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Chapter 18: Running Away
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“Mom? Why are you up?” Dan met his mom in the kitchen, drinking a cup of coffee. He glanced at the time; it was 5:40 a.m. His mom wasn’t the type to be up so early since she was a late-night sleeper, but for some reason he knew he was probably the reason she was awake so early. It was the weekend, and he was up getting ready for his 6 a.m. exercise (jog).He thought his mom was still asleep; since she was up, he knew the next thing from the way she frowned and her lack of response to his greeting. He knew he was right. What she was going to say about him was going to be about her women’s club or about Belinda. Though for some time she hasn’t spoken about her, he figured she had accepted that he didn’t want her.The thoughts of what his mom was up to caused his memory of his last encounter with Belinda to suffice; leaving her in the middle of nowhere and leaving her was supposed to engrave guilt and regret, which he didn’t have, especially after confirming her safe arrival at home.“Mo
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“Did you just ask me to be your girlfriend?” Belinda laughed uncontrollably. Her tooth shone, leaving her a giddy.She was going to propose for him to be her boyfriend as well, but for a while until she travels out of the country like she planned. Her mom had earlier threatened she wouldn’t let her leave till she got married or at least started dating. Although Dan was rude to her all through, her mom liked him better than her past boyfriends, and knowing Dan doesn’t like her, he was the perfect person to date for a short time.“Why? Is it that bad?” Dan asked, but couldn’t figure out why she had reacted that way. His mom would only stay aware of his affairs if he started dating, and it would be more believable if it were Belinda.“No, not that. I also wanted to ask the same thing.” She replied. It got easier since he suggested first that she wouldn’t need to tell her reason to put in an effort. Belinda thought to play hard to get instead.“I never expected you to ask me out. The situ
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Sarah walked to the house, struggling with the grocery bags that were twice her size. She had finally been able to stock up her new house and decorate it to her taste. It felt really good to finally live alone after spending years with three roommates. She enjoyed the peace and quiet of the house and the fact that she could actually hear herself think in contrast to her shared apartment back in college where she couldn't go a second without hearing a squeal or an “oh my God, he's so hot."Her roommate has been fangirls of any and every hot boy band on the planet and it wasn't like she judged them or thought she was better than any of them. As a matter of fact, she loved them dearly and all of them stayed like sisters. It was just that she had passed that phase and those years were behind her now. She has been forced to grow up after the incident happened. Sarah in the past had been wild. She had spent the better years of her high school being that girl. She missed the thrill and ex
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“Your credit card bills are long overdue. You're going to have to pay up your debt or we'll have the law involved." The cashier at the bank told her.She had gone shopping for a few clothes and was really excited to check out when the store attendant told her that her card had been declined. Sarah had been shocked and had pressured her into trying the card three more times. After seeing that it was indeed useless, she gathered whatever confidence she had left and collected her car back before walking out of the store. She wasn't surprised that she had run out of money. Any and every penny she had went into the house and furnished it to make sure that it was to her taste. Her knack for classy and expensive things hadn't left her and she made sure that her house just looked like perfection. “There will be no need for that. I'll pay you as soon as I'm able to. I promise." She quickly dismissed the talk of involving the police and stood up from the chair so the next person would come
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“I don't care. Do it again. I hate it." Dan threw the designs for the new company project across the room in anger. They had been going at it for three hours and no one had come up with anything worth seeing. “For God's sake, the final meeting is next week. We have nothing to present to the investors. All these designs are horrible and I can't even look at them and neither would the investors." He could see the tired looks on his employees faces and he knew they were out of it and won't contribute so much to this anymore. He was tired himself. He had stayed up all night trying to do his own job and had come here straight in the morning hoping to put ideas together with what his employees had to offer.Apparently, it wasn't much.“Sir, we are designing based on the ideas and instructions you have given us. I believe none of us went outside this." Dan was shaking his head before she even finished the sentence. Of course, he wasn't blind. He could see that they had inculcated his ide
