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FAEAt that moment, I wanted to stay mesmerized by the view while fresh breeze continued to fill my lungs. I wanted things to stay like that, doing nothing and not overthinking. But there were things in my life I needed to deliberate about and change so I ended up there.I worked in Carl's family’s company, with their legal team. All the employees there knew about me. All the people in the legal team knew what I was going through. Even the partners...They all knew... everything.They had known me since I was a child. My daddy used to bring me to the office. Every lawyer was my uncle. Every assistant was my auntie. Each person in the team felt like family to me, from senior partners to apprentices.And I would miss them all.I would miss the grind, the headache of research to help with the investigation of cases, sometimes even overnight. I would miss the joy of breakthroughs in our investigations and the dinner celebrations for the cases we won, shared by everyone from clerks, parale
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FAEI had just put down my bag when I entered the door of the condo where I stayed with Sarah, and my phone started ringing. It was my agent."Find me a buyer for my unit, Lenny, pretty please? If you have time today, please visit me and make an estimate. I'm leaving as soon as I can, so if you can also help me find a new unit to move into? ASAP, yes."The agent didn't ask too many questions about why I was leaving my unit. Aside from being my late father's real estate agent passed on to me, Lenny also worked for some of Carl's friends, so she might already know the situation.She focused more on my second request.In fact, she already knew of a place that I would surely like and that suited my needs. If I had time today, we could visit the unit.I showered and changed into a new outfit, and we met at the site.Lenny was right; it was perfect for me.Before the day ended, Lenny had taken care of the documentation for the sale. When I returned to the condo, I had boxes with me for pack
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FAEI went straight to the mall after leaving the office. I walked around, wanting to get lost in the midst of unfamiliar faces with no obligation to talk to anyone at all. I still had no intention of opening my social media accounts or calling my friends to let them know I was back in Manila. I still needed to be alone and didn't want a pity party.I didn't buy anything or eat. I watched a movie—or I tried to. I left the cinema without knowing what happened in the movie. I just passed the remaining hours of the night there. When I got tired, I drove back to my condo. My bed was still in place, untouched, so I had that to sleep on tonight. Almost everything was packed, even the kitchen utensils, except for one plate, glass, and cutlery. The fridge was still running, but there was hardly anything inside except for my takeout, which I didn't eat either.I tried to ward off the depression and numbness by soaking in the bath. But it only reminded me of Jigo. But this was okay. I finally s
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FAEHow to get dazed with your eyes closed?If I opened my eyes, I knew I would still be captivated by the rotating fan on the ceiling atop the bed. Jigo melted like jelly on top of me, and we were messy, but again it was the greatest kind of messy. Our hearts continued to race against each other, our chests pressed tightly together, and I felt nothing but contented bliss and boundless wonder."Wow..." I finally managed to say after swallowing to moisten my dry throat. "Just... wow..."He lifted his head, grinning as he looked at me. "I know..." He raised his hand and gently caressed my cheek, momentarily controlling his excitement. I was too sensitive. "I debated for so long whether to come to you. I know you need to be alone... but I can't stay away for long." In a more intense tone, he confessed, "It may just be an excuse… Lola Leah sending me. If it weren't for that, I would find other reasons to come to you."I remained silent for a moment. Then he slid beside me, stood up and he
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FAE"What is it?" he asked, sounding curious but with a smile on his face."Jigo, you're not the only one who's a first… you know… intimate someone for me.” I went ahead of that, awkward for the lack of term for what to call him. “You're also my first kiss!"He blinked, looking at me. "What...?"I laughed at his bewildered expression. "You're my first kiss. I realized I haven't ever kissed any man on the lips. Well, I wished to have kissed... never mind. But you're the first of… everything. So far. Wow!"He gazed at me for a moment, then took a deep breath. "Thank god you never kissed him. Or you wouldn't be with me right now because he would surely want more of this." He tried to kiss me again, but I pushed him away gently, placing my hand on his chest."Just to set the record straight, I'm not implying that because you're my first in everything, I'm looking for a commitment, okay?""No, it didn't even enter my mind," he said, innocently shaking his head while pulling me closer by th
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FAEThe next day, I woke up to a new ceiling, which would have a new fan to be installed until later in the day. I took a deep breath and surveyed my surroundings. The noise was different here, but so was the silence in the unit. It was a different day, a different place, and the scent of Jigo on my pillows... And I was newly minted. Brand new.In that moment, I felt a flutter in my chest, a mix of sadness and joy. I could bid farewell to the sadness now. I got out of bed to start my new day.I had my breakfast outside. I couldn't forget Jigo's instructions before he left last night and the chat message that woke me up. He told me to eat on time. I craved pancakes from the Pancake House so I quickly showered and on denim shorts, cotton t-shirt and running shoes drove and ate there. And I ate well.I went to the mall again to buy the basic items for redecorating. I even bought small, blank and framed canvases and acrylic paint tubes to create small paintings for my new condo. I bought
