The two friends reeling under a myriad of distressing emotions, took a walk to the park, trying to make out heads and tails of the shocking matter at hand. We are often self-medicated when we sit through our friend's painful emotions. "I feel miserable, thinking of how it could have been, of how I thought it would be," an overwhelmed Audrey said as she was not only hurt but had been deeply traumatized by Dmitri's actions. In spite of having achieved so many triumphs in their lives - the awards, the fame, the fortune and the honorary degrees, there had always been a void in their life that they could never fill- a void that only their first love could fill. "After seeing Dmitri with Hazel, not only my heart ached but I'm also guilty of feeling jealous of them," Audrey confessed her innermost feelings of how hard it was to deal with romantic rejection. "It's only natural

Alex was now in a completely naughty mood with the other children playing in the park running here and there. Daniel was spying on them on the behest of Leo and was relaying all the information he could receive from his so-called intelligent sources. "Rachel isn't married and is a single mom to a son. She has some great friends and a great career," Daniel informed. “Even if she's single, I can't assume what’s going on in her life, or that her emotions are the same as mine for the love we shared," Leo answered. Of course, he didn't know if she was single or dating someone. But he wanted to take a chance because he had only loved her. Moreover, he was quite optimistic that Alex was his secret baby. “I figured what the heck. If we're meant to be together again then we will be,” Leo said, who was now on the way to the park to get answers to the questions that

Call it destiny or just plain coincidence. Their fates were perching above them, smiling and murmuring amongst themselves: “Let’s see how it goes this time … ” Audrey and Dmitri's eyes met and instantly locked in a similar way as the day they met for the first time five years earlier. "I want to talk to you in private. Can you please walk down to the reception lobby with me ?" Audrey asked gently as she walked up to Dmitri's table where he was sitting. "Yeah ! Sure !" a shocked Dmitri replied as he got up from his chair and started to move out of the cafeteria with Audrey. "How are you, Audrey ?" asked Dmitri as he resisted the intense urge to just hold her in his arms and never let her go. "Sorry to say but I'm good ! You're asking this question to get a feeling of accomplishment, which of course you'll not get, of how you had br

They hugged, they smiled, and they kissed. It was simply psychologically intoxicating to reunite after three years of longing with a mixture of nostalgia and fantasy combined to recreate the romance. They were older, wiser and had too much history not to feel a spark of the intensity and emotion experienced. "Neither one of us was expecting to meet each other in this faraway town but our paths crossed through,"  Audrey said against his lips, staying in his embrace that she missed so much. "Yes, I do believe in serendipity. I'm convinced that there is a higher power or even just fate, there is something that puts us and possibly our soul mate in the same place, at the same time, when the time is right," Dmitri replied back as he nuzzled his face in the crook of her neck. "It's up to us to recognize that though. Even if time and space separates us, possibly for months or years, one day w

"Would you like to have a cup of coffee ? It can work wonders for your busy day ahead," Audrey asked Dmitri who was now getting ready for the hospital. "Darling, you spilled hot coffee on me and your daughter has made me a big fan of cold coffee," Dmitri replied. "It’s a hot brew but it really helps you to cool off and think rationally. But if you want I can make a cold coffee too," Audrey said. "Not required ! My recipe for iced coffee is very simple which your daughter can only help in making," Dmitri remarked. "And what is that recipe ?" Audrey curiously asked. "The recipe is - have a kid, make coffee, attend to her panic calls, forget you made coffee and then drink it cold, when you finally remember," Dmitri joked as they both laughed. "Daddy, daddy catch !" Melody shouted in excitement. "Melody, let's throw