GHOST PASSENGER

SYNOPSIS: A taxi driver, Randy, had a strange experience when he was able to have a beautiful passenger. Though he has a girlfriend, he seemed to still be falling into this woman, until he realized that she was a GHOST.

TAG: Fiction

Randy was a handsome guy, a taxi driver. He was kind and generous. Sometimes his passenger rides on free because of no money or short in cash. Others, before boarding, will appeal first because they lost their wallet to pickpocket.

There are times also due to street accident Randy will offer his services to bring to the hospital the involved person.or persons.

Almost it was the scenario of being a taxi driver, and that's Randy.

One day, while Randy was driving along Roxas Boulevard, a beautiful woman signals her hand, so Randy stopped the taxi.

The woman boarded. She wears a white top dress and a black skirt.

"Miss, where are we going?" Randy asked.

"Just, go straight ahead, and when I get closer, I'll tell you," said the woman.

Whenever Randy has a beautiful passenger, he seems to be out of his mind.

SCRICTTTTTT! (sounds of sudden breaks)

An intoxicated man suddenly crossed the street so, Randy stopped and shouted with the drunken guy.

"HEY!, are you committing suicide?" with a loud voice, Randy shouted him.

"B-Boss s-sorry," replied the man.

Randy just ignored him and sped away.

As Randy's passenger got closer, she lets Randy stop the taxi, she opened the door and just got off without paying her fare and walked away.

"Miss your fare?" Randy shouted.

The passenger just ignored Randy, and she walked away. Randy got off the car and chased her, but he couldn't find her.

"Where did she go?" said Randy scratching his head.

"Hayyyy! I had a bad day today. I almost ran a pedestrian, and I lost a taxi fare to a passenger, what a disappointment", outcried of Randy.

But the real intention of Randy was to get known of her name because he was attracted to her.

"Well, it's an alright anyway beautiful passenger, is free of fare." and he smiled.

Randy told his friend, Romy, about his passenger last night, and Romy just laughed at him.

"Maybe your passenger was a ghost," and he laughed.

Another week has gone, and while Randy passes along Roxas Boulevard, he saw the same passenger, waiting for a taxi.

"I'm sure she will ride, and this time I'll get to know her," whispered Randy to himself.

But as Randy got closer, the beautiful woman didn't signal her hand even though he had passed a few meters away, so what Randy did, was stopped his taxi and approached her.

"Miss good evening. Isn't you were my passenger last night who boarded my taxi and forgot to pay your fare?" said Randy, but it wasn't his intention to ask for the unpaid fare, but to know exactly her name.

"Last night?" was the woman's reply.

"Yeah, the other night, remember? When I was almost running a drunken guy."

"Oh yes, I'm sorry I wasn't on my self then because I had a problem."

Randy could not understand why he was so attracted to the woman.

"Well, it's okay, no problem. By the way, where are you going? Are you going home? Would you like me to bring you home?" said Randy.

"Okay, if you wish."

"Usually, we drivers when the passenger is beautiful we don't ask for the fare, it's a free ride."

Randy's joke seemed to be at ease between them. So the woman boarded the taxi at the driver's seat. And Randy simply ran his taxi slowly so they could talk.

"What is your name?" asked Randy.

"Minda"

"I'm Randy, glad to meet you."

"How long have you been driving, Randy?"

"It's been a long time since my father's death, who was also a driver."

"Is that so?

"Yes"

"I'm here already, thank you, Randy, for the free ride."

"Minda, for a moment, can we talk for just a few minutes?"

So, they look for a place where they can talk.

"Minda, why are you alone when you go home? Are you not scared of these dark places? Almost a few people are visible around."

"No, I'm not. Thanks for your concern. We live there just a few blocks away from here."

They had been talking for a while, and Randy had found out that Minda is a single parent to a six-year-old daughter. He also found out that her ex-boyfriend had left her when she got pregnant.

Minda's parents have died in a car accident, that's why she was the only one raising her child.

Randy also has learned that Minda was working at a bar in Roxas Boulevard.

After that night, Randy has not seen Minda.

