths he was lost” his father replied

                “Make a call to Annie, she has the right to know our plan” the brother of Dexter batt in.

Annie is the girlfriend of Dexter, they have been engaged for more than two years. They are planning to get marriage, in the month of June, that exactly three months to come, after Dexter was declared lost in the forest. Their longing was beyond words can describe, most especially, it is case that was not put into closure, no one can tell, what actually happened, and if Dexter is actually dead, why the extensive rescue mission found nothing, in their more than a week operation.

                There are so many opinions that the people around come out. Some say, possibly his own companion, murdered him, and his remain was buried carefully in the hidden part of the forest, to conceal the crime. Some believe, possibly, wild animal had possibly killed him, and his remains was keep hidden in the thick greenery of the forest floor. Wild speculation said he was become prey of the unknown entities in the forest, enslaved him and he is no longer allowed to leave. The people always have something to say in any event, that happened without explanation and closure.

                “ What is your plan Ate Annie” Jessie ask

                “I don’t have any plan, I still don’t know what to do” she answered.

They are on the way going to the church that day. They have agreed upon to offer a mass for the for the rest of the soul of Dexter. All of them are now convince, he was dead, no person can stay in the forest, together with the wild animals, to remain alive that long, and if he still alive, why then he has return back to his family.

                The homily of the priest centered to the bereaved family of the dead.

                “We are sad because our loved one was taken away from us. But everything has a reason. Who knows, God may have a good reason unknown to any one of us why he was taken away. Let us just pray for the repose of his soul in heaven, let us move on, our normal life must go on. Dexter will not be happy, if you will stop living your life because of his death. Each one of us has the right to live our life, even in face of the lost of our love one”

                The priest then, blessed them with holy water at the end of the mass.

                Annie is the most affected among them, she too emotional and cannot stop crying the whole time the mass is going on. She was deeply depressed by the lost of Dexter. She become widow before their marriage. All their plan is all now in vain. Together they have inquired in one particular subdivision on their place for the purchase of a residential unit, the down payment was settled down, and it will be turn over to them, a month before their weeding. Their preparation is almost in the full force. Everything was taken care of. But not the unexpected event of the lost of Dexter. It is so painful in the side of Annie. She almost cannot bear it. She cannot understand why this thing need to happen.