CHAPTER 80

"That's enough, Alice. Don't make me look pretty anymore. Let my makeup spread. I'm only going to beautify for Aldo, not for his grandfather."

My tears don't stop falling because of the pain. Alice also never stopped wiping them and fixing my makeup.

"I'll be the one to blame if you don't look good. Mayu, we have nowhere to run here on the island. If you can swim in a wide sea, I'll go with you, but I know it's not possible. You're pregnant, Mayu. For now, maybe you can agree first that once we get back to Manila, that's where we'll run away," she explained.

I shook my head and almost crumpled my gown. I clenched my fists there. I felt disgusted and just wanted to destroy it.

"Just please calm down first, Mayu. When you feel better, then we'll think of another way." She handed me bottled water.

I took it and drank it. She has a point; nothing will happen if I just cry here while my father and I might both be locked up somewhere.

"Alice, I can't.nWhat about my children? I can't marry t