All Chapters of The City of Dreams and Love: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The next morning, Conrad opens the fridge to see if he can cook something up. It turns out, the fridge was empty since he forgot to go to the store yesterday before arriving at the apartment.He calls Alfred to ask if he knows any whole foods store nearby, but he didn’t answer. Conrad calls him again and still no answer. He goes to Alfred’s room to see if he’s there. He knocks upon entering and Alfred wasn’t there.He opens his phone to check any nearby whole foods store nearby. Luckily, he founds one at Houston Street, which is walking distance from his apartment. He goes back to his room to get his wallet and his keys to the apartment on top of his nightstand. While he was putting on his white sneakers, his mother suddenly calls him. He thinks if he’s going to answer the phone or not since he’s afraid that it might be about him calling his father. He decides to ignore it and probably text her later once he comes back.Going

After Conrad and Alfred had enrolled in the Institute of Culinary Education, they stopped at Taco Bell before going back to their apartment. They decided to eat inside since the drive-thru has a long line. Conrad parked the car, just across the entrance.As they went inside, Conrad told Alfred that he’ll just use the restroom. He walks there and felt something strange as if someone was watching him from behind. He checks his surroundings to see if someone was watching him, but there was no one watching. He suddenly thinks of why would someone watch him. He sees the restroom and goes in there.After a while, Conrad was washing his hands and a man suddenly comes in. He suddenly realizes that the man who just came in was the same man he bumped into before. He was wearing the same clothing as before. He rushes in washing his hands and leaves the restroom immediately.As he goes back, he sees Alfred still hasn’t ordered. He approaches him and as Alfred se

“Conrad, what are you talking about?” Conrad’s father said as he continues the fatherly act. “I’m here to bond with my only son, who’s very special to me.” He added.“As far as I remember, I didn’t have a father for a year.” Conrad replied trying to keep a straight face. “He left me and I felt neglected by him for a year.”“I’m here, can’t you see that?” Conrad’s father asked.“You are here, but I know my dad.” Conrad answered. “He would never act all nicely.” He said. “He also said that he would never leave us, but little did I know he left after my special day.” He added. “I’m sorry but you need to go because I don’t know you anymore.” He said sadly as he closes the door.Conrad’s father was left speechless after all that. He was expecting Conrad to forgive him, but he realizes that he ha

Conrad’s POVAs I entered middle school, My mother started working after being recruited from a well-known event planning company. With both of them working, my grandparents volunteered in taking care of me during their stay there. I had fun with them every time I got home from middle school, but sometimes I just wish that we can all have fun as a family. Since both of my parents come home late after a busy day at work. They have their day-offs, but most of those day-offs don’t fall on weekends. So most of the time, we would have movie nights or go out and have dinner in a restaurant. Then sometimes, I would just lie down and miss the times when we went for a hike, have picnics beside the lakes, and sometimes the beach.During my grandparents' last night in the house, my grandfather went into my room and had something special in my mind for us to do.“Conrad, are you busy?” Conrad’s grandfather asked.“

Conrad’s POV Things were going great so far. I was surprised by my new car since I didn’t expect them to buy a car that I like so much, which is a Honda Civic Type-R. And what’s better is that they got it in my favorite color, which is blue. I loved it so much that I ended up hugging them tightly and crying in their arms, knowing that they paid attention to me as I was growing up. Dad reminds me that I’ll be driving so that we can test out my new car. I agreed and got excited to drive it. Mom lets dad sit in front while she stays at the back since she needs to work some on things for her upcoming event. While we’re on our way to my school, we talked about my plans for the future. “After culinary school, what’s your plan?” Dad asked. “Well, I’m planning to continue to live in New York after culinary school, find a stable job there in the culinary industry, of course, and work my way up until I’m famous like Chef Gordon Ramsay.” I answe