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Chapter 1
In 1965, I was
twenty-three years old and I was studying to become a
high school language and literature teacher. An early
September spring was in the air and very, very early one
morning, I was studying in my room. My house was the
only apartment building in that block and we lived on
the sixth floor.
I was feeling sort of lazy and every now and then, I’d
let my gaze wander out the window. From there I had a
good view of the manicured garden of the Old Don Cesareo
whose house occupied the corner lot. As it was cut off
diagonally at the corner, the land was the shape of an
irregular pentagon.
Next to this house stood the beautiful house of the
Bernascom family, lovely people who were nice to
everyone. They had three daughters and I was in love
with one of them, Adrianna. Every once in a while I
would cast a glance towards the sidewalk across the way,
more out of a habit of the heart.
This morning, the street was deserted so my attention
was unavoidably drawn to a man who appeared out of
nowhere.
Author: Justin Chan Meng-Kian 11H
Teacher:
Leonora Anne Peers
School:
Real
International School, Malaysia
January 2010
Was he a
young man?
Yes
No
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