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2024-10-29 19:42:56IT WAS simple. The crowd was close to twenty people and everyone was closed with each other. Everyone was roaming around, gathering to talk about serious matters and even laugh at each other. Some of them treated Tito Miguel's birthday as their reunion. These were their friends in school years and colleagues at work.
The event seemed so engaging which made me feel assured that Tita Dominique and my Mom organized this. Tita Seth wasn't present, as well as her family, because they resided abroad a long time ago. Tito Jaxer wanted to live in Italy because his parents grew up there also. When we were kids, they were actually here in the Philippines but when Tita Seth gave birth to their second baby, they decided to live somewhere else.
I smiled at the usher who welcomed me as I reached the second flowered arch. My eyes scrutinized the whole place. The motif
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I DRAGGED myself to the couch after I drank a glass of water to make myself calm. The party ended earlier than expected so I got home already but for almost five hours, I couldn't stay still. I kept thinking about them. Meter and Ania. Their parents. Even my Mom.I insisted to stay at home but she forced me to sleep in my unit. I sighed as I gave up on bothering myself about their problem. First thing's first, it's not my business but I was kinda involved since I knew something about it—Meter and Ania told me about it so I couldn't help but feel guilty somehow.My lids suddenly got heavy. I covered my mouth as I yawned.I stood and returned the glass I used to the kitchen sink and when I was about to get back on my seat, someone pressed the doorbell.
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IT WAS strange. I gulped and looked away as I realized that his eyes' expressions suddenly changed. Those emotions that I couldn't read before seemed answered by his words and actions that I never gave malice for the whole time. "I love..." He was about to repeat those words but I stopped him. "Let them stay here for a week," I commanded. "What?" He sounded shocked. And with that expression, as he opened his mouth to speak, I smelled liquor. "Are you drunk?" "I drank but I'm not drunk!" he corrected. But I wasn’t convinced. I smiled shortly as I bobbed my head continuously after finding out what's the best thing to do. "Then I will just pretend I didn't hear those words from you," I announced, referring also to his three-word confession. I tried to swift and get away from his arms. I was about to walk away and run to the receiving area where Meter and Tita Doms were waiting, but Rhyme stopped me again. He grabbed
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