Chapter 24 - Only One Child To Go

After their eldest son's nuptial, they went home very tired but happy.

Among their three children, only Alken was with them.

Like his two older children, he, too, was already a professional. He has been in his teaching career for four years.

He was teaching in a public school from

seven in the morning until twelve noon time. From two o'clock in the afternoon until seven in the evening, his teaching career was devoted to their own school.

He was an outspoken person sharing his opinion and his cracking of some jokes about love, women, children and

on anything.

However, his family, especially his Dad

was wondering why at his age of twenty six he had never brought nor told them about a girlfriend.

What he had been bringing along with him in their home was his colleagues in

public school, combination of females &

males.

It was the evening of Kelly's wedding day and it was still early. His parents and him were already rested from Kelly's big

day celebration.

"Mom, Dad, can we talk in the study room?" Alken requested.

Please When they were all seated, he asked them their permission to let him attain his dream of becoming a priest like the cousin of his mother.

"I thought you're going to get married?"

"It was the reason why it took me long to tell you this. I've been soul searching if I want to get married."

"And priesthood was more forceful than getting married?"

"Exactly, mom."

"When are you going to start living in a seminary?" His father inquired.

"Next week, Dad."

"So soon?"

"Mom, I'm sorry. I was hesitant to tell you because I thought both of you will

reject my choice of this vocation."

"Why would we reject if that's what will really make your heart happy and contented?" His father told him of his thought regarding his decision.

"Are we going to shop for the required white bedding to be brought?" His mom

inquired.

"It's all done, mom. And Dad...You don't

have to worry about the expenses. I saved most of my monthly income and benefits in teaching for this vocation."

"You planned it all alone behind our back. Oh, well... What can we say, hon?"

"What else? We're both very proud of

him." Leonor said as a reply to Kenneth.

The following day, Alken reported to the school where he was teaching to file his resignation form.

His colleagues were astounded of his

sudden resignation, wherefore everyone

became speechless.

"Hey! I'm not going to die, yet. I would just be fulfilling my long timed dream to be a priest.I promise that if you need me

I'll be at your service."

That ended their short farewell in the school where they became friends and a team to teach the learners.

Unknown to Alken, one of his friends was greatly affected by his information on his plan to become a priest

All along, she had dreamed & expected

that one of these days she might be able to seduce him.

She was dead over heel with him that

even in school at the faculty room, she indulged herself to day dreaming.

In her dream she was his loving & caring wife. Her dream was even so wild to the point of making it erotic.

She felt helpless as though she couldn't live without him. She had to plan and do it as soon as possible.

Two days before going to the seminary,

Alken received a call from a former male

fellow teacher. He invited him to a send off party for him. It was in a club where they once hanged out.

Alken did not refuse to attend but he was against the venue they had chosen.

To avoid an argument, he suggested to have the party for him at their home.

The group agreed but the happiest with the result of the agreement was Paula

Reyna Bemil.

At six in the evening, the group arrived with foods in tupper wares. They have

had brought a bottle of wine from each

of them.

Alken was a guy who would not just rely

on free foods and drinks. After they had

agreed through a phone he prepared and

marinated pork bellies for their barbecue

and he also bought some cases of beer.

Since they were a group of fifteen men & women, they had their party at the back yard where some sheds and a barbecue stand were ready for occasions like this.

The party was started with the singing of this group with electric guitar played

by Alken himself.

Next they were divided into three groups

with the accompaniment of Alken, who

was their guitarist.

Three members for each group sang a

song dedicated to the guitarist whom they were sending off.

The last singing rendetion was by twos

with the same guitarist. Paula & Alken

were partners or duet.

While singing, everybody was eating and drinking the bottles of wine at the same time. As the evening was becoming old,

the group was becoming tipsy.

At this point that they were already tipsy, they started to be more gutsy.Everynody

agreed to dance. Similar to what singing

arrangement they did, dancing started

with the whole group, three groups, five groups, and a duo with the same pair.

