I put my palm on my forehead and slowly pulled it down, then I sighed heavily. I am outside of the house and leaning on its bamboo wall. I forcefully shook my head as what he said kept running in every corner of my head. I saw Lukas running towards me. The child is freshly bathed. "Miss Veronica, let's eat," he said to me. "Who told you to inform me about dinner?""It's Miss Ester. She said that we should eat together," said the boy. I look around before I look up at the sky. I don't feel like eating for this meal. I don't have the appetite to swallow food because of my heavy thoughts. I am already full of the thoughts that Kalvis made me think of. "Tell Miss Ester that I am alright here.""Okay, Miss Veronica. I will bring you some food here so that you will have something to eat with Sir Kalvis.”"You don't have to—" My lines were cut because Lukas left me. He returned with two kids and each of them brought something. I helped them enter the food inside the house. "I told yo
The next day, I felt like not rising from my bed. It's morning, but my body is still under the white linen, feeling like it's still in the solemnity of the evening. I closed my eyes again after a long yawn.I quickly opened my eyes when I heard the sound outside of my room. Those were big knocks against the door."Hey, Veronica! What are you doing? It's already nine in the morning and you're still in bed? Damn! Come one, Veronica. Wake up now! You always let the sun rise first!”His voice sounded like a broken record being played on the radio. Besides, this jerk is really kind when he sleeps, but when he's awake, it's like he's always surrounded by a thousand demons. “Veronica Sterling! Wake up, because we have a lot to do! ”Damn this jerk. He is to blame for why I didn't sleep early and properly, and now he is trying to annoy me by waking me up early with his loud voice and noisy knocks.I didn't answer, even though he called me several times. He made me feel like I was floating li
"Children, don't be reckless. Go to your team and stand your tents!”We are now on the plain above the mountain. I took a breath of fresh air as I laughed downstairs. I didn't know there were places in the world as beautiful and refreshing as this.The children worked together to set up their tents. The other children are playing around and chasing each other. I was smiling all the time and I am watching them enjoying their childhood like tomorrow is not going to come.This campsite is like a park, with chairs under the trees. It's very calming here. "I will tell you a lot of stories later tonight, okay? For now let me do my duty first. Kinds now are not good i. doing things if we are not going to assist them. Veronne, I'll go there first and help the children, okay? Ester said, saying goodbye to me.I just nodded in response.I was standing at the very edge of the campsite. A bamboo fence is positioned horizontally on its side. I held the bamboo and looked at the sky.I reached for
No matter how beautiful the place is, its ambiance gets worse depending on who you are with. This is Kalvis; he can ruin a beautiful place just through his existence. He is only kind when he is asleep and sick. He goes back to being a jerk when he's awake. It's okay if he doesn't empathize with others, but hell, he is ruining me and my days. It seems like there isn't a day that he doesn't ruin my mood.It's late, and we've finished eating. The children around the bonfire were very happy. Andoy was holding a guitar, and our other colleagues were singing; even the children could be seen singing. It's a Filipino song, and it's foreign to me, but then my heart could feel the rhythm of the song that's talking to my soul. I don't understand the lyrics of the song, but I can definitely remember someone while I'm listening to it, and it's Marcov. I miss Marcov. I miss him so much. I want to see him and hug him.I noticed that Kalvis' eyes were pointed at me. To prove it, I secretly looked at
My vision is spinning a bit. I can't deny that I'm already drunk.He was talking while I was just staring at him. The image of him becoming like his dad gives me confusion. He's really like a younger version of Marcov.“Veronica, who do you think is more handsome? Is it me or Daddy? ”I laughed. I leaned against the mango tree. I looked up at the sky before looking at him. I leaned forward and touched his chin. I push his face to the left side and then to the right. After doing so, I studied his face."Hmm.""Why, mommy? Is it difficult to tell who's handsome between me and Daddy?"I shook my head."It's not that hard to say a word. I am drunk now, and I think you and your dad look similar to each other.”"But who do you think has better complexions?""You are both handsome. You look like a younger version of your daddy, and I'm sure when you grow old, you'll really look like your daddy.""If that is so, why don't you want me? Why is it my daddy?”I chuckled. "I can't decide about it.
I followed in his footsteps. My foot was trying to reach his footsteps. I noticed that the distance between his steps was getting farther, and because of that, I found it difficult to step on his footsteps. He suddenly stopped walking, which is why I bumped into his back. I held my forehead. He faced me. Until then, his forehead was furrowed. "I'm sorry. Why can't you forgive me about last time?""What if I threw up on you? Can you forgive me that easily?”“Hmm. Aren't we friends now?"There are bullets of sweat on his forehead. His nose also has bullets of sweat. "We are. But friends might quarrel too.""You are so difficult! You can beat a woman having her period! You are good sometimes and evil most of the time.”"Oh? Really, mommy?”"Yeah, baby!"I held my mouth. I don't know where the endearment I mentioned comes from. It made me a little bit ashamed.“You know so much, Veronica Sterling. Just hurry up your walk so we can get to the orphanage easier! We need to rest because th
It's a good thing because he didn't mention again that he was upset with me because I threw up on him. We had dinner together today, and my awkwardness has completely disappeared when I'm in front of him. Both of us were sweating because of the hot beef soup that Andoy cooked."Miss Veronica, there's more soup here.""It looks like Veronica needs a lot of soup, Andoy. She's a hard drinker of beer, but she ends up throwing up!""Can you please stop talking about that? We are at the dining table, Kalvis.”Obviously, I was embarrassed because of what he said. I don't want to be labeled as a weak drinker or have a lower tolerance for alcohol. It made me feel like I am a crybaby when it comes to drinking alcohol, even though I am really one."That's why she sips a lot of soup," joked Ester."Miss Ester, that's not the reason why I sipped so hard. The beef soup cooked by Andoy is really good!”"Don't justify yourself, Veronica. It's your hangover; that's why you have the strength to sip th
Andoy and Ester held back their laughter. They stared at Kalvis, as if asking what happened to me. He just shrugged his shoulders, which made me look like a marshmallow spilled with chocolate syrup. That's even better because it's still fragrant and delicious, unlike me, who couldn't draw the physical form because of the amount of mud that splashed on me."Sir Kalvis, what happened to her?" I heard Andoy talking to Kalvis, but in a whisper. Andoy shouldn't be whispering if I can still hear it.Kalvis looked at me. He almost burst out laughing."I don't know why she was wearing those clothes. I warned her to be careful in choosing what to wear; she didn't want to listen to me. Who is the sane person who would wear sandals and then a white floral dress to the farm?"He's putting the blame on me. He is more to blame for why I experienced this."Poor Miss Veronica," Andoy said jokingly."Because it's someone else's fault, Andoy. Since he did not say where we will actually go today, he did