When lethargic university lecturer, Theo Gomez, meets an enigmatic and mysterious woman one night, he never expects his life to change forever. Yet, when Juniper asks him the haunting question "Will you cry when I die?" he is drawn into a passionate...
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"I never meant to fall for you but I Was buried underneath and All that I could see was white My salvation"
/14/ She's No Stranger
[JUNIPER]
AFTERLIFE
I found it ironic to be in this place at this odd time of my life, I'm standing at the entrance while looking at the neon lights signage of this night club.
"Tonight is the night." napatingin ako sa gilid ko at nakita ang isang lalaki na mas matangkad sa akin.
Hindi angkop 'yung suot niya para sa lugar na 'to dahil naka-formal suit siya, he's also wearing a white Fedora hat. Kapansin-pansin din ang kulay gray niyang mga mata subalit ako lang 'ata talaga ang nakakakita sa kanya.
"What are you doing here?" tanong ko sa kanya.
"Well, gusto nI Boss na palagi kitang binabantayan, para saan pa't naging agent ako?" nakangiti niyang sabi. "Ikaw, bakit ka naka-shades? Wala namang araw."
Hindi ko na lang siya pinansin at pumasok ako sa loob ng gusali, as far as I know ay isa 'to sa sikat na night club dito sa probinsya kaya maraming tao ang dumadayo rito.
Narinig ko kaagad ang malakas na musika at ingay ng mga tao sa loob. My eyes scanned the whole room to find him. Diretso akong nagtungo sa may bar counter at umupo roon.
"What can I serve you, Miss?" the bartender asked and I was astounded for a while. I just can't believe that everything's almost normal, but it wasn't.
"A Margarita please," I said then I smiled.
Humarap ako sa dance floor area at hinanap pa rin siya. Maya-maya'y may nakita akong isang pamilyar na pigura na naglalakad papunta sa kinaroroonan ko.
Nang maaninag ko na siya nga 'yon ay biglang kumabog ang dibdib ko. Bakit gano'n? I don't have a heart anymore but why I can still feel it? Why do I suddenly feel alive?
Kaagad akong humarap sa counter at pinilit kong pakalmahin ang sarili ko, naramdaman kong umupo siya sa tabi ko at umorder ng alak sa bartender.
It's been two years. Halu halo na ang nararamdaman ko ngayon. Saya, lungkot, takot. You need to calm down, Juniper. You need to talk to him. You can do this.
Nagtatalo ang mga boses sa isip ko at para 'yong sasabog.
What if I fail? What if he ignores me?
You need to think something that he'll not ignore, something... interesting and intriguing...
