Lahat ng Kabanata ng NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

Isabella wore a long face as she watched her friends and boyfriend dance to the loud music. Today, she had graduated from the London Imperial College as the valedictorian. Her parents were not even present to listen to her public address.The excuse her mother gave was that her father's business was crumbling and so they couldn't fly from Panama. "You are twenty-one, put on your big girl shoes and make us proud" her mother had said. She wished they realized how much their presence meant to her.She had given way to tears during her valedictory address when she noticed that her friends all had families who came to celebrate with them. She had felt so alone. "Come on Isa", her boyfriend said as he dragged her to the dance floor. "Don't tell me you are still sulking because your parents couldn't make it to your graduation. You need to get over it. It's time to party."Isabella smiled and blended in with her friends at the club. "Let me at least do it for steve," she told herself. After da

When Isabella went out of the hospital, she saw a bench on the other side of the road, opposite the hospital. She sat on the bench sadly while feeling sorry for herself. Her life had changed in a matter of days. She didn't even get to say goodbye to steve and she probably never will. Isabella did not realize when tears began dropping from her eyes.An elderly lady who was passing by, saw Isabella crying and came to sit beside her on the bench. "Why are you crying my dear?" When Isabella looked at her, she realized she had been crying in a public place and quickly wiped her eyes. "Thank you very much for your concern" she replied, "but please don't worry about me.""It's fine my dear, the woman said. Go ahead and share your grievances with me, I'm sure you will feel a lot better." "No, I won't feel better" Isabella said. "I am very sad, I feel this tightness in my chest which I cannot explain and from here on, my life is only going to change for the worse. I feel like the weight of th

Angelo Flores sat in his office waiting for a phone call. He played with his phone and swung it back and forth as he had a mischievous smile on his face. His phone finally rang and he immediately answered the call, asking, "yes, what is the update?"the person on the other end of the phone said, "well, she broke the window and jumped out of the house and she said you should go to hell."Angelo laughed and said, "oh really? is that so? well, I will send her there first." Isabella didn't disappoint him at all, he thought to himself."Nothing short of what I would expect from a spoilt princess," he said happily. He neatened his suit, got up from his chair and left his office.Isabella stopped a cab and asked the driver to take her to Mato Hospital. She felt her time would be better spent by her father's side. On her way to the hospital, she once more thought about steve and wondered if he had gotten over his anger. She decided to call him but, after bringing out his number on her phone,

Isabella struggled to control her anger which was slowly rising. Angelo had described her as a whore in her presence. As if that was not bad enough, he was pimping her out on a silver platter to this wanton stranger.Isabella was so angry that her eyes stung from the tears she tried to inhibit. She made a promise to herself that she would pay Angelo back, even if it was the last thing she did.The man whom Angelo had offered Isabella to, could not believe his ears. He expressed his appreciation by thanking Angelo and showering him with praises. The more he stared at Isabella's fair skin and beautiful face, the more he was enthralled. "I'm going to enjoy you so much baby," he said as he walked much closer to her and grabbed her butt cheeks.Isabella smashed one of the bottles she was holding on the man's head, drawing blood immediately. As Angelo stood up to interfere, she threw the other bottle at him. He instinctively protected his face with his arm. The bottle shattered on his arm a

When Isabella got to her room, she laid under the quilt and covered herself with it. Her marriage to Angelo hadn't even completed two days and she was already exhausted. She decided that the best thing for her to do was to avoid Angelo as much as possible.Henceforth, she will live as if she didn't exist in the house, she will immerse herself in so much work that Angelo would not get the chance to even come close to her. She was done taking her mum's advice and she was done trying to promote peace and showing him any form of kindness.She would behave herself but if he tried to cross the line, she would show him a very crazy side to her. But right now, she was feeling very sad and lonely. She wished she could vent to someone but Steve was the closest friend she had. It had already been more than three days. Was he still mad at her?She hadn't even told him about her marriage to Angelo. Would he hate her if she told him the truth? She missed him so much and wondered if it was possible