Chapter 032 Kate's Parents

### Eumerriah's Point of View

It was already afternoon, but Gabrielle still hadn't come home. I wanted to call him, but my shyness held me back. He had said goodbye so well last night that I didn't expect him to be gone for an entire day.

Lola and Kate took care of me. They didn't leave me unattended, though I wanted to help them with what they were doing, but they refused. Lola was making doormats, as she had since Gabrielle's mother was a child. She used to sell them at the market, and sometimes people would buy them in bulk. Even though they had money now and Gabrielle had his own business, she hadn't forgotten how to make doormats because many customers still liked her work.

"Are you getting bored?" Kate asked me.

"A little," I replied simply.

"Maybe you just miss Kuya. We felt the same way at first. Kuya grew up here. I remember he was very stern with me; he hardly spoke to me because he said I wasn't his sister. Then his mom took him to Manila to study. I was three years old the