*** “At least, there is someone who loves you so sincerely until the end of his life, Alesya. Maybe you are not his first love, but you are his last love. Until he closes his eyes, he still loves you.” *** That morning, Alesya set foot in a place she frequented, often spent the night there, spent her time with Mark, watching a film, or just talked about life on the rooftop of Mark’s house. Knock knock, knock. Three times the door was knocked with his guilt race with a heavy feeling in his heart with the sadness he still carried. “Oh hi Alesya, long time no see darling,” said a middle-aged woman who came out of the door of the pastel-painted house. Bringing Alesya into his arms, kissing Alesya’s cheek lovingly. The woman already considers Alesya her child. “What’s wrong, Alesya? You haven’t been here in a long time?” Alesya gave a box to Jessy, the mother whom Mark loved very much, the number one woman in his life. “What is that Alesya, it’s not my birthday. Wow, you give me a box like this” “Please, auntie, just open it, and I will tell you why I came here this day.” The middle-aged woman opened the box in her hand and found some stones in it. She looked at Alesya in surprise. What does Alesya mean by giving her something like this “Can you tell me what do you mean, Alesya?” “Whoever among you is without sin, let her be the first to throw a stone at the woman (John 8 “7).”
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“What do you mean, Alesya?” “I have hurt your son’s heart, I’m sorry, I want to atone for my guilt, I beg you” the more Alesya spoke, her sobs slowly came out until her shoulders shook. Jessy, a middle-aged woman who had lost her only son, walked over and hugged Alesya very tightly. “No, don’t blame yourself. It will be even more sinful if you pretend to love him when your heart is not for him. He was happy enough to be by your side, protecting you. Now he is at God’s side in peace.” *** “If you always thank God every time you see me, then I will devote myself to God so that I will remember you every time I remember God.”
St. Paul Chapel, 209 Broadway, New York St. Paul Chapel, 209 Broadway, New York “If you always thank God every time you see me, then I will devote myself to God so that I will remember you every time I remember God.” Alesya, the woman, may not be able to return Mark’s heartfelt feelings to her until the man returns to God, but Mark will always have a special place in the corner of his heart.
