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Not In Time (CHAPTER 3: Part 1)
Harrison's POV:1
Hello! I'm Valerie Harrison. 23 years old. I am the only child and heiress of the family. Because I don't have cousins. It's been a year since I returned to this country from the States because of my studies there. Right now, all I want is to walk here on the beach. I want to escape from reality first. It's not that I don't want to face it; I just want to rest and breathe some fresh air. I want to meditate. Honestly, I don't know what my reaction should be. What should I do? The man who promised to love me, but why... Why can't he tell me everything? He doesn't trust me. His family doesn't like someone like me, just because of the conflicts in both our families. It might be a simple thing for others; yes, that's right, if he could have fought for me in his family... but he didn't. Maybe he thought I didn't notice that he was just forcing everything. I know he loves me, but he never talked to me about it. How many times have I heard from the mouths of some of his family, "No matter how rich that woman's family is, the heiress? I do not care! I don't want you to stay together. Didn't mom already say Julia is more suitable for you, Aaron?" His sister said. I happened to hear all that the day he took me to their house. At that time, his parents were not there, but only his sister, Aileen. After they talked, I pretended that I didn't hear anything. The things I heard were painful for me, but the things his mom told me were even more painful. Just before I came here to the seaside, his mom sent me a message saying she wanted to meet. I immediately went to the location she gave. We met in the cafeteria. I was just about to sit when she immediately started talking. "I'll be straight forward with you, Valerie. You already know what's happening, right? Why our families are in this situation. But, I have a big respect for you. Even though I know, I can't blame you or involve you with what happened to my sister. But... I don't want you and my son to stay together. I'm planning to send him to Canada to take care of our business there. Julia will be with him. You don't need to know why I'm doing this; that's what I want for him. That will be good for him. Also, it's not good to hear that I'm going to let my son have a relationship with the daughter of a family that we hate."
Everything she said was right; it's just sad. Why, of many people, why me? Often in dramas, they don't like women because of their status, whereas this is a different story. What would have happened if my uncle had not had an accident with my sister, Shenly? Sister Shenly was supposed to be married to my uncle Vince, and she is the sister of Aaron's mommy, Mrs. Shiela Montervo. Uncle Vince is dad's youngest brother. They are only two siblings. He left us on Grandma's birthday. Uncle Vince took Sister Shenly to the birthday celebration, but unexpectedly, the accident happened when he took Sister Shenly home. They both lost their lives, and because of that, the hatred of the Montervos for Harrison began. At the time that happened, I was still studying in the States; it was 2 years ago, but I just now found out everything. All I knew then was that my uncle and his fiancee were gone and not these disputes in our family.
"Hello, excuse me. Can you take a picture of me? Just one, please?" I suddenly stopped walking and turned to a man who spoke.
"Oh yeah, sure." I smiled at him. I agreed to his request and immediately took his phone. After I took him a picture, he immediately said thank you, and I said goodbye to him.
"Thank you again!" He kept shouting while I just turned to him and bowed in agreement.
Honestly, he's kind of weird, or maybe it's just me??? He asked me to take a picture of him near the hammock, and then he was swinging it even though no one was there. Maybe he's just bored? Oh, nevermind. I think he's fine, and I see he's happy. Those simple things that I see in other people really amaze me. Thanks to him, somehow I feel better.
I walked quite a distance, and there was a big tree here, so I sat down under it. I saw a leaf in the shape of a heart. I thought to take a picture of it, but I remembered that I left my phone in the car.
Hey, it doesn't matter; maybe I'll just bring this leaf later when I go home. I looked up at the sky; there was only a little sunlight because it was covered by dark clouds. I think it's going to rain, but it seems like it's not. It seems like the clouds are chasing each other, and the wind is blowing them away. I can see that they are moving. I closed my eyes and leaned against the big tree where I was.
I looked around. I was very confused by what I saw. The guy earlier—I saw him drop his jacket on the sand—seemed to be in a hurry. It worried me when I saw him walk towards the water. Will he take a bath? I was uneasy, so I watched him.
What I felt wasn't normal anymore when I saw that he didn't stop walking away and was already in the deep part of the sea. I immediately stood up, quickly ran closer to the sea, and immediately went down into it. I swam, trying to catch up with him. I'm still a little far from him. I'm shouting, but he doesn't seem to hear me. He climbed the huge rock that was there. I was close to that rock, and I screamed again. "Brother!!! What are you going to do there?! Brother!" No matter what I do, he still doesn't turn around. It's so deep in this part; I'm having a bit of a hard time, but I can swim anyway. When I got up, right after I climbed the huge rock, I saw him jump from there. I felt very nervous and was terrified. The water is quite dark; it must be very deep here. I also know how to swim, but I'm afraid to swim, especially when it's too deep. I took a deep breath. The only thing on my mind was to save him. This is the only way to save him. I'm the only one here; it's better to try than to regret my whole life if I don't try to save this person. I closed my eyes and immediately jumped. I also immediately saw him, so I swam towards him. Little by little, he is sinking to the bottom. I immediately grabbed him; I saw he opened his eyes and tried to remove my hand from my grip on him. He pushed me away, but even so, I tried to swim back, but my foot got caught in a net. I didn't panic, and I immediately removed my foot from the net, but unexpectedly... Here I am again; one of my feet is cramping. This happens to me often. I suddenly remembered what happened when I was a child. At the time, I also had spasms, so I drowned. Fortunately, that was not the end of me; maybe now is the end of me. Little by little, I feel my body weakening; I'm sinking. Later, my vision darkened.
To be continued...
