A Trip To Your Heart

ill stay until the end. Because after all, they are just tourists who are having their trip for a while and, soon, they will g

ith different people from overseas to guide or to tour them in the whole Zurich, Switzerland. Some are frie

good. Because again, they are just tourists who are having their trip in the meantime. And they are like those people who once became part of our life, but eventually went off because they a

land. An incoming college freshman this school year and a futu

t guide since my hometown is one of Switz

to strive and study hard to get a scholarship and enroll in a university. The allowance from my scholarship is not enough to sustain my whole school

this one but I chose not to since I know I can do something about it. I av

th mama who works as a barista on one of the coffee shops in Zurich. And that simply

penses as well and one of those is Zhairo's medicine. My 12 years old brother is diagnosed with leukemia.

him and witness how hard his condition is. I can hear him screaming in pain because of the injection, and sometimes, I chose not to l

s not hard for me to be friends with new people, perks of being a tour guide. And just like

are close as well, they are best friends since childhood days and so as we

school vacation but not to have an extra allowance o

n adores her, while almost all the girls in our school idolize her. And half of the girl's population are her friends. Well, wha

a lot, especially when it comes to the things that we like and don't like. Caroline and I

etheart, I am the nerdy

eerful, I

make-up, I

nd purple, I lov

wimming, I

e loves milk—bana

ng and arts,

carbonara, he

manage to be friends, and our friendship is

es of us, we have three things in common that make us closer together. Our love for

. Caroline and I just graduated high school this mont

ng. Our basis for our course is the thing that we love the most, in that

eir coffee beans are something as well, perhaps it is because they have a direct trade relationship with a coffee farm in Nicaruga. Also their menu, they have a variety of

roline from the glass wall waving her hands at me while

a hello. I smiled back and headed to the table where Caroline is sitting. The sta

!" and as always, she gree

" I simpl

ur voice as cheerful as mine and greet me a

urs, right? So, stop asking me why I don't chee

en I greet her like that, she wants every

le?" I ask to start the con

handed me the folder where ou

ed to us, together with the list

ee my name on the list of tour guides. I tried c

I are on the same group of tou

included in this list of tour gu

e uttering, "Lady Maya told me to tel

you why?" She

t's about the chang

of my sc

your name is not in

breath. Chang

es in Zurich. Our schedule and the tourists we

0 am. I still have an hour before 10 am but I need to go n

bye to her, and told he

k of reasons why does she want me to see her. Or if it

aya's office. The moment I entered in, a w

" she motioned me to sit on the wooden chair in front of

o you want to see me? Uhm... something's wrong? My name wasn

it easy, one question at a time, please?" I went silent after that.

eans her back on the swivel chair she's c

t, Zhanaia." she started. "The reason why I called

ou need to sign. Since you are one of the best tour gu

yes. "Special c

ract on our agency and base on the agreement, he will

he folder, you will start your job

know first

"Mr. Diony