Seeing Mateelda unhappy and gradually changed her happy mood. Scowling and having squinty eyes. Somehow I felt guilty. How can I explain to her that I'm longing to have a jade jewelry for such a long time. I've been in search of this precious gemstone for over years and years. Besides, I cannot give this to Mateelda. I bought it already and I know this jade earrings are 100 % genuine (already wearing them on my ears).
I feel sorry for her. Can she buy something else? There are rubies, onyx, and amber in the window display case. Ah we really have something in common. Her attitude is getting to my nerves that I told her to move on. She can go back to the place we're staying and start packing up her luggage. That's what inside my thought. I tried not to hurt her feelings.
Even if she is very quiet at that moment, we both retired to the hotel. I hurriedly start packing all my stuff back to my traveling bag. It's our last day in this small town. Mateelda was a bit cold and stayed in the corner trying to ignore me.
Seconds, minutes, hour and a half passed by and I decide to break the ice.
"Mateelda do you want to have dinner?" asking her is not easy.
Finally she replied in a low key voice, " Okay, I want burger and fries."
At least she answered back. I ordered the epicurean calamare with fries too. It was a delivery. We are very tired from hiking, walking and driving around the town. Haven't seen the whole town yet. There is not much time.
Hit the bed at about 8:30 pm. Just as I'm about to close my eyes thinking about the spat we had this afternoon. I have a heart to heart talk with Mateelda. I told her the reason why I like the gemstone. I hope she could understand that. As I've learned we could not have everything. Learning to give in and the knowledge to compromise. Somehow Mateelda was able to grasp what I meant. What tomorrow may bring depends on your grasp of today. She also apologized for her childish behaviour.
Right there I slept through the night like a big baby.
The next morning is the long journey back home. Three hours travel from the main city. I noticed the many wide open spaces along the highway. The road is concrete and well maintained by the city engineers. The traffic lights work absolutely okay. The road signs are big enough to see by the pedestrians and motorists. Zebra walkway is evidently seen adjacent to where the schools are. But the wide open spaces in the many highway along this connecting towns are my concern. Not populated yet. This part of the province is somewhat remote. So why too many people would rather stay cramped in the big city? I have all the answers but it would be the problem of location to where the employment is.
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