Was midway through dinner when I received a call from Dad. Leon's father had passed away on Friday, and Dad was calling to check if I wanted to drop by and pay a visit as well.
Leon could be considered as a best friend in Secondary School to me. We hung out very often and most of those times when we bring up topics about his dad and family, he'd get very enthusiastic about it. His dad was a rock to him and from the stories he's told me of him, I looked up a lot to his dad. My dad knew his dad cause they were classmates in Raffles Institute, followed by army mates when both of them were enlisted...what are the chances eh?
You could see from Leon and his brother's (Marcus) faces that they haven't had much sleep in days. It was good seeing them again though I felt really bad when they were trying to explain how their father came to pass...(edit)...it was a relapse from cancer, and the doctor had diagnosed that he had a few weeks to live, but he was gone in only a week or so.
Babe was with me in the car on the way home and she said I teared a little when describing stories of Leon on our way home...in a way you can say I felt really bad for their family, to lose someone they truly looked up to with much admiration...I can only hope that I can hold it together as well as they did if someone close to me were to leave like that.
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Sorry to hear about this. A passing is never easy. Take care.
Thanks for the wishes, holding it well I guess, just didn't expect his father to go so soon, was chatting with his younger brother about him just a month ago and now this happens. Glad that both of them are strong minded people.
Sorry to hear about this too.
Thanks both =)
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