The Human Alpha

Last Journey

Love is a very beautiful thing and everybody has got a reason to fall in love or often experience love several times in a lifetime. This love story is very unique and it falls on two different unique people and with unique personalities. Sister Esther sits by the window next to him is Brian, she is looking out as they pass several places and she cannot just get over it no matter hoe hard she tries thinking. She is even afraid of turning her head towards Brian's side since frol last night, the thoughts and actions keep haunting her. She felt that he could realise it and see through her eyes and this would leave her feeling guilty all along for betraying her loyalty to the church.

Brian on the other side is going through the same hell and between them is a strong feeling that no one knows who to break it and turn it into something beautiful as love. He really wished this could be the moment he had to confess his feelings to Esther but there was just that one thing making it hard for him to make a move, apart from the funeral situation and everything that had occurred, Brian felt so held up by the feeling and it was eating him from inside. He keeps on staring at Esther each and every time and the funniest part of their story is that both of them were on the edge of something beautiful but breaking it was the hatdest part. They both had the same feeling foe each other but nothing at all seemed possible and none of them knew what was going on. Behind their sit was sitting Alex Esther's young friend and his colleague but all this time and through everything, Alex was not resting at all and he was the only person in the entire bus who at least had doubts on Brian's affection with Esther. He was a young boy of around eleven years and was also among Esther's favourite children. He was a very bright kid who liked to stay silent in most of his time spent it alone but throughout all this silence he was studying a lot. He was studying everything that was going on around him and that is what he was so interested in. Since the day Esther arrived at the orphanage they became very good friends even though Esther seemed not to notice her in most of her teachings he was always behind everybody just having a look and most of the children could make a joke and call him a psycho. No one noticed him at all but he was always observing and most of the time he oftenly stayed alone.

They approach the church and everybody prepares to get out. The children are so calm at the moment since they look tensed and afraid of everything. The bus is stopped next to the church main door and everybody comes out. Father Edward ex wife were the first to arrive in an sclass Mercedes car that seemed to be so expensive and this maybe could explain the reason as to why he is with his current husband.

For the first time the children, Esther and everybody im the orphanage have to see father Edward's boy. He walks with his mother into the big church followed by other church elders. Esther, Brian and the children follow in and on reaching the door they see casket on the far end of the church with two priests standing next to it. Everything was well arranged without even their knowledge and all the arrangements were coming to them as a surprise.

Everybody goes and gets a seat awaiting for the funeral ceremony lead by the priests infront. The room was filled with a lot of sadness when one lady comes from behind the priests and places a big portrait picture of father Edward. It was so emotional and so heartbreaking when everybody saw the picture of him smiling. They all stand up for a minute of silence before they began.

"You can all have a seat" the old priest incharge of the ceremony allows everybody to seat as he starts the ceremony.

"Thank you all so much for coming here today, we are both in our painful moments for a good soul has left us and today we will be laying him to rest, father Edward was a very good person and all of you here can be my witnesses..." He goes on giving his speech. Brian and Esther are in the middle of the congregation and they just seemed not to take it. The priest finishes giving his speech and the speeches go on continuously until his wife chances reaches. Nobody talks about the cause of his death just to save and protect his dignity afterwards.

"And now from the orphanage where he was staying all along we would like to give a chance to anybody to talk to us before we can close the chapter, whoever is willing to talk on behalf of the orphanage, please come forward" the priest says and gives space for the next person to come. Everybody expects Esther to take the space forward but according to the state that she is in, she is unable to make a speech but everybody is exited when Alex walks infront holding a book on his hands. Everyone starts whispering and are amazed at what is going to happen next. He is helped to climb up and handed the microphone.

"I would like to wish father Edward a happy journey, he was a very good father and may God rest his soul in peace, thank you" he finishes and everybody claps for him, he takes h8s notebook and heads back to his seat. Sister Esther is so proud of him and wipes tears from her eyes. The ceremony is completed but no one is allowed to view the fathers body and they move on to the burial as they sing a song. He was to be buried in the church compound and everybody heads out as the body is carried slowly, now father Edward on his final journey but this is suddenly stopped by a voice behind them.

"Stop!".