"Hey Jeb... Do you think that it could be possible?" I ask after a few minutes of silence
She just looked at me for a full minute as if she's thinking of something
Where sitting in this mini Cafe near the district mall after leaving the school premises
We've been here for a good half hour just staring at something without talking as if we've seen something unthinkable or something that complete shocked our core
So I need to break our silence since a few people that are in the Cafe are now staring or looking at us since I don't know how long
"I mean isn't it so odd? How after a decade someone shows up and is completely similar to him? I mean what kind of destiny or voodoo thingy is that?" I asked my brother as if I was seeing something for the first time and it is so unbelievable we'll I mean it is indeed unbelievable after so many years of looking and searching like what the what? How could that be?
She looked at me for a few more minutes then started speaking,
"I don't know..." she started
"All I know is that everything is so odd like how come it's like deja vu? Like everything every detail it feels like just before but different" she finished and continued staring at her drink now as if she's thinking of something
I was about to reply when my phone suddenly rang
"Oh gosh It's mom! Hello? Yes mom?" I said before answering the call
"Hey Son! Where are you at? Are you with your sister right now?" she asked on the other line
"oh yes mom she's with me were at the mall right now wait lemme give it to her" I replied and gave the phone to her who looked at me confused before taking the phone
"Yes mom?"
"yes yes"
"okay noted" she said before return me the phone
"well what did she say?" I asked after getting my phone
"well she said that she wants us to pick up something from her friends house after buying all that we need to buy" and she replied then ate her last piece of cake that's been sitting on the table for feels like forever
I just nodded and immediately started finishing up my food and drink since we might need to leave soon
After a few here and there and entering different boutiques and department stores we are finally on the way to my mother's friends house
Well it was quite a peculiar house since it is near the outskirts and this house was quite familiar to me. I the road the trees beside it and the mountain range that you see not far from here
Well this is quite a memory to remember
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"Fotfot!! Come on, run faster! Stop dilly dallying!" he shouted at me
"oho come on mhueng it's not that easy okay!" I retorted while catching my breath
"oho~ stop whining it's not like it's your first time going here also don't give me that sassy look" he retorted back and immediately called me out when I was about to give me the glare and snobby eyes
"yeah yeah whatever let's just go but this time let's just walk I'm tired" I said and started stomping forward leaving the smirking kid behind
"well we'll khunnoo~ have it your way" I heard him say behind me before he catch up beside me now we're both walking
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I snapped back to reality when I heard my sister slam the door shut leaving the car and walking to the door of this cottage but quite a eye catching house
I watched as she knocked on the door and after a few minutes she looked back at me gesturing me to come out
I was just about to sign her that I was just gonna stay in the car when she glared at me
Ughh that glare is just so scary
I sighed and turned off the engine before leaving the car
As I walk on this pathway I remember a few things again it's like flashbacks of stories in series but this time it's real life
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"hey mhueng how long do you think before all these seeds sprout so we can have a yard of sunflowers in this garden?" I asked looking at him while he's watering the are where we recently planted a few seeds in their front yard
"well I don't know exactly maybe 5 summers and we will have a garden of flowers" he said enthusiastically
"ohh!! Really?! I can't wait!!! Yey!!" I replied and jumping up in down I was joy
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As I looked around I can see bushes or different variations of flowers in the fence and the side of the house
It's been so long some have slightly withered some have thrived
I sighed deeply
It's indeed been so long
Oh how much time have passed
I sighed and continued walking until I reach my sister who was knocking ones more on the door
"ohh! I'm so sorry I was in the kitchen, come on in!" a lady said as soon as she opened the door
"come on and sit you must be tired" she gestured us to sit on the couch and so we did
"So what brings you kids here?" is she asked as soon as she return from I supposed the kitchen putting down glasses of water and plate of cookies
"uhmm where the children of Mrs Pui and she asked us to come pick something up for her here" and my sister said after entering
The lady looked at us and suddenly lit up
"Oh!! I'll just wait a sec!" I she said and started walking to a door and entering
I looked at my sister as if asking where did she go all of a sudden and she just looked at me and wiggled her head as if saying that she also doesn't know
"Oh Here!! Found it!" she shouted from inside the room she went in as if she just found a long lost treasure
She immediately went out bringing a box of I don't know what
She laid it on the table and pushed the box to us as if saying that we can have it
"I suppose your mothers asking for this. Well it's not like she has anything here anymore. I don't you know once she and your father got married she pulled out every thing she owns in this house and brought it with her to your house like your mother is a huge hoarder she wants to bring everything to where she lives like even a simple photo can't be left" she said matching it with facial expression as if she's irritated then laughs remembering the story
"oh well she's indeed a keeper both literal and objectified" and she added before smiling softly
Me and my sister just looked at each other and started smiling and since we really can relate to what the lady said
Mom is indeed a keeper she even keeps my first soccer ball gift though it is already worn out saying it's for memory and so on bla bla bla
The lady suddenly looked at us and as if realizing something she looked shocked and immediately said
"Oh! I where are my manners I forgot to introduce myself, I'm your mother's friend you can call me Mae Ning" I she said smiling at both of us