"I'm sorry!"I said and bowed. This is what I always tell him. Sorry! Because the polo shirt I ironed burned.I was thinking about how I would see my brothers. And I just realized that the iron I was holding was smoking and that Hace's clothes were on fire on it's arm.I tried to save it and even burned my hand but I didn't care, the important thing was Hace's clothes.He pulled me closer to him by the arm. I feel guilty for what my father did to him so I let him hurt me."Sorry? Hey fool, your sorry won't change what happened!" He said, clenching his jaw . I know what he said had a double meaning.He let go of me and turned away."What else do you want me to do?" I don't know where I got the strength to speak like that."You have almost enslaved me Hace, I have been with you all my life, I do everything you want, I have nothing left of myself, I can't even see my brothers anymore. I let you do what you want, because of what my father did . But isn't this too much?" I added, sobbing.I
" Vegetables! " I shouted to those people passing by my place.I'm here at the market today selling various vegetables. Like eggplant, okra, ampalaya, opo and others. I was already here early to sell.My parents are gone and my two siblings and I are left behind. Mama is gone, and my step father never came home, so now I'm the only one supporting our family. We haven't heard from him since his last message.He was so kind that we were surprised that he didn't come home for a day until the month reached. He just left a note telling us not to worry about him and that he is fine."Young lady, give this to me" I smiled as my suki approached me."Oh, I guess you're earlier today?" I asked because she was a bit earlier today than usual."Oh, it's my grandson's birthday and I want to be the one to cook so I'm early today." she answered with a smile.I looked at what she brought. That's quite a lot too. I just smiled and gave her what she needed.When it was over, she left the other things sh
When I got to work I started right away. I am a waiter here and I am grateful to be accepted here. The owner was a former high school classmate of mine so I was hired and my shift was in the afternoon.After getting dressed in uniform, I went out and started serving.Walking back and forth is tiring and I can hardly sit even for a moment with the amount of customers. This restaurant is famous here in our town and was really taken. Because apart from not being expensive, the food is really affordable and delicious."A large burger and fries!" I said at the kitchen counter. In this restaurant, not only breakfast, lunch or dinner, but also snacks are complete."Oh, Nerissa are you are here now?" Echo asked. He is my old classmate and the owner and he is also a chef here. "Echo, I've been here for a while now." I answered and could only roll my eyes.He just laughed and continued what he did. He used to be my suitor, especially since I was a transferee at their school, but I didn't give
Just like yesterday, I got home early, also because my goods ran out quickly. I'm now walking with Fely to ride a tricycle, who still can't move on from what happened earlier."Why didn't you just answer Jordan? You're always being asked that by that moron . I'm the one texting with him , but you're still the one he's looking for !" She said pissed and she was pouted so I just laughed and shook my head."You don't want it, you can't have him. You'll be with him all for yourself now!" I raised my eyebrows, but she was just glaring at and she rolled her eyes. I laughed even more."I hope it's that easy! That moron was so inlove with you!" she got into the tricycle first and sat down. I next sat next to her ."Eh, you're so dead to him too! That's why you're right--oh!" I laughed as she grabbed my side and pinched it."Hey, stop it Nerissa! If only I didn't know you were waiting for someone too. That's why you rejected Jordan!"The smile on my lips disappeared and I fell silent at what
"Everything is okay now, good thing you brought her here in time." "Yes doc, thank you." I was distracted in my sleep because of the conversation. "What happened?" Immediately they turned their attention to me. I sat down while holding my head. I was still a little dizzy and my eyes were still closed. Echo attended me and held my hand. "You're good and awake. How are you feeling?" I frowned as I looked around. The last thing I remembered was that there were men who wanted to take me. They were forcing me to come with me so I ran. But they still caught up with me and they injected me with something so I lost consciousness. "Echo, what happened? What the—why am I here?" I don't know what to feel now because of the nervousness. Maybe Echo will sympathize. Especially when I see the bruise on her face. He held both of my shoulders and calmed me down. "I'm sorry, if I had taken you to ride the tricycle , this wouldn't have happened to you. I'm really sorry!" I was confused by what
I woke up, not because I had to wake up early to go to the market. I just can't , I couldn't sleep well. I was sleeping, but I was also waking up. Nightmares of whatever happened to me. What happened came back again and again. I Ignore it. But it came back on it's own. I didn't know that there were tears running down my cheek if I hadn't felt a hand caressing my cheek. I looked at my brother, Anorld, he seemed to have woken up because of me. "Sister, is there a problem? I woke up because I heard you sobbing." He said sadly , still caressing my cheek. I quickly hugged him and kissed his head. "Sister is fine, just go back to sleep." "Did you have a bad dream that made you cry?" His face looked up at me, I laughed at his cute face so I gently pinched his nose. "Yes, it is said that someone wants to take you away from me. They want Arjun and Arnold, they will keep you both away from me." I answered sadly. He shook his head. "We won't go without you, that's a promise! Arjun and I
"What do you need?" I trembled to ask the men who now held my family. "You know what we need. Or maybe you want us to just take these children?" He asked with a smirk and pointed the gun at my brothers. They were screaming, even aunt and uncle who were struggling to get away. "Don't please, don't, not my brothers! They don't know anything about it!” I started crying, I couldn't get closer because of the gun pointed at me. "Don't empathize with my nephews! Whatever sin my brother has committed, turn it on him and not on the children! I told you that my brother has not come home for a long time! It's like pity, not the children!" My aunt was also crying and shaking her head. Our neighbor also couldn't do anything because they were probably scared. I shook my head at them and tried to stand up to get closer to them, but uncle suddenly lost his temper and got away. He punched the men holding him. Regardless of the blows that were also hitting him. He fought and tried to fight the
HACE "You're drinking again." I looked back when I heard Draco's voice. My best friend. I just shrug at him and drink the rum on my glass. He sat on the stool next to me and also poured some wine. He drank a little and faced me. He just stared at me for a while before talking. "Are you still on, on getting Ronaldo's daughter?" He asked as his brows narrowed at me. I just shrug and drink the last drop of my rum. "None of your business!" I answered back, and poured another drink. He grabbed the wine I was holding and stared at me. I also looked at him and stared at him. It looked like he was searching something in what I said. "It's my god damn business Mr. Mondeñego! You sympathize with the person who doesn't know what her father did. Aren't you being unfair? Where is your honesty and justice?” "So what he did to us is fair?!" I yelled at him, I couldn't stop the emotions that came over me. This topic is sensitive for me. "Draco, someone lost her life, so the replacement is