This is Part 3.

Part 2 is here.

Part 1 is here.

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When she arrived in Adelaide, she gave me a call and we realized that we have fallen in love with each other while she was in Sydney. It just happened. I never thought I could fall for her. She too was surprised with her own feelings.

But she was also in a dilemma. She WAS supposed to patch things up with me and my ex. This is her best friend we are talking about. She was ridden with guilt. She did not know what to do. Should she be loyal and ignore her feelings for me? Or should she come clean and tell her friend that instead of trying to patch things up for her, she herself fell in love with me?

We talked about it more through the phone. I told her what I had with her best friend was more of an infatuation. It was never that serious once I looked back. So she now have to call up her friend and come clean. I too had to call up my ex and explain my side of the story, though come to think of it, I did not need to give any explanation.

She called. I called. What we feared… the betrayal, the accusation, the finger pointing… did not happen. My ex accepted it. We were broken up anyways. She gave her blessing to us…

Fast forward to 2002…

We were married in a beautiful ceremony in her parents’ house. Followed by a reception in a hotel. We have been married for 6 years now and have been blessed with two lovely kids. Lovely lovely kids. A girl and a boy. A pair that’s just perfect in every way.

Let me tell you this, our courtship and marriage is not all smooth sailing. We had our ups and downs. More downs than ups.

Emotional downs.

Financial downs.

We even went through a cancer crisis.

But my wife being her, went to through all of our problems with her head held high and kept a positive attitude. With every obstacle, we grew even closer. We love each other more and more.

My wife is the perfect half of me. I went to Sydney to be an engineer and also to look for my soul mate. I found her. She was from my hometown and yet we fell in love thousands of miles away. If it’s meant to be…

You know that Bryan Adams song Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? The song have this line in the lyrics:

Then when you can see your unborn children in her eyes

I saw mine in her eyes when I starred into her misty eyes as she boarded the train…

And I knew at that moment…that she was my soul mate…