The transition - 1

[A scene near the graveyard]

Kneeling on the ground she first prayed in front of her parents and then she got up. Slowly taking a couple of steps ahead, she reached up to a tombstone which read 'RAYMOND WALKER'.

She knelt down slowly and then laid a bouquet of baby's breath on top of it.

Her eyes were stinging with tears, but she didn't cry.

All these years, she had come to terms with life. She had finally accepted the fact that he was not coming back. More than a year had passed since he went missing and there had been no trace of him ever since. She had accepted her fate. She had accepted the fact that their togetherness was meant to last only a couple of months.

But the sweet and salty memories of those couple of months were enough for her to survive her entire life.

Then she took out a document from her bag and placed in on his grave and said,

"How are you doing today? See this, I am going to acquire Infineon in the next couple of hours. Mr Pollard has come all the way from Singapore to sign the deal. The same company that had called off your deal at Singapore, remember? Weird right?"

"I wish you were here to see all of this, I wish you could have been with me today. You would have been proud of me I guess".

Then taking a deep breath she said,

"You are a big time ditcher, hope you know that".

She then stared at the carvings on his tombstone for a while and then with a spare cloth that she had got with her, she wiped all the dust that had accumulated on top of it.

Then getting up, she dusted off her knees and then sighed.

It was time to go back to the office. It was time to finish off the deal.

Walking out from the cemetery, she slightly dabbed the corner of her eyes with a tissue, because she didn't want her driver to see her all weak. And that's how Akira Peyton functioned.

She was no more a submissive intern.

She had spread her wings like a phoenix and she rose from the ashes of pain. She had only one goal in her life and that was to take Raymond's company to the pinnacle of success where no other gaming Company had dared to reach.

Over the last one and a half year, she had transformed the small startup company into a multi-million dollar worth Gaming Giant. After the exposure obtained via GCG, their company soared great new heights and stock values increased in leaps and bounds. Under the able guidance of David, she learned the nuances of business acumen and transformed into a boss lady who was the entrepreneur of the year as well.

Everything about her had changed, her personality, her courage, the level of maturity. But there was one thing that had stayed the same, the love that she had in her heart for Raymond and that undying passion to convert his dream into reality.

It took her three months to plan and execute her aim to acquire Infinion because she knew that this move would render her competitionless in the market. She was ready to set her monopoly in the world of gaming. But above all, she was happy because she was able to buy the company which had once denied a basic contract to her love.

Sitting in the backseat of her luxury car, Akira looked at the ring in her finger and sighed.

Time had indeed flown pretty fast.