Epilogue

“I really like this place.  How old is this house? ”  he asked and looked around the cave house.  Luca and I had just returned from the Philippines after their honeymoon in Istanbul and Georgia, and here they immediately went straight to its cave house in Cagayan Valley.

 “7 years?  I did this after I built my house in Luzon.  You want wine? ”  He nodded in response to its question.  It was in the kitchen and he was in the living room looking at the paintings on the wall.  The husband tells him it sold the paintings at an underground auction.

 "It's been a long time," he commented and faced the biggest picture.  He suddenly remembered that the tank of one of Luca's pet snakes was hidden behind the picture.  With full courage, he approached the painting and pressed the button there to see the cage.

 "Who took care of him when you were in New York?"  he