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Secrets Volume 1 Overnight
"Where have you been, Eleithiya?! I was worried sick!"I came home at exactly four am. I was trying to sneak in. Nagkanda-hilo – hilo pa ako kakahanap ng spare key ng main door sa ilalim ng paso sa may entrance ng mansion. I thought that by now, Mom would be asleep because she knows that I was at my prom and maybe she was thinking that I was having the time of my life – but I was wrong.I found Mama in the living room. She was pacing back and forth. Her face was full of confusion, amazement and worry. Hindi naman ako makapagsalita."At prom, Mama." I answered her. Natigilan siya tapos ay muling nagsalita."I called Haley and she told me she saw you leaving early! Where the hell have you been?!" She growled. I must've awaken the dragon inside her."I was re-really at prom, Mama! Maaga lang akong umalis because my other classmates and I went to a private party. That's why she said she saw me leaving early. I'm sorry for making you worry, Mama. I'm sorry."I bit my lower lip. I am such a
Secrets Volume 1 Overnight
"Where have you been, Eleithiya?! I was worried sick!"I came home at exactly four am. I was trying to sneak in. Nagkanda-hilo – hilo pa ako kakahanap ng spare key ng main door sa ilalim ng paso sa may entrance ng mansion. I thought that by now, Mom would be asleep because she knows that I was at my prom and maybe she was thinking that I was having the time of my life – but I was wrong.I found Mama in the living room. She was pacing back and forth. Her face was full of confusion, amazement and worry. Hindi naman ako makapagsalita."At prom, Mama." I answered her. Natigilan siya tapos ay muling nagsalita."I called Haley and she told me she saw you leaving early! Where the hell have you been?!" She growled. I must've awaken the dragon inside her."I was re-really at prom, Mama! Maaga lang akong umalis because my other classmates and I went to a private party. That's why she said she saw me leaving early. I'm sorry for making you worry, Mama. I'm sorry."I bit my lower lip. I am such a
Secrets Volume 1 Override
"Can I go alone in that trip?"It was a day after my graduation. I asked my parents if I can go alone on that after graduation trip alone. That was their gift to me – a weeklong trip to Paris. Matagal ko na kasing inuungot iyon kay Papa at ngayon na graduate na ako ng K-12, ibinigay ni Papa iyon sa akin kasabay na rin sa aking debut ang regalo na iyon.Papa put down his utensils. Kumakain kasi kami noon ng dinner. Ako lang at si Mama pati si Percy ang nasa bahay. Si Kuya Achill ay nasa hotel tapos si Kuya Apollo ay bumalik na sa ilalim ng lupa – where he really belongs."Why, Eleithiya?" Bahagya akong nagulat nang si Mama ang magsalita. She was seated beside my father. Even my father