Gershom Chua

8- Aristotle

Speech League: Declamation Piece

How can the world be so rude and cruel?! I mean, I was in the prime of it all… I had a thriving business, a couple of Porsches, a mansion located at 21st street, Beverly Hills, I was about to be the most successful bachelor in my state, I almost had everything… until that fateful day!

How could anyone be more stupid?! I mean, he knew I loved her, and she was certainly mine, until HE SHOWED UP! That night, I was about to propose to Iris, the love of my life, the moon of my night sky, but why then, why her? Our candlelight dinner was nearing its end with the finishing touches of Strawberry Truffle Sherbet and the gleaming 24k pure gold ring laden with the most beautiful diamond I have ever seen, it was all too perfect to be true… As we were finishing our heavenly sherbets, oh, and before I forget, it was courtesy of The Imperial Phoenix Hotel located at 18th street, Beverly Hills, anyways, there he comes in… my archrival, my supreme enemy, my most hated person of all people, Ryan, my brother. Since childhood, he was always there to ruin my best of creations and darken my sunniest of days, he was created to destroy me and make my life a living replica of the agonizing destination of sinners down under. He was my foe specially when I courted the girls I liked. I don’t know why but he was created to be the handsome one, those icy blue eyes, that perfectly molded nose, that naturally red kissable lips with the whitest of teeth’s, the girls I wanted and worked hard to get were all head over heels at the first sight of him… that fox! Now back to my story, there he was, looking suave and handsome more than ever, he knew that I was about to propose to Iris, but he took her anyway. With a wink in the eye, and a little caressing of her cheeks, Iris was swept off her breath and was instantly drooling over him, and I mean, all over the place… Aaahhhh!! I should’ve known that I had it coming with a brother like him, I should’ve my future of raising up a family of five with a lovely wife and three adorable children, it was all but a dream…

There it was, my heart and my love for life lay broken in front of me, and as I stared at the mocking flame of the candle I was zapped back to reality as I saw my life shattering into pieces in front of me, I have never felt so humiliated and down, and I mean, really down… Now I keep thinking, why did he do it? Why now? Why her? I mean, MY GOSH, I was supposedly at the peak of my game when he suddenly came to the scene and crashed it all in a flash, a life-long hardship I was willing to do to get this kind of respect, and in a couple of seconds he snatched everything from the grasp of my hands, I could almost taste it, the splendor, the life, the love…

Uuuhhhhhh!! Thinking of all these makes my head hurt again and I stumble in pain as doctors and nurses come to me and inject a shot of relaxant, I fall to the ground and all I can see are the white ceilings of the hospital room and the white cushioned walls…

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