I am too old for this, I know. Too old to tell a story, my story, of being in love... of falling in and out of love with someone like her. Too old to believe that destiny or fate brought us together. What exactly are those words mean, anyway? Let me try to define.
Destiny (noun) - course of events, bound to happen, what is written, the stars
Fate (noun) - chance, kismet, luck, fortune
Beautiful and strong words, aren't they? But will it still be if my kind of destiny is… complicated?
What makes me say that?
Well, I never expected to have a family at this age. I am blessed with a three year old baby girl but not yet hitched. I am in a relationship with my girlfriend for almost 5 years, I think? She is a playwright while I am an ER Doctor in New York General and has been a resident of the city that never sleeps since birth.
Life is good, I may say. I mean, I am proud and grateful for my job as a doctor. It is tough though especially I am with the Emergency Trauma Department. That being said, I am paid well enough to cover everything my family and I need. Sounds like a perfect life, right? So, why do I still feel like something else is missing? Or shall I say someone?
Please do not question my fidelity because I am happy with my girlfriend. It's just that... I don't know... I am kind of interested with someone else. Okay, go ahead and hate me. Yes, I think I am in love with her. Told you, it's complicated. Tsk.
It is my fate to meet her, my destiny, in a springy night of March 2012 at a charity event sponsored by the hospital. I am in charge with the guest list and invitations where doctors, professors, lawyers are some of the people who are invited. Guess what? She is not one of those who are mentioned, nor found her name on the guest list. Seems like it is our destiny to meet, don't you think?
So, how did it happen? Well, her father, who is a lawyer, cannot make it to the event and she is the one who came as a replacement.
See? D. E. S. T. I. N. Y.
So far, this is the best I can describe my complicated life. I am not sure how else to continue.
Oh, by the way, my name is Vincent Ryan Keller.
