yeah....Things will only get better

Let's call her Y.

As far as my memory serves me right, she's been with the company for more than 8 years. We don't communicate often for we're from different departments.

Sometime in Feb, while I was on reservist, she was on long term MC. I didn't realise this until I was covering HR duties sometime in April/May. She has maxed out on her MC claims. I instructed one of my guys to call up the clinic to check out the situation, for Y isn't willing to reveal anything. She just dismissed as " woman's problem".

The clinic wasn't ready to provide anything , citing patient's confidentiality. They did confirm her attendance though and the MCs were indeed genuine.

One can't help but notice her drastic lost in weight. She's pretty slim before, but she's skinny now. All bones.

Some of the people closer to her tried to contact her boyfriend but to no avail. Her boyfriend of 10 years seemed to be uncontactable. They have been living together for more than 5 years it seemed.

I have no intention to pursue this matter further, after all, Y seems to be doing her work as per normal. The efficiency is there, quality of work is not compromised. I have no reasons to probe further.

That was a month ago.

This morning as I stepped into the office, H showed me an invitation card.It wasn't addressed to me though but nevertheless I had a look. The name of the groom sounded familiar. However I wasn't able to put a face to the name. I stared at it for a moment; the venue of the wedding is in a small town in Johor.

Suddenly I realized that the groom is Y's boyfriend. I should be feeling happy for Y ya? Though it doesn't explain the prolonged MC and sudden lost of weight, not forgetting the change in her mood.

But I guess the answer is revealed on the card itself. I don't see Y's name on the card at all.

It's extremely painful but life must go on.