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Chapter 130 – My Frenemy
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Paint My World Red Chapter 131 – Aya's Secrets
(Aya’s POV)“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor,” Myra said with determination while we ate dinner.“Did you hear that, Dean?” Mom smiled and glanced at dad. “We’re going to have a doctor in our family,” she muttered excitedly and turned to me. “How about my little girl? What do you want when you grow up?”I giggled. “I don’t want to grow up, mommy. I just want to stay with you... and daddy... and Myra. Forever and ever!”“Amen to that,” Dad laughed, shaking his head as he placed green beans on my plate. “Even if you don’t want to grow up, you still have to eat vegetables.”“Geez, Aya! You must have a dream.” My older sister rolled her eyes at me. “You can’t stay with mom and dad forever.”“Myra, your sister’s only seven,” Mom reminded her as she smiled lovingly at me. She reached for my hand and squeezed it.“Aya...” She squeezed my hand again. “Aya, it’s time.”“Hmm?” Disoriented, I opened my eyes, seeing Addie before me, squeezing my hand. I sighed, realizing I had fallen asleep
Paint My World Red Chapter 132 – The Secret Door
(Aya’s POV)I could feel Morpheus hugging me, but this was not the best time to sleep. I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again to glance at Katie, sleeping peacefully in my bed. I opened the door and found Myra sorting things at home, placing them in boxes.“Don’t just stand there; make yourself useful,” she said without looking at me.After the funeral, Myra wanted me to come home despite Uncle Dannie’s request to stay at their place. I lied to him that this would give us time to console each other. I told him I wanted to be with my sister and let her get to know Katie better. It took time, though, to assure Addie and Leslie I would be fine. I walked toward her, but I sat on the couch instead of joining her.“Have you seen mom’s wedding dress?” She asked, looking into our parents’ bedroom.She made herself busy last night, taking all our parents’ stuff from their bedroom, and when Leslie and I went home this morning, my sister seemed to have sorted almost everything from thei
Paint My World Red Chapter 133 – Done With Self-Sacrificing
(Aya’s POV)I turned off my cell phone and leaned on the seat’s backrest, closing my eyes for a few minutes. I opened my eyes when we were near the bus terminal. I turned to Katie when she opened her eyes, blinking and looking around the car. She only closed her eyes again and went back to sleep when she saw me beside her.“Hi, I’m Aya,” I cocked my head to the side, introducing my name to the driver.“Bert.” He glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled softly. “I’m sorry, but my beautiful boss gave me specific orders. Pick you up. Give you that duffle bag. Take you to the airport. Make sure you ride the plane. Go home. No talking, especially asking.”I chuckled, shaking my head. “Thank you, Bert, but that was not the plan. I’m sorry.”“Huh?” He looked ahead, but the knitting in his brows told me he was confused. “Yeah,” I faked a smile. “She must have misunderstood me. It should be... Umm... Pick me up. Give me the duffle bag. Drop me at the nearest bus station. Go home. No talking
Paint My World Red Chapter 134 – If Only
(Aya’s POV)I thought I was dreaming of hearing Katie humming the ‘Mary had a little lamb’ nursery rhyme song nonstop, but I wasn’t. When I opened my eyes, she was at the coffee table, playing with her rag doll and eating a biscuit we bought earlier at the convenience store. She stopped humming when she saw me get up from the bed.“Katie...” I yawned, checking the time on my wristwatch.I groaned when I realized it was already nine in the morning. Everyone at home must have discovered by now that my daughter and I were gone, and I could imagine my sister’s rage if she found out I had taken Katie with me.“Are you ready for another field trip?” I opened my arms to my daughter.She giggled, dashing toward me. “Uh-uh!” she answered, hugging me.I eased back to look at her face. “Okay, this is the plan. We’ll take a quick shower, grab an early lunch, buy a new phone, and then find a ride to Sta. Lucia.” I raised an eyebrow and chuckled. “That’s a lot, right?”“Yes, mommy,” she chuckled.“
Paint My World Red Chapter 135 – It’s Complicated
(Aya’s POV)“Mommyyyy!!!”In my dream, Katie was screaming because Myra was dragging her out of our house. When I opened my eyes, I realized it was not a dream. She was seated beside me, screaming terrifyingly as the shadow entered the door. My heartbeat was as deafening as my daughter’s cry.Then the living room brightened when the shadow switched on the light.Only then Katie stopped screaming.“Aya?” The older man asked, squinting his eyes as he tried to recognize me. “Mariel Aida Sophia?”I blinked, adjusting my eyes to the suddenly well-lit living room. My forehead creased, thinking about where I met him, but my heart was still panicking, and Katie, still trembling, snuggled closer to me.“I think you owe me a cup noodles?” He smiled, reminding me where we had met.I gasped, raising my index finger and scanning my tired brain for his name.“Marco!” I beamed, my eyes sparkling as I remembered. “Hey, baby. Don’t be scared. He’s a friend,” I said, smiling at my daughter to assure he
Paint My World Red Chapter 136 – Needle In A Haystack
(Red’s POV)Addie left the door open when she saw me in her apartment’s doorway. Without smiling, she retreated and walked toward the couch, sitting beside Leslie. It surprised me to see Mike coming from the kitchen and holding a cup of coffee. If not for our present situation, I wanted to tease him if he had decided to live here after they all left at home.“Give me something,” I asked, feeling helpless as I sat on the loveseat.“Should we start with Aya’s lunatic sister who reported her to the police for kidnapping Katie?” Leslie hissed annoyingly, clenching her fists.Mike raised his index finger. “It’s been taken care of,” he informed them. “I just got a call from Miles, and he told me not to worry about it.”“Then somebody, please tell me, where’s Aya?” I asked impatiently. My heart was hammering in my chest, regretting leaving her alone. “I should not have left her,” I murmured.Addie sighed deeply. “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have encouraged her to go to the farm. We’d rather d
Paint My World Red Chapter 137 – She Will Find Me
(Red’s POV)“Red, why don’t you go home first?” Addie looked at me worriedly.Addie was right that I should have gone home and checked on my family first, but Violet threatened me, telling me she would ask my parents to pick them up from home and bring them abroad if I would not give them any news about their Mommy Aya. My children were heartbroken when Scarlett did not let them leave home to see their Grandpa Dean for the last time. I had no idea why Scarlett would stop my kids from seeing Dean when Violet and Green begged, telling her how close they were to him even if he was not their real grandfather. The last time I talked to her was when Liam, Mike, and I went with Aya to St. Agatha, but after that, I had not spoken to her again because she was either with her therapist or with Sherrilyn. “I’ll go home if you give me some good news I could tell my kids,” I sighed.“It’s like we’re missing something here,” Mike squinted his eyes, looking at his tablet and sighing as he thought.
Paint My World Red Chapter 138 – Mommy Can Bake
(Aya’s POV)The Sophia House Bed & Breakfast was a small lodging place known to tourists years back as a good stop when hiking at St. Clair Mountain, a popular destination in Sta. Lucia. Marco said most hikers would prefer staying here than in the hotel because they not only pay a cheaper and fair price but also love the friendly atmosphere and the surrounding.It was not hard to agree with their guests because when I saw the whole place, Katie and I fell in love with the lodge. Until now, I could not believe my mother inherited this place, and as to the reason why she gave it to me instead of Myra was a question I would never get an answer to.I glanced at Katie, playing at the rubber tire swing Marco made for her. He said there used to be a tire swing on that branch, but he took it off when he closed the place. As if Katie was an adult, I asked her if she wanted to be my partner in running the B & B again.“Like playing, Mommy? Violet’s always my partner,” she asked, closing her one
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