"Why I'm bothered when I don't see her? Do I love her? But it should not be, because I have a girlfriend already and planning to get married.

Because of what he feels with Minda, Randy every time he passes along Roxas Boulevard, he looks for Minda.

One night, while Randy is passing Roxas Boulevard, he saw Minda waiting for a taxi. He immediately stopped his taxi but ran a few meters away from where Minda was.

He got off of his taxi and went to Minda, but he couldn't find her.

"Where is she? Why is she suddenly gone? It's something astonishing." said Randy.

When Randy came home, he went straight to his room to sleep, but he couldn't. He couldn't imagine how Minda would just disappear.

While Randy was thinking of Minda, the telephone rang. It was his girlfriend.

"Randy, why are you not visiting me for these few nights?" said his girlfriend angrily.

"I'm sorry dear I'm just busy because I'm saving up for our wedding." alibi of Randy to his girlfriend.

Another week has passed.

"What was happening to me? Why do I have to think of Minda instead of my girlfriend? This is not proper, I'm falling in love with Minda."

Because of Randy's longing for Minda to meet her again, he persevered to always drive along Roxas Boulevard. He couldn't understand why that was so intense as he longed to see Minda.

Is Randy really in love with Minda? What about his girlfriend? What will happen if he discovered that he falls in love with Minda? These are questions bothering Randy.

Finally, one day as Randy was traveling along Roxas Boulevard, he saw Minda waiting for a taxi. So, he hurried up to get Minda but he has stopped a few meters away from Minda.

He got off his taxi and went to Minda, but she wasn't there. He couldn't find her.

Suddenly somebody inside his taxi called him.

"Randy, let's go," said Minda.

"Ha? Ah okay"

Then Randy returned to the steering wheel of his taxi.

"I didn't notice you boarded the car", said Randy

Minda just smiled.

"Randy, could you take me to a windy place here in Roxas Boulevard where we can talk? I have something important to tell you, a sort of confessing.

Randy finds a nice place facing the sea.

They got off the car and sat on the bench. And the breeze penetrates to the bones of Randy. He felt the chill in his whole body. But one thing he notices, that Minda doesn't feel it.

"Randy, look at the sea. It's quiet, isn't it? But underneath the sea, it's full of different things that you can see. We are just like the sea, beautiful in the outward appearance, but when you dig the inner person's will, he has many problems in life, impatience, and pain of heart, which he possesses, and needs some bits of help.

Minda has stopped talking for a while. Randy just listened.

"Randy, don't be surprised or scared of me for I have something to confess to you," said Minda.

But Randy interrupted what Minda had to say.

"Minda, just a moment, I want first to confess," Randy paused, as he still struggled to say, whether or not to confess his feelings to Minda. Then he proceeded.

"Minda, I don't know to myself, why I always think of you. Sometimes, I ask myself. Is it love or just admiration of your beauty? And it was a mess in my mind."

"So do I, Randy. You are kind and that's something of your qualities that I found on you. And you are not hard to love. It's just that I'm long de..."

Minda has not finished what she would say because someone called Randy. It was Randy's friend, Romy, who saw him sitting alone on the bench, and it seemed like he was talking to someone.

And when Randy looked at Minda again, she's gone. He stood up and look for her but he couldn't find her.

"Hey, Randy, what's wrong with you? Who are you looking for? I saw you sitting there alone as if you were talking to someone." said Romy, wondering.

"Ha? Is that so? A-Ah, I was relaxing and sang my favorite song. Why are you here?"

"I don't know what's wrong with you. By the way, your girlfriend is angry with you that's why I'm here to track you down. She was suspecting you have another girlfriend dating."

Since then, Minda has become a puzzle to Randy. That if he continued to keep his feelings with her, he could end up in a mental hospital where patients are lack of sanity.

One year has passed, and since then, they never met each other again.

So, Randy, couldn't do anything but to forget her, even though he knew that within his heart, and in his subconscious mind, Minda was there. being a part of his life and memory, of his happy moments.

After six months, Randy got married to his girlfriend, without telling her wife his strange experience.

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