Waiting For the Magician

PART THREE

Chapter 27

The Fourth Proposal

8 years later……

Mary’s Point of View

10 years ago, I fell in love with a guy who fell in love with my cousin who left the country because she was hurt and betrayed by her own best friend.

10 years since she left, everything changed. Madaming nangyari, happy endings, a bittersweet farewell, a story that must never given a chance to start. Madaming nasaktan, pero madami din nagmahal at naging masaya.

8 years ago, I told my best friend how I felt and it didn’t end well. Minamahal namin ang isa’t isa pero it wasn’t our time. And so I tried to love the man who hurt me so deep many times before.

I didn’t pursue med school, I just didn’t feel it was the right thing for me. It wasn’t meant to be. And so when I graduated I did an internship in my uncle’s company while I was studying my masters, good thing I decided to double my major. At some point, I knew what I wanted to do, and that is running my own company.

It started small and with my uncle’s help it slowly blossom. I had a partner and that is James. We were good together I mean as business partners that is.

Isang taon nanligaw si James sa akin, sa isang taon na yun, things really changed between the two of us. Slowly I learned to love him again and my love for Gab was slowly fading away. I love Gab he will always have a space in my heart but then all of those strange feeling I had for James suddenly came back flashing through me.

I just wake up and learn I was in love with him again. We’re together now for like 7 years and yeah it’s not always perfect but it’s fine. Even if I knew, something is lacking.

Jewel and Harry had their happy ending, they got married 3 years ago. Mahal nila ang isa’t isa kaya nagpakasal na sila. They put an end to their misery especially Harry’s. Alam naman namin lahat na sila na talaga ang definition ng happy ever after sa group namin. Since they got together they’d been happy and in love. Happily married na sila ngayon and their starting their life, they had a twin Hans and Crystal. They are the most adorable one-year-old twins.

As for Love, she’s still finding the right guy. Alam ko na alam na niya na Gab and her would never happen. I mean it happened. Nag date sila but it only lasted until 3 dates. Siguro alam nilang it won’t work out. Hindi din tinuloy ni Love ang med school gaya namin ni Jewel, instead naging teacher siya.

Gab naman still works for my uncle’s company and we’re still best friend. He dates super gorgeous women I think most of them are models. Pero siguro nga pag ganun ka ka-gwapo eh madaming magkakandarapa sayo like him. Right now I think he’s with a runway model, international model that is, she’s great. I like her.

Jenny and Kuya Michael broke up. They were trying hard enough 8 years ago. But then they just broke up. And Jenny seems happy with her Tyrone, her fiancé. Naging close kami ni Jenny, as in super close. And I remembered nung pinakilala ko siya sa group they were all frowning kasi nga naman iba pagkakakilala namin sa kanya dati. But it worked out and they are all good.

As for Alyssa, until now I have no news about her.

“Hon are you ready?”

  napatingin ako sa may tapat ng office door ko and I saw James standing there.

Nag smile ako sa kanya and started picking my things up. Tinignan ko yung orasan at nakita na it’s really time to leave. James and I build our own travel agency. I had the skill pagdating sa business management and si James as a tourism grad, he knows more pagdating sa larangan na kinuha namin dalawa as a business partners.