All Chapters of The Boyfriend App : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

“My father never set foot in the Philippines again after that. I guess he was so ashamed of what he had done to my mother. When Shadow started to gain fame outside Korea, Big Break Entertainment sent some lawyers to me and my mother. They made us sign NDAs to keep our mouths shut about the Filipino named Jason Manabat and his relationship to Shadow. Mrs. Kim thought that such information would be detrimental to Shadow’s fast-rising career. “It might’ve seemed counterintuitive then but his Filipino father was in fact not a dark but a bright side of Shadow’s life. Jason provided the human touch and support system that the tiger mother never could. As a matter of fact, Mrs. Kim’s rigorous discipline drove the idol trainee to depression. Shadow would later confess to me that he had contemplated suicide a couple of times. Even when he turned 21 and became financially independent from her mother, he still wasn’t free. In his mind, his raving fans took his mother’s place. In the spotlight an

Kate’s mind is racing as she looks into Nathan’s expectant eyes. Several thoughts flit through her brain in the few heartbeats that she sits speechless across from him. The first thing that hits her is excitement. Thrill at the thought of travel. Like Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, her heart yearns for adventure. But soon after this initial surge, her brain douses her entire body with a bucket of ice that ends up as cold feet. She starts overthinking and worries about whether her Korean is enough to actually get around Seoul, whether Grace has a spare (preferably orange or purple) luggage that she can borrow, and whether her parents have enough money stashed away so she won’t be eating nothing but kimchi in the land of K-dramas. Seeing Nathan’s extra-large puppy eyes summon back her warrior heart. {Nathan needs you,} her heart says. {It’s no exaggeration to say that he could die when he goes under the knife. In fact, his very survival depends on his strength, both physical and mental.

On Sunday, thinking that folks should be more peaceful and understanding on church day, Lor and JM finally muster the courage to tell both their parents about Lor’s pregnancy. As they anticipated, no one’s happy. At least the Ablans, JM’s parents, are amenable to the idea of JM not continuing on to college (Fine Arts) after grade 12 and to start working instead. Meanwhile, Lor’s parents, the Maliksis, are exceeding wroth. They have a meltdown during the rushed pamamanhikan (parental marriage proposal) of JM and the Ablans, even with JM’s grandmother and the village chief gracing the occasion. No marriage date gets set because Mrs. Maliksi tries to beat Lor with a tambô, a soft whisk broom made of phragmites grass. Lor is holding back tears and is ready to take the punishment she has been dreading for going on two weeks, but when she sees her eight-year-old sister Lisbeth trying to stop their mother by hugging her waist, she loses it and bawls. Lor is kicked out of their house and

On the first day of school, August 5, there’s a total of six heads of straightened hair in the homeroom class of 12-Everest, including that of Bali Girls’ Mikaela. It appears she saved up a lot from her umbrella-girl summer gig because, apart from a sleek, straight hair, she also has on – ta-dah – braces. {Good for her,} Kate thinks to herself, feeling just a bit envious. Compared to the straightened-hair crowd, her hair is frizzy, with dry and brittle strands and split ends; like something straight out of the timelapse windows of a shampoo vs. Brand X commercial. This is all thanks to Sergeant Luna’s endless marches. On the bright side though, she’s lucky she was able to keep her tan and freckles to a minimum with the help of Yssy’s sunscreen. Briefly, Kate wonders what her former roomie is doing right now, and if she ever did manage to graduate from Camp Unplugged as per the deal she made with she-devil Miss Perfect. {If so, at least one thing good would’ve come out of her snitch

Nathan came back on and Kate’s eyes lit up. That second time, she was covering her mouth to avoid giving her Pa a heart attack. But Mr. Lapuz also understood the importance of what was transpiring before their eyes, through the screen just several feet away. His mouth hung open. Nathan was lying on a bed and a hospital staff was instructing him to raise his right leg, his left leg, and finally to sit up; all of which Nathan executed flawlessly. Then he was in a kind of high-tech walker for adults surrounded by three therapists. After that, on a treadmill while wearing leg braces that made him look like Iron Man (first movie). Back in the lobby, Nathan stood proudly, beaming. He looked "brand-new", that was the best word Miss-Grammarly Kate could come up with. Like a baby just learning to take his first steps. He didn’t look like he was completely back to normal yet but he was getting there. Slowly but surely, as the saying went. The main Korean doctor and the Filipino news anchor bo