***CADEN*** “She woke up? It’s great then,” I cannot stop myself from being excited as I hear that news. I have never been so much happy to hear Natalie’s voice. But today, her voice is giving me such an excitement. “You seem strange? What’s wrong with you Caden?” she asks me. I answer nothing is wrong with me. It’s just that I am happy that somebody is actually saved because of me. Natalie answers, “ That’s what I like more about you. You do the good deeds and never let others to know.” We cut off the phone after few talks. I jump in joy while I hear about that. I remember that night when she was constantly telling me that she was feeling cold but I kept on ignoring what she had told me. She was all wet and in addition to that she is pregnant. Well! That’s weird kind of pregnancy but I surely know that she isn’t my dad’s wife. The fact itself makes me so much elated. She isn’t my dad’s wife. She isn’t my step-mother. I can love her. She can be my lover… These all sorts of posit

***ESTHER*** “Are you ready?” the piano pedagogue asks me as I stand in front of the piano. It’s been few months that I haven’t played these keys. I had longed to play them but my melancholy wouldn’t just let me to. “Yes, teacher,” I say and sit on the bench in front of the piano. I place my fingers on the white keys and start to warm-up with the softer music and gradually, without even realizing that I have become familiar with this new set of piano which I have never played in my whole life, I start to deepen into the music enunciating from those keys. They’re just so much beautiful. I don’t even realize that I have been lost in that melody. I want to sing right now. I want to sing for him. That was his last wish. He wanted me to sing. He wished to die a melodious death. My subconscious mind keeps on ringing my heart and making my tears to flow down without even thinking. Or maybe I have never thought at all. I was always thoughtless. I was always free minded and did the things

***CADEN*** She walks away with her bag away from the cafeteria after that. I don’t like her walking away like that. “You guys stay here. I have some important business to take care of,” I stand up as I follow her behind. “Caden… but,” I hear Natalie’s voice but I don’t have any intention to stop in the middle at all. I know I have angered her but that’s what I wanted to do it. The fact that she said to stay away from her just ticked my mind a lot and because of that I can’t just stay in my right mind. She walks furiously to the exit door and I suddenly grab her wrist from the behind. She halts as she feels that I have gripped her hand and turns around. “What the hell are you doing Caden?” she glares at me. Her eyes run toward my hand which are gripping hers and towards the people around us. It makes me want to look around as well. Yeah! People surely are looking at us right now. I don’t want to embarrass her at all. So, I leave her hand and try to talk calmly. “Esther! Have yo

***ESTHER***“You love that guy, don’t you?” Chris asks me as he takes the sip of his coffee.Love? Caden? Not even in my dreams. I am not mad to fall for the guy like him. I am not interested in guys in the first place and in the seconds place Caden isn’t the type of guy that I would like to have.“NO! That’s not it,” I open my both palms and shake it.“So, is he your crush?” he asks.“NO! Impossible. I won’t have crush on him. I ain’t a mad man,” I say.“Then why do you care about him? I mean you asked me to check on him. Is there some specific reasons?” he asks.“Specific reasons, you say? Should there be some specific reasons?” I turn my gazes down to the floor and then say afterwards.“Just think that I am indebted to him. I just have something to pay to him,” I say.“That means you are single, right?” he asks.I drink my orange juice and smile looking at him.“Chris! I’m pregnant,” I say and he chokes on his drink suddenly.“What?” he asks.“You’re a doctor and you will know abo

***CADEN***“So, she is your mom?” I hear a male’s voice when I am busy watching her rush from behind. I rotate my head around as I hear that voice. It’s a male doctor.“Excuse me! I don’t get you,” I raise my brows. If I concentrate well on his words, I hear him say that she is my mom. Whom is he referring to?“No! It’s nothing. How’s your fever?” he asks as he places the digital thermometer inside my mouth.He’s weird.He takes my temperature and then goes through my pressure and until that time, she enters inside the ward with a bottle of water and fresh corndogs.She stops mid-way as she sees the doctor beside me and continues her walk after that.“Hey! Chris!” she calls him. She knows him. I hear her saying to him Chris not doctor. Seems like she is close to him.“Hello! Nice meeting you again,” he smiles at her. But the way, he smiles is way much more awkward than anything. Like he was smiling without his inner wish! “You brought food for him? Seems like you care about him a l