Chapter 28

Freshia Ava’s POV

I told you what life is like when we ride a roller coaster ride at an amusement park. It goes up, and down, and you will find peaks and lows. That's what I've experienced for almost the last two months. When yesterday's problems were constantly present in my life, now I feel like all the problems have just disappeared.

My life is calm again. I have never experienced strange and scary things again. I have also stopped my treatment with Dr. George, it was a month and a half ago because I had started to come to terms with my trauma and my mental health had gradually improved.

The day after tomorrow can be said to be a decisive day for me because I will have a trial for testing my final assignment which was finally approved by Mrs. Adelaine, my supervisor, continues to the trial stage.

This week is also my last week running the internship program at White Stone and Mrs. Haidee contacted me so that I could meet her in her room on Friday. She said he would discuss extending my internship contract for another three months before I was finally appointed as an employee there.

I feel like my life feels smooth and in control. However, one thing is always on my mind right now. Eros seemed to disappear from my life. The man became someone who was very difficult to meet. We only often passed each other in front of our apartment unit and he was always busy.

He once told me that his business was at its peak and he had to handle everything directly. In addition, he also had to go back and forth abroad and stay abroad for almost a week. Two weeks ago was the last day we met and at that time he was busy again. With his cell phone to his ear, he smiled at me.

Then, when the elevator we took almost reached the lobby floor of the apartment, which was the floor where I got off, he said to me, “Be careful, Freshia. Don't forget to always take care of your health and eat regularly." He said which made me turn around just as the elevator door in front of me opened.

I could only reply briefly, "You too, Eros."

Then I got out of the elevator and the door closed quickly. We parted as he remained in the elevator, heading to the basement level where he parked his car. From that day until now, I haven't seen him again and it made me realize that I miss him.

Monday morning, I was in my dorm room. Today is the day I will do the trial for my final assignment. Yesterday I told Amara that I would stay in the dormitory so it would be close to campus and wouldn't require much time. Amara also looked ready because she would also accompany me to the courtroom.

Two and a half hours passed and I had finished my trial. After that, the three examining lecturers who were in the courtroom asked me to leave the room. Amara, who was still waiting in front of the courtroom, immediately approached me and asked about the results of my trial. “How is it, Freshia? Everything went smoothly, right?” he asked.

I took a deep breath and a split second later I immediately hugged him. “Finally I can finish my studies, Amara. My final assignment was accepted without conditions.” I said happily.

“Congratulations, Freshia. I'm happy to hear that too. Pray for me so that my trial next week goes smoothly and that my final assignment can be passed without conditions."

“Sure, Amara. Of course, I wish you the best."

After that, as I had previously promised Amara, I treated her to a meal at a restaurant of her choice as a celebration because my trial had gone smoothly. That afternoon I spent time with him before this afternoon, I visited my grandmother to tell her this good news.

As usual, I got off at the bus stop closest to the cemetery area and stopped at the flower shop, where I usually bought a bouquet of white lilies which I always gave to my grandmother when I visited. The old woman, the flower shop owner, had memorized my order and she immediately made a bouquet of white lilies for me. I left the shop after thanking her.

On my way to my grandmother's grave, my memory came back to when I met Eros and we shared an umbrella together until we got to the bus stop. I can still remember that sad gaze and short words at that time. Without realizing it, my lips curved into a smile when I remembered those memories. A split second later, I woke up and only found empty roads along the road I was on. This longing almost drives me crazy.

Arriving at a mound where my grandmother was in it, I knelt down and placed the bouquet of lilies I was carrying. Then I clenched my fists in front of my chest and closed my eyes to pray for my grandmother to always be calm in nature. A few minutes later after finishing my prayer, I immediately told him about what I had been going through.

When I met Eros here, it was the last day I came to my grandmother's grave. Therefore, I also apologized to my grandmother and told her why I couldn't visit her regularly.

Almost half an hour passed. The cool breeze that hit my face made my eyes close to enjoy it. The afternoon sun began to dim its beautiful light, but that did not reduce the beauty of the flowers that were starting to bloom in the cemetery area. It's already spring, which is my favorite season because the warm but still cool air feels welcoming to my face and body. I turned around after saying goodbye to Grandma and started walking away from her.

From a distance, I saw the figure of a man standing in front of a grave. He stood with his back to me. Immediately I remembered Eros, where the man was standing when I met Eros again after Mrs. Winston's diamond exhibition party that night.

Eros? I said to myself. The figure really looked like him and I couldn't stop my footsteps from going towards him. The closer I got to the figure in the completely dark blue suit, the more my heart believed that this figure was the man I was missing. When I got near the man and tapped his left shoulder, I immediately called his name. “Eros.”

The man immediately turned towards me and I found that the man was not the figure I expected. I immediately bowed to him and said sorry to him many times because it turned out I was the wrong person.

“I'm truly sorry, sir, for disturbing you. I thought you were someone I knew. Because yesterday I met my acquaintance exactly here. Again, I am sorry."

The middle-aged man who looked to be in his 40s understood me. "Yes, it's okay, Miss. Is it possible that you misremembered the grave that your acquaintance visited? Because all this time I was the only family the deceased had. No one knows or visits this grave anymore, Miss.”

His words made me realize that the grave with the tombstone carved with a lotus flower in front of me belonged to a man. As far as I remember, Eros said yesterday that he missed his mother and I thought this grave belonged to his mother.

"Do you know a man named Eros, sir?" I asked.

The man shook his head. “No, I don't know anyone named Eros. What is it, Miss?"

“Oh, it's okay, maybe I was wrong, sir. Then I'll excuse myself. Sorry again, sir." I said then immediately left. I don't really remember the exact position of the grave that Eros visited yesterday. I also didn't see the name of the tomb's owner clearly.

However, the lotus flower carving was clearly caught in my vision at that time and I remembered it. However, Sir said earlier that no one knew about the grave apart from him, who was the only one in the deceased's family, and he also didn't know Eros. Then, why did Eros visit the grave and instead tell him about his mother, whom he missed so much? In my opinion, there is no correlation between these two things.

However, I quickly dismissed the thought that seemed to be making my head spin and again thought that it was not a realm that foreigners could interfere with at will, including me.