“Twenty Two”
A young man stands in a red and white decorated ballroom--with ribbons, balloons, flowers. The huge chandelier on the high ceiling is coupled with a disco ball next to it. Couples of different pairings dance on the floor as a soft music plays in the background.
But the center of attention is a very sweet twosome right in the middle of it all. Clad in their black formal suits, and wonderful smile that they only dedicate to each other, the two embraced and slowly danced to the tune of The Carpenters' Close To You”.
A few feet from where the young man stands, a three year old boy is sitting at a round table with a young couple.
The young man and the boy locked gaze at each other.
"Wat ya wookin? (What were you looking at?) the little boy asked Phraisong.
"Them." Phraisong p
