The Trouble With Good Beginnings novel Chapter 1

Dear Holly,

Before you came into my life, everything was colorless. But when I met you, you gave me one of the most spectacular light shows observed on Earth: the rainbow, as Donald Ahrens put it. Sa isang iglap ay napuno ng kulay ang lahat, napuno ng ganda. All I knew was black and white all my life yet, you introduced me red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Saka ko na-realized ang kahalagahan ng mga kulay na iyon nang dumating ka. Pero dapat pala, hindi ko sinanay ang sarili ko sa mga makukulay na bagay na iyon.

When you told me that we’d last, I believed you. And now, I’m broken because of that. Dahil tulad ng isang bahaghari, naglaho ka rin. Pero ang tanga-tanga ko. Araw-araw pa rin akong naghihintay sa pagdating ng bahaghari kahit na alam kong hindi naman iyon araw-araw na magpapakita. Everything in my life had been stormy since you left. Please be like the rainbow that you are and appear in my sky once more.

Holly, hindi ko alam kung anong nagawa ko. Saan pa ba ako nagkulang? Binigay ko naman ang lahat pero nawala ka pa rin. Bumalik ka na, utang na loob. I’m not used with the black and white life anymore. You shouldn’t have introduced me to the rainbow in the first place if you’re not going to stay as you promised. Iwanan mo na siya. Sa akin ka na lang uli. Dahil hindi ko na kayang wala ka. I’ll die, Holly.

Athan