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Short Love Story
This is a personal account of a ghost story that occurred more
than ten years ago. Back in 1989, being a fresh Psychology graduate, I landed a job in the personnel department in one of the government offices in Quezon City. A male co-worker, Jun, who was eleven years older than me became one of my friends while working there. Jun was kind, loving and romantic. He was the sole breadwinner of his family. His parents and relatives liked me a lot. As I was single and unattached, he courted me in 1990. I accepted his marriage proposal during the latter part of that year. My parents did not approve of our relationship and during the first quarter of 1991, my parents made me quit my job. My dad was a military man and he threatened Jun to stay away from me. To make our long story short, I left my job because of my family. I lost touch with Jun as I kept myself busy with the family business. Basically, I went on with my life and tried to forget about him. In the morning of June 2nd 1994, I received a telegram from his
aunt saying that Jun had died the day before. Shocked, I crumpled
the short note and phoned his aunt for confirmation in a hurry.
She told me that after we parted, Jun resigned from his job and
drank heavily everyday. He neglected his health as well as his
body. Pneumonia caused his sudden death.
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