I will see you in my Dreams

Everyone is surprised and shocked to see what just happened before their eyes.

“What are you doing here in Tarlac?!”, Hannah asks Ari. “I live here now”, he said.

Ari explained, “I looked for you for years. I searched everywhere, the mall, grocery stores, coffee shops, church, the neighborhood, the banks….I tried to find you.”

All the people nearby are speechless—shocked and just staring.

At last, after some time, Hannah’s friend Minel said, “….no introduction Hannah? We are waiting here.”

Blushing, she stammered, “Yes, of course. Ari…I would like to introduce my travel buddies, Chie, Coney, Susan, Nel, Gie, Icon, Chit, Ley, Estoy, and Ody. I met Ari many years ago from work. “

Then, its Ari's turn to introduce his friends Sam and Jack.

Nel complains, “Can we order food? We are starving. Traffic is so bad that we end up driving for hours to reach our destination, and we realize we did not buy groceries yet.”

talks to the manager and the waiters give out the menu to order a meal. The manager opens a private dining room so they can all

snatch

Jack joined the group,

Ari, the guy

been close to 5 years since that

guy is real, human, tall and cute though….”, Chie

gives me the creeps. I wonder, is this destiny?” Gie said, unknowingly talking loudly, forgetting that Sam and Jack are listening. They looked at

Hannah? Where have you been from all these years? How are

what just happened, and then answers, “Life is good, I traveled for 2 years completing missionary work in Cambodia, and the Philippines. I love my work, and it fulfills

so confused, Ari…why are

divorced me 5 years ago….I was so distant from her, so cold, and preferred to be with my friends. Later I helped my brother manage our vineyards in Gilroy and sometimes I helped my brother here in Tarlac. My wife couldn’t

Is this

announced that the group is waiting for them on the other side of the restaurant.

“I know you're starving;