Glo Allen Cruz

October 8, 2014

Philosophy of Law
Atty. Dave Aquino

Book Review: Adina

Adina is a short story about love between two people living in a world of different
dimension - a story of love that would eventually fail because of the constraints of time,
distance and circumstances.
Adina, a law student in present while Robert, a new lawyer in the past, about a
decade ago from Adina's present time. Two people who started communicating through a
letter written by Robert followed by an answer from Adina and the process started that
way. They keep in touch with each other from then on. The topics revolved around
politics, economy, life, and eventually, love. Until that certain time that love came along
the two of them without the assurance of being together or even meeting each other along.
Why? Merely because Adina lives in the present while Robert, lives in the past. And I
guess that explains why both of them will never get a chance to meet each other, ever.
Robert had stayed in the same house (like ten years ago) where Adina is presently
staying for her internship as her requirement in Law School. She stayed there with two
other classmates. She ought to stay there for three months so she was actually making
herself comfortable with the place by familiarizing herself with the new environment she
was in. There was one time when she was looking around the house where she found a
small wooden box along with old pictures. She got curious about something that may be
hidden inside the box so she opened it and found an envelope, seemingly an old one
because of its yellowish color. As she was about to open the letter, she felt nervous that
someone might catch her, she looked around her and realized that shes alone all along.
As she opened the letter, she got curious because the letter was addressed to a lady and
somehow, she assumed that maybe it was meant for her since she thought she was the one
who first read it. The name of the writer was Robert. She read the letter and thought that
it was one of the occupants of the house who has secret admiration for her. She was kind
of confused if she would write back but because Katrina, her friend, pushed her to write
back, she did. And so they (Adina and Robert) did communicate each and every single
day, they write a letter and put it inside the wooden box. Days went by and their
conversation revolved around different topics such as politics, economy, law school, life
and eventually about love. Robert was the first one to open up to Adina about the
possibility of love between them. But how? Though they were in that one same house
but... with different time, how could be possible? However, Adina did not confine herself
that there was no chance at all. She responded to Roberts love through her letters. But
there was a time when Adina got discouraged of entertaining Robert anymore with the
thought of the fact that they are separated by time. But that did not stop Robert from
expressing his love for Adina. Until Valentines Day came, Robert finally said goodbye.
The love story ended in the present time when Adina met his professor whose name is
also Robert. They both think that maybe they were the same people who used to fall in
love with each other through letters in that small wooden box.