Evelyn Harper
Listen to The Bridge Across Autumn by Evelyn Harper as a bilingual audiobook with synchronized read-along text in English and Filipino.
The autumn morning brought a crisp air that rustled the golden leaves along the gravel path of the botanical gardens. Clara walked slowly, wrapping her thick cotton coat tightly around her shoulders against the cool breeze. She loved spending her free hours in this tranquil sanctuary, surrounded by towering trees and wild squirrels leaping freely through the branches. However, today her mind was elsewhere, plagued by a persistent sadness that had lasted for weeks. Her best friend, Maya, had stopped speaking to her after a bitter argument that had destroyed their long-standing partnership. Together, they had spent three years organizing a major community sustainability festival aimed at promoting green urban living. Everything had been going smoothly until the night before the event, when crucial digital records went missing. Maya had immediately blamed Clara, claiming that her careless organization had erased months of hard work. In front of the entire planning committee, Maya had accused her of being irresponsible and untrustworthy. Hurt by the public humiliation and the sudden lack of trust, Clara had defended herself, but Maya refused to listen.