As they were already tipsy dancing, their dancing became wilder and they were in

their mood to drink until everybody was already wasted.

Some were puking, others were asleep in different sheds. The only remaining of

those sixteen colleagues were Paula & Alken.

"We're the winner. We didn't vomit neither would have slept. Wanna sleep

with me?" Paula asked.

"Where? Here? Forget about it. Good night. Sleep with them or you can sleep in the guest room."

Then he left for his bedroom, drunk and wasted. Without making any sound nor answering Alken, she followed him until she was able to get inside his bedroom as he did not lock it

Alken went to the bathroom first as he was used to cleaning and freshening up

himself before sleeping.

His drunkeness but confidence that he was alone in his bedroom, he bothered not to wear any robe nor wrap his lower limbs with a towel.

Paula who was behind the curtain at the window saw his nudity. Her intoxication of bottles of liquor they drank seemingly worn out.

She was happy that her plan would have be done triumphantly. However, she was hesitant as her guilt pricked her. What is

her pride if her heart would be remain to suffer the pain that she wasn't able to do and feel him even for the first and last time?

He foolish love and craziness for him urged her to unclad herself and switch

on her video apps in her phone.

She pounced on him at once by gripping

his manhood with his hand and kissed.

She endured the pain of the rupture of her hymen as it was her first time. Alken subconsciously became reciprocal as he

felt her warmth and enthusiasm to have initiated the love making.

She did it many times with him until she was already sober and decided to leave to go home. But before leaving she tried to look for his undergarment, wire it to him, covered him with his quilt, locked the door & she was gone without being seen by anyone.

When Alken woke up very late the next day, he did not notice that he had done the repeated love making sessions with Paula.

Paula, on the other hand, slept longer than Alken as she was not only drunk last night but she was also over fatigue.

When she woke up she had washed up by taking a bath as she did not make it that night when she arrived in her flat.

While she was cooking her food for her three meals that day, she' s thinking of the next move that she must do.

She was trying to weigh the action she did with him if it was not embarrassing on her part to show the video so she'd to stop him from going to be a priest.

Yet, her remorse of conscience and little pride prevailed that after she had eaten the food she cooked, her decision of not

telling anybody was firm.

"I would not tell anybody about it. This'll be my lifetime secret. If in case I'll have be impregnated by him, the more I would be happy to have his child. I shall save the video clip in my flash drive."

Alken had both his breakfast and lunch at three that afternoon. After eating, he returned to his bedroom upstairs to rest his painful body. Before lying down flat on bed, he went to his bathroom where his medicine cabinet was placed. There he got a pain reliever pill.

When he was about to sit down on his bed he picked up his quilt that fell down from his bed when he had left it. He was about to fix his quilt he saw a red stain on his white bed sheet. He was curious, so he touched the red part to confirm his doubt. And... his doubt was true... it was a blood stain.

"But why?" He asked himself. He unclad just like last night for self-inspection. He tried to see if he had a wound but none was seen by him. He went to the mirror but not even a single bruise can be seen all over his body.

"Did I do anything very bad last night?" He asked himself again. But his mind couldn't give him a memory of untoward activity he had done during the party.

His persistence to know the source of the blood stain, he went to his hamper in his bathroom to inspect the clothes he had worn during the party. He found out that they were scattered on the floor.

There was no blood in them especially his undergarment. So he decided to give his colleague who called him about the party. He asked him to give share him the contact number of Paula.

Only to learn that her mobile phone was switched off nor under repair or low bat.

The next day, the day before going to a seminary, Paula's place of her residence was given to him by the her best friend. after asking thirteen party goers.

Unknown to him, Paula was informed on Alken's insistence to know her address. So, to avoid him, she swiftly dressed up, left her apartment and spent her day to her aunt's house.

As a result, the apartment was locked when Alken arrived. He went home still confused and he was trying to grope his heart for the feeling of guilt. He had had a little of it but still unsure as he hadn't really remembered about their exercise on bed (with Paula & him) that caused his body pain.

The following day he left their home for the seminary.