My sister tears started to fall down while saying " yes , we looked for you everywhere until everyone believed that you were already dead . Poor Henry was the only person who never gave up "
She pulled my hand and ran towards my house explaining to me how I must see Henry. When we were beside the house I saw two little children running and playing everywhere and my beloved Henry putting a basket of fruits on a chair, I felt so happy seeing this little site until I saw Olivia (a girl I don't like) coming out from my house. I pulled my sister behind a tree to hide, I observe her carefully and then asked my sister the reason why she was there. My sister explained that the elders wanted Henry to remarriage a girl, so she could help him to raise the children, although he refused, but they kept sending Olivia to the house to help in cleaning once a week.
I felt very unpleasant at the beginning but after a second thought I decided not to meet Henry.
" But why you don't want to meet him ? He was the only person who never gave up, after you vanished he almost lost his mind. We never saw him smile ever since that day." cried Hanna.
" I don't belong here, there is a place I must be in. Time can heal Henry but if I appeared now it will be harder for him" I explained .
Hanna didn't understand my reason, but she trusted me. I felt that I was selfish to leave my family and go back to my modern life, but it was where I belong. I wanted to see my children before I leave so me and Hanna made a plan . When the sunsets she will take the children from Henry for a short stroll then I will meet them and that's what happened.
When Hanna bought the children I hugged them for the first time ever. They grew to be cute healthy children. The twins were nothing alike. Emily had her father eyes but with blue color, and she took my black wavy hair , Gilbert got the gold hair from Henry's family, he reminded me of Hanry .
Hanna asked them if they recognized me, but unfortunately they didn't. Emily was hiding behind Hanna skirts in embarrassment and Gilbert observed me carefully, and then he suddenly ran away towards our house. I felt broken but I was helpless too. I sat on the grass and took out two toys from a bag. Furthermore, I gave Emily a stuffed doll and asked her to give the wooden horse to Gilbert. After saying my goodbyes I was about to leave until I unexpectedly heard a familiar voice from behind Hanna .
"June ! "
We both saw Henry standing with curious eyes and Gilbert beside him. Our plan didn't work well. I didn't know what to do so I just start running away . As I was fleeing as fast as I could, I heard Henry calling me while running.
" June... please wait "
What made me stopped running , hearing his desperate call . He stood behind me and with trembling tone then said :
" Please don't leave me again, I have been looking for you every day for the past five years . Why did you leave me alone ? Each and every minute passed without you felt like hell "
Henry sat on the ground and for the first time in my life I saw Henry crying .
" Everything around me turned black since the day you disappeared. Everything was meaningless, Green- heights wasn't beautiful anymore , the stars-lake wasn't as dull as before , all the food loose their tastes and all the beautiful things didn't exist anymore . Al this time I felt as if I was dead, when I saw you I finally took my first breath. So please don't leave me again, I will cook all the food you love , I will play your favorite music , I will give you anything you want but don't abandoned me . Don't leave my hand agai " said Henry while weeping then he hold my hand slowly.
I couldn't control my self and started crying too. I hugged him tightly saying :
" I promise, I won't leave you again"
I knoe it was so cruel to give him such hopes when I don't know when I may go back again but I felt my heart was finally happy after I hugged him and here I realized something.
" I love you Henry, I love you today, tomorrow and forever " I confessed
He smiled for the first time in decades and said
" I have yearned to hear it from you for so long " .
Just like that our night passed peacefully, I explained everything to Henry about me going to a different world . I didn't expect him to believe me, but he did claim that it made sense and why he couldn't find me anywhere. Later we understood that Gilbert recognized me but wasn't sure, so he called Henry to confirm it. Everyone was happy when they saw me, but Henry was the happiest among them all. Although he didn't leave my side wherever I go, afraid that I would disappear again,but I didn't mind it.
A month passed by peacefully until one morning my dears became true ,I woke up to find my self back in my old room in 2020.
I ran out of the house barefooted with my pajamas and found my self in my old neighborhood. I sat on the floor and started crying desperately. My sisters Lina and Hanna ran after me.
" I promised him that I would never leave him again. I made a promise so why ? " I cried
My sisters tried to calm me but only to fail. I ran to the same hotel were I was supposed to meet my colleagues in, I took the same elevator and pressed the same button, but when the elevator doors open I was in a normal hotel floor. I started to cry again knowing the cruel fact that I can't go back.
After two days, something popped up in my head.
' If everyone I knew here was there in Green- heights then maybe Henry was also here'.
I spent two months searching for him, I searched in my school albums, my cousin and everywhere but I didn't find a clue.
I went into a strong depression. My mother set me many appointments with the psychologist but I spurned to go. Days passed by but for me, time has stopped. Time is the best medicine they said, but it never healed me. Suicidal thought started to approach my mind
' Even if I found a way to go back, it's too late ' I thought.
But after I saw the sadness and sorrow in my parents and sisters because they are afraid to lose me. I agreed to go to the psychologist appointment. After all I know how it feels to lose someone you love so I didn't want my family to have the same experience.
Doctor Wekenisky was the son of one of my mother friends, that's why she trusted him, I listened to what my mother said and went without any problem. While I was sitting in the clinic, watching the birds from the window the doctor entered and I heard a very familiar voice:
" Hello June, my name is Henry Wekenisky, but you can call me Henry "
I looked behind me to find my beloved husband Henry. How could I forgot that my husband last name was Wekenisky. He was the same man I meet a long time ago , his eyes was as warm as ever. We made an eye contact for a minute then a tear ran from my eye.
" Are you okay, June? " Asked doctor Henry .
" Yes, I never felt better " I said while rubbing my tear
" Doctor , can I tell you a story ?" I asked.
He smiled warmly and said " yes, of course you can "
" It's about a girl who didn't appreciate what she had until she lost it " I said then I started to tell him the story that all of you know ....
But I think this will be the start for a new story .
The End