Two years later , I graduated , I found a job . and life was normal actually until after about a year , the manager of the company I was working in asked to meet me .
I went to his office expecting that he would talk about the company's financial status or something like that , but I was not expecting what he would actually say .
" good morning , MR. Watkins " I said .
" good morning , Mason , how are you doing ? " .
" I am fine , Sir , thank you " .
" do you have any idea why I brought you here today ? " .
" no , sir , I don't " I replied .
" well , son , you have been impressive last year I really admire your work " .
" thank you , sir , I glad I am helping this company " I smiled .
" you have a lot of potential and I know you are hard working as well so , our company will be opening a new branch in Paris in four months … it will be hard to let you go but we would like you to work there " .
" wow , Paris , but can you give me time sir ? , leaving England will be hard for me " .
" we will surely miss you here , but we want you as an assistant manager there " .
" I really flattered , sir , an assistant manager ? " .
" yes , you heard it right " he replied .
" I don't know what to say , sir , I would of course accept this opportunity , thank you so much , you will not regret it " .
" I am sure I will not " .
I walked out of his office as the happiest man alive . after a year here in this company they want to promote me to become an assistant manager in another new branch in Paris ! .
In these four months I packed my stuff and most importantly I learned how to speak French and I tried to practice it as much as I could .
Six months have passed and I moved to Paris , I got used to my new duties . they were a lot but as I said I am hard working . after two months they finally decided to give me a vacation for three days to celebrate the new year's eve .
I wanted to take a walk and visit Eiffel tower because I had a lot of memories there with Ellie of course .
While I was walking , I saw a very familiar face buying an ice cream . it was Ellie . she also saw me and she smiled at me which means she recognized me . I walked up to her with nothing in my mind to say .
She hugged me straight away and said " hey , I have been waiting for you " .
" I miss you so much " I said hugging her back .
" it took you over three years to come " she cried .
" I am now working here , actually " .
" oh my god , you are kidding right ? " .
" no , I am not " I replied .
" well , thanks to you , my life changed , I really have been living my dream but there was something missing " .
" what is it ? " I replied .
" the missing thing was you " .
" I really could not forget about you , when I heard that my new job will be in Paris , I thought there might be hope that I will meet you " .
" I am really so glad I met you " she replied .
We kept on talking for the rest of the night and we agreed to meet again tomorrow . but I realized I needed to do something in order not to lose her again . so I decided to propose to her , because why not , this is really the person I want to spend the rest of my life with . so I had to ask her to marry me before it is too late and I lose her again . maybe it is destiny that made us meet again three years later .
I told her to meet me at a fancy restaurant , I bought a beautiful weeding ring and I hoped she would say yes .
We sat down that night , we talked for a while about the last three years without each other , but I had no idea how to ask her to marry me . I waited until we finished our dinner .
" Ellie , do you believe in destiny ? " I said .
" yes , sure , it was my destiny to meet someone very nice like you to prevent me from killing myself three years ago and to become the person I am today .. why do you ask ? " .
" I also believe in destiny and I think it has put us together again for a reason " .
" yeah , I think so " she replied .
I realized this was my chance so I stood up and knelt on the ground and said " Ellie , will you marry me ? " .
" yes , yes " she cried .
And the rest is history son , that is how destiny works , it has put me and your mother together again even though three years have passed . but life works in a mysterious way .
You are probably reading this now and saying but how is life fair , you are now dead because of cancer , you didn't even get to spend the rest of your life with mum and you didn't achieve your dream .
Listen son , life is not about achieving the dreams you want , life never even gives you what you want , it gives you what you need . I didn't need to be a footballer it way my dream , but I needed to meet your mother and marry her and she gave me the best six months of my life before I died . I am writing this to you so that you can learn from my story son . I never got to meet you but I am sure she will take good care of you , I told her to show you this when you are old enough to think and judge . and always work hard and never lose hope if god closes one door in front of you , it is okay because another bigger door will open and It will be better than the thing you wanted . That is life son , it is about surviving don't let it beat you .