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FAEI had three close friends who had no connection to Carl or his circle.Joanna had been my best friend since high school, and we attended the same university. I met Kacey during college. Pam, on the other hand, I encountered at a party after we had both ditched our blind dates and ended up chatting at a bar until the early hours.It turned out that Pam and I were studying at the same university, although in different colleges. After I introduced Kacey to Joanna and Pam, they immediately hit it off. Joanna worked as an accountant, Kacey was a businesswoman, and Pam was a doctor. We were all in our mid-twenties. And single ladies.It was hard to say how significant this was, as my friends were not only beautiful and intelligent but also had successful careers. Kacey and Pam loved going out, so they often joined Joanna. Carl was my excuse for being single, obviously. The three of them regularly went on dates, but there would always be something that didn't click. They wanted to find b
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FAEI made sure that there were no visitors in my condo the next day—just in case Jigo thought of coming by and ended up having to do the 'wrong door' trick again. I positioned myself in the living room so I could hear the doorbell if it rang. I couldn't shake off my restlessness, and I knew it wouldn't go away until I saw him again.But not a single soul wandered to my door all morning.In the afternoon, I spent my time filling my small canvases with acrylic paint to distract myself. It helped, as I enjoyed painting, as long as they were just small projects to fill up a day or two while I thought about what to do next with my life. By the evening, I had three good specimens drying on the easel, and I felt so proud of myself.That evening, I found myself in front of the TV, binge-watching the final season of my favorite show 'Suits' because I was tired but couldn't fall asleep.Then I was jolted awake by the sound of the doorbell. I dozed off on the couch without realizing it.I glanc
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FAE“Jigo!”I turned to the voice. Actually, all of us did. We were still in the restaurant, going through the initial and most important detail of the incoming church wedding, trying to wriggle ourselves out of schedules (mostly of the two because I still was officially unemployed and though Lola Leah was long retired, her social calendar was so swamped she still used an assistant), when someone opened the closed double doors and made a noisy entrance.I recognized the voice. It was Gabrielle, one of the females who used to hang out with the guys in the campus. I didn’t know her anywhere but there and it had been a long time since I had seen her. There was little change to her physical looks, I observed as she walked in, her curvy hips swaying. Still tall, and willowy and pretty. She was a cheerleader, and she did ballet. And she was one of those who were nice to me.That was when I still liked Carl. I had always suspected Gabrielle secretly liked Jigo. I wondered if they had ever h
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CARLI didn’t want to leave her there. I could feel now the whiplash of our new situation. I wasn’t the primary person behind her anymore. She now had a husband. It didn’t even occur to her to fight that I stayed in the room; she just assumed I was teasing Lola Leah like the others. She didn’t need me anymore. She wasn’t thinking of me at all.And I didn’t think it would hurt like this. I was standing on the beach, an expanse of sand and sea in front of me. And noise. Boisterous noise. But my thoughts were left inside the hotel where my Fae was… the only girl I ever let close to me like blood. But it wasn’t enough. I didn’t know how to be a real brother. And I lost her.Guilt and shame slammed into me when I remembered how I had used her image to get off. How I was with my wife, yet my revulsion of her wasn’t enough for me to push her body away. Instead I used her to relieve myself of the traitorous sexual haze that had gripped me since watching the girl I had cared for as a sister fo
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FAELola Leah had plans to grill us after dinner—I just know it. Jigo and me. The others would be sent to wherever they planned to go for the day. There was no discussion that an Engagement Party would be held as soon as possible for the closest friends of the family to keep up with appearances—a small price to pay for making a much-awaited event secret. That meant guests of about five hundred people. At least.I sighed. It’s started.But I could see how excited Lola Leah was to finally be able to do something she had been dreaming of doing for a very long time. Her eyes were twinkling, her lips couldn’t stop smiling, and her whole being was vibrating with bliss. We all could see this as we wrapped up lunch, the boys itching to go somewhere else. This only made me feel guiltier. We should have told her, included her from the beginning.She suddenly looked at me and I didn’t have time to hide the expression on my face. My eyes even felt a little wetter from unshed tears. Her frown was