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Dan threw his blazer on the couch and plopped down on it. Fatigue and frustration were a mild way to explain what he was feeling. Work hadn't exactly been the best and he didn't know how to deal with it. His mother came down from the stairs and smiled when she saw him. She walked over to him and sat on the arm rest.He noticed her presence but didn't acknowledge it because he was too tired to move, to speak. He had to, however, when she spoke up first.“Hey. I knew I heard your car come in. How was work? " He slowly opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. His entire body felt numb, weak to move. He let out a sigh before answering.“Hey mum. I am okay, work was okay. How're you?" He said it like a rehearsed response and Celia could see that he was in no mood to talk but she didn't stop.“I'm okay. Just waiting for you to get back from work. We need to talk." Nate frowned and lifted his head to look at his mother. “What's going on? Are you okay?" Celia could sense the look of co
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She was pretty, he had to give her that. Beautiful even. But she was not his type. She gave him a sweet smile when she noticed his presence in front of her but she just responded with a straight face.“Hey, I'm Belinda. You must be Dan." She stretched her hand out and Dan just stared at it, trying to contemplate on whether to take it or not. "Well, no shit Sherlock." He thought. He knew he couldn't be rude to her because that information would get back to his mother and the last thing he wanted was for her to serve him another one of her three hour long lectures.He took her hand and offered her a forced smile. “Yeah, I'm Dan. You must be Belinda." Two can play this game.Belinda chuckled.“Very funny. So you want to order?" “No. I already told my mother I wasn't hungry but she forced me out here with you so I thought she'd tell you already."Dan wondered why his brain kept telling him to be careful with the way he was speaking to her but he didn't listen. The words just kept c
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Dan got home dumbfounded; he couldn’t believe what he just saw.“Was that really Sarah?” he thought. He went straight to his room, trying to avoid his mom’s questions about the date.He stormed and laid flat on the bed, looking up at the ceiling.“She hasn’t changed a bit.” He thought of how stunning she looked earlier. A spark of hatred triggered Dan’s anger; he couldn’t stop himself from thinking about what happened in high school. She did worse things than what others did to him. He wanted a normal high school life.Middle school went well for him, as did the excitement to get into the high school world, to get taller, to make new friends, and also to meet and like girls. Sarah sucked the excitement out with one glance.She never looked at anyone twice, and if she did, it would be to belittle the person. She was the queen in high school, and he was the bull that was also a trash dump.His first day in school would have turned out differently if Sarah was not the first person he met
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The sun was peeping out yet a cold and chilly morning. Sarah was up early, and could barely stand the presence of her mom. She thought meeting her needs and giving her whatever she asked for was enough to make her stay away from her, but she was wrong.Sarah’s mother, Ana Martha, as she knows goes by after Amelia and Stephany, came in the night with no warning and without notifying Sarah that she was coming.She had been traveling around, either running away from debtors, hooked up with a rich man, which she left after sucking him dry, or running away with his money. She always did anything that would bring money, which fed her gambling habit.A second without money drove her crazy, and one of those crazy scenarios was hunting down her daughter to ask for money.“Where’s the money?" was the first question she asked when she saw Sarah for the first time in years. Not only did the shock of seeing her mother strike her speechless, but the dirty clothes and bruised face, even though they
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“Mom, you did this on purpose.” Dan accused her in fury. It has been a habit of Dan to launch a hug on his mom as soon as he sets eyes on her after a long business trip. She had planned it; she knew he was getting back that day, so she insisted that Belinda and her have the dinner at home instead. She also made Belinda open the door to take the hug.“Come on, how was I supposed to know you were not the one at the door?” she smirked. Dan gave her a brief glare. They both talked like Belinda wasn’t still at the door, frozen, and processing the whole hug thing.“Calm down, go to your room, and freshen up.” Celia suggested. Dan picked up his bag, huffed, and walked out of the living room.“Oh, and make sure to come down for dinner when you are done,” she added. Then Dan slammed the door as a protest.Belinda stared at Celia.“Ignore him.” Celia chuckled and waved the issue off with a smile. She went on and requested that Belinda take a seat to process it.“You look like you enjoyed the h
