I SAT down on the kitchen island thinking hard what Kevin had told me just now. Why did Derek have to do what he has to do. From the moment he left our town, to the moment he knew about my whereabouts.
He told me that he too was desperate. He had to do what he did. His mother died of cancer last year. His family moved to New York before because of her mother critical condition and wanted to seek for the best cure for her. Just before our graduation she is diagnosed with phase four of blood cancer.
Poor Mrs. Valentino. I remembered how she was very kind and generous to the communities. Certain times I wondered how different she was compared to his son back at that time because Derek was notorious and she was soft hearted, very forgiving.
I sighed when the frustrated feeling consumed most