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FAEI couldn’t move. I was trying to breathe. I didn’t even know I had smiled automatically because Lola Leah was smiling. And it was such a sweet smile and I was thinking I was such an evil person for not telling her myself that I had married her favorite grandson.“Baby, relax,” Jigo whispered. “It’s going to be okay.” His hand left mine so he could grip my shoulder and pull me closer to him almost protectively. And I almost winced. We didn’t need protection from her lola. Really.“Oh my kids!” Lola Leah moved to get up, and two of the boys were quickly there, helping her up while the other was pulling her chair out of her way. Her hands were outstretched as those restless feet maneuvered and were approaching us. The Hug. I almost stepped back. But Jigo steadied me. And then she was there, and the air was filled with the sweet smell of expensive talcum powder and I was kissing both her cheeks as she did mine and Jigo’s and we were both getting blessings as she placed her right hand
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SARAHThe phone was ringing but I couldn’t be bothered to answer. It was only when I heard the banging on the door that I realized who had been calling. Tom was the only person who knew I was back in the condo unit where I lived before, and that I had left Carl’s house three days ago. There was no one to call to help me move. I had no one. I even refused Carl’s offer to help by making his driver go with me. Not only did it feel like an insult, I also didn’t want him to know where I would go while I thought of what next to do. Up to the last minute, I had hoped he would change his mind. That the three days we spent together would make him reconsider what I could do for him as his wife, not just in the bedroom but as a partner. I could learn. I got this far because I worked and studied hard. I could go anywhere.But the third day, I woke up to find him dressed and ready to leave, taking my copy of the keys to the house, handing an ATM where I could take my initial expenses as I settl
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JIGO“Do you ever wish for a honeymoon, baby?” I asked.Fae moved slightly from her lazy recline against me. We both faced the windows in the bedroom as we idled on the bed, spooning, after that first hot and fast fuck. I still couldn’t remove the smile on my lips. I had been a little rough, but I couldn’t help myself. I couldn’t control my response to my wife’s arousing groans and her body’s response to me.“Isn’t it like we’ve been on a honeymoon since that night you took my virginity from me? It felt like we’ve been at it like rabbits, honestly. We've been making love all day, sometimes twice, since you started sleeping in my bed.”I pulled her closer to me as we snickered. Then she turned her body towards me and her lips clamped to mine, her arms wounding their way around my neck, and there came back my boner.“Hmm… when are the guys expecting you?” she asked in a sultry voice as her body rubbed against mine.But I wasn’t ready to get that easily distracted. “Baby… the honeymoon.
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FAE“I can’t believe the first time we’re back here again… it’ll be with him, of all people,” was what I whispered to Jigo as we got off the tarmac towards our waiting car. We flew via heli during the weekend as soon as he was free from work. The others had been here since Thursday with Carl. I wasn’t even still sure why I was here with him. It was Carl’s week with his other friends.I felt like I shouldn’t be here but Jigo insisted I came with him. I avoided the guys two days ago when they rushed to Jigo’s—our—pent suite when they found out what happened at the club and that Carl was there and the wife wasn’t going to be around. I slipped out before they could arrive because I didn’t want my presence and questions about me and Jigo to overshadow whatever male support the others were ready to shower Carl. At that point, on a group call, they already found out Carl and Sarah were separating three days since arriving from their honeymoon. They were probably going to talk about details a
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JIGOWhen I left, the way Fae was treating the situation eased my worries about leaving her with Carl. Therefore, as I drove back to the pent suite I wasn’t thinking much about worse scenarios.Then I opened the door to the house with my key card and their laughter and easy banter from the direction of the dining area assaulted me. I became as stiff as a rock in the doorway, my whole body racked with fear and jealousy.It took a moment for me to wrestle myself away from those almost debilitating emotions. I rubbed my face with my hand and felt the tiredness from the almost sleepless night and the long day before that. I tried to school my face into obedience. In the few weeks we had been together, Fae had quickly become acclimated to my every mood and this was something I really didn’t want her to see. I trusted her. I kinda trusted Carl, too. It was my own insecurity—I didn’t even know I had this until right now—to their friendship that was gripping me at the moment.I wanted all her
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JIGO“He came in before dark with a few companions—all of them women. The others have left so he is alone inside. I’m not sure where to call. He’s been telling everyone he’s single and available when he got drunk so I didn’t think I should call the missus. I called you, sir.”“You did good, Riggs. Thank you. I’ll take care of this.” I patted the manager’s shoulder before sliding the key card on the slot to the door of the private room where Carl was in. It was one of the larger ones executives and CEOs usually booked to entertain team members or clients. We didn’t normally use this, though. Our friends were all single except for Carl just recently, and me, secretly. We preferred seeing the crowd and welcomed the noise of merriment and relaxation after work. Or we used to.I pushed the door open and there was my friend, sleeping like a log on one of the long couches, one arm had dropped on the floor. I took a deep breath. Even in sleep, his face looked troubled. He had never seen Carl
