Lisa walk to manager Gan. She place her application on the table.
"Please process the paperwork. Whether it is approved or rejected, kindly give me an email. But the way i have a scan copy of this form. If you need me to re-submit it, i will can do it online or via paper. Thank you."
Lisa calm walk out of the office. Manager Gan stare at the application. She doesn't like Lisa walking in here. She order her staff to not allow any other staff who is not in their department to be in here. She hand over Lisa'a leave application and ask her to process it and drop Lisa an email.
Lisa who is back on her floor is sure that her leave application will not have any issue. She happily work and message Simon to meet him at downstair the cafe for cake and coffee. He puts up a teddy bear thumbs up icon. Lisa goes downstairs the cafe and it is rather busy. She order what she wants and share a table with a staff from another department, they talk and laugh. Simon who just finish his work gets off the elevator and walk towards the busy cafe. He is all smiling but as he walks nearer his smile is wipe off slowly. He scowl as he approach the counter. His head is looking at his left where Lisa is sitting and that same man that he saw a numerous times at the office. The counter staff is standing there starting at him and hesitate to take his order. Thus she skip him and take the one behind Simon. Simon after awhile look down and look dejected he turn around and walk to the elevator. Lisa who is taking a slip on her coffee, look to see Simon walk towards the elevator. She look around and see it's really pack with people. Thus she thinks that he might not be comfortable with so many of his staff coming here for tea break. She did not message him till near five o'clock. Simon did not reply the message fast like usual. he reply that he will wait for her in the carpark. It's too cold for her to stand in the bus stop to wait for him. She agree to meet him in the carpark.
When they got home, Simon cook after he takes a shower. While Lisa after shower comes downstairs. She help to set up the table. Also water the sunflowers in two cups. The more she see them the more she likes it. Her eyes occasionally goes of to see her wedding photo which is still laying next to the TV screen. She sigh and wonder when is he going to keep it. Over dinner, she tells him that she had applied a few days of leave to go and stay with her father. Simon is wondering if that is the best timing for him to say to her that he would like the marriage to be real. For now they feel like in the middle of a cross road neither wants to talk about the way things are within themselves. Next year will be the final yaar of that promise of marriage for each other. Simon have to make an effort to make this marriage to be real.
That day Lisa starts her vacation, it snows heavy. Her father drives to the apartment to pick her up. Together they drive to the country side. Lisa ask a lot of questions and as usual he answer without hesitation. He remain in his poker face throughout the journey. Ever since his wife left him, he hardly smile. To him there is nothing for him to smile about. Even though Lisa is still by his side, he feel that he had let his wife and the eldest daughter down. Before Lisa got into matchmaking, his own mother passed away. He slip into darkness but his daughter cling on to him thus he is living for her everyday. Her warm smile, her voice reminds him that she is still around him. He cannot let her down, she is his last bit of sunshine in his life. After a long drive, they arrive at a country house. From inside, an elder lady appear.
"Come in come in!"
She smile brightly and wave to them.
"Eldest sister!"
"My little brother!"
"Aunt Wen."
"Lisa!"
Together they goes inside to the warm house to hid away from the snow.
Simon in the office looks like a grouchy man. Peter try to leave him alone and don't bother him unnecessarily. He is spinning his fountain pen in his finger as he stare outside the window. He look over his mobile phone. There is no message from Lisa. He wanted to pick up the phone and message her that he is lonely now. He pick up the mobile and check her location. After that he sigh and put down his mobile phone on the table.
"Mr Han... why are you..."
"Peter... my wife have gone home. I am so lonely. What should i do?"
"Well why didn't you go along?"
"She did not invite me... she just said that the other night that she is going home to see her aunt and her father ...."
"Well all the more, shouldn't you the son-in-law be there?"
"I should?"
Simon sit up straight and listen to Peter.
"Yeah, you are part of the family too!"
"Oh that is correct!"
"Besides that Christmas the right at the corner, you should be celebrating too. wot your wife and her family!"
"Peter! You are correct! Go check my schedule! Anything not important reschedule them all!"
" Yes Mr Han!"
Peter finally see a smiling boss, he hurry to walk over to his desk and start working. Simon at his desk look at his computer and check if there is important things that he needs to pay attention for this month till the next year. He have to plan properly it's important for his marriage!