@Jazzryl 04/09/24
© Jazzrylme_justreal
Hello! I'm Valerie Harrison. 23 years old. I am the only child and heiress of the family. Because I don't have cousins. It's been a year since I returned to this country from the States because of my studies there. Right now, all I want is to walk here on the beach. I want to escape from reality first. It's not that I don't want to face it; I just want to rest and breathe some fresh air. I want to meditate. Honestly, I don't know what my reaction should be. What should I do? The man who promised to love me, but why... Why can't he tell me everything? He doesn't trust me. His family doesn't like someone like me, just because of the conflicts in both our families. It might be a simple thing for others; yes, that's right, if he could have fought for me in his family... but he didn't. Maybe he thought I didn't notice that he was just forcing everything. I know he loves me, but he never talked to me about it. How many times have I heard from the mouths of some of his family, "No matter how rich that woman's family is, the heiress? I do not care! I don't want you to stay together. Didn't mom already say Julia is more suitable for you, Aaron?" His sister said. I happened to hear all that the day he took me to their house. At that time, his parents were not there, but only his sister, Aileen. After they talked, I pretended that I didn't hear anything. The things I heard were painful for me, but the things his mom told me were even more painful. Just before I came here to the seaside, his mom sent me a message saying she wanted to meet. I immediately went to the location she gave. We met in the cafeteria. I was just about to sit when she immediately started talking. "I'll be straight forward with you, Valerie. You already know what's happening, right? Why our families are in this situation. But, I have a big respect for you. Even though I know, I can't blame you or involve you with what happened to my sister. But... I don't want you and my son to stay together. I'm planning to send him to Canada to take care of our business there. Julia will be with him. You don't need to know why I'm doing this; that's what I want for him. That will be good for him. Also, it's not good to hear that I'm going to let my son have a relationship with the daughter of a family that we hate."
Everything she said was right; it's just sad. Why, of many people, why me? Often in dramas, they don't like women because of their status, whereas this is a different story. What would have happened if my uncle had not had an accident with my sister, Shenly? Sister Shenly was supposed to be married to my uncle Vince, and she is the sister of Aaron's mommy, Mrs. Shiela Montervo. Uncle Vince is dad's youngest brother. They are only two siblings. He left us on Grandma's birthday. Uncle Vince took Sister Shenly to the birthday celebration, but unexpectedly, the accident happened when he took Sister Shenly home. They both lost their lives, and because of that, the hatred of the Montervos for Harrison began. At the time that happened, I was still studying in the States; it was 2 years ago, but I just now found out everything. All I knew then was that my uncle and his fiancee were gone and not these disputes in our family.
"Hello, excuse me. Can you take a picture of me? Just one, please?" I suddenly stopped walking and turned to a man who spoke.
"Oh yeah, sure." I smiled at him. I agreed to his request and immediately took his phone. After I took him a picture, he immediately said thank you, and I said goodbye to him.
"Thank you again!" He kept shouting while I just turned to him and bowed in agreement.
Honestly, he's kind of weird, or maybe it's just me??? He asked me to take a picture of him near the hammock, and then he was swinging it even though no one was there. Maybe he's just bored? Oh, nevermind. I think he's fine, and I see he's happy. Those simple things that I see in other people really amaze me. Thanks to him, somehow I feel better.
I walked quite a distance, and there was a big tree here, so I sat down under it. I saw a leaf in the shape of a heart. I thought to take a picture of it, but I remembered that I left my phone in the car.
Hey, it doesn't matter; maybe I'll just bring this leaf later when I go home. I looked up at the sky; there was only a little sunlight because it was covered by dark clouds. I think it's going to rain, but it seems like it's not. It seems like the clouds are chasing each other, and the wind is blowing them away. I can see that they are moving. I closed my eyes and leaned against the big tree where I was.
I looked around. I was very confused by what I saw. The guy earlier—I saw him drop his jacket on the sand—seemed to be in a hurry. It worried me when I saw him walk towards the water. Will he take a bath? I was uneasy, so I watched him.
What I felt wasn't normal anymore when I saw that he didn't stop walking away and was already in the deep part of the sea. I immediately stood up, quickly ran closer to the sea, and immediately went down into it. I swam, trying to catch up with him. I'm still a little far from him. I'm shouting, but he doesn't seem to hear me. He climbed the huge rock that was there. I was close to that rock, and I screamed again. "Brother!!! What are you going to do there?! Brother!" No matter what I do, he still doesn't turn around. It's so deep in this part; I'm having a bit of a hard time, but I can swim anyway. When I got up, right after I climbed the huge rock, I saw him jump from there. I felt very nervous and was terrified. The water is quite dark; it must be very deep here. I also know how to swim, but I'm afraid to swim, especially when it's too deep. I took a deep breath. The only thing on my mind was to save him. This is the only way to save him. I'm the only one here; it's better to try than to regret my whole life if I don't try to save this person. I closed my eyes and immediately jumped. I also immediately saw him, so I swam towards him. Little by little, he is sinking to the bottom. I immediately grabbed him; I saw he opened his eyes and tried to remove my hand from my grip on him. He pushed me away, but even so, I tried to swim back, but my foot got caught in a net. I didn't panic, and I immediately removed my foot from the net, but unexpectedly... Here I am again; one of my feet is cramping. This happens to me often. I suddenly remembered what happened when I was a child. At the time, I also had spasms, so I drowned. Fortunately, that was not the end of me; maybe now is the end of me. Little by little, I feel my body weakening; I'm sinking. Later, my vision darkened.
To be continued...
@Jazzryl 04/09/24
© Jazzrylme_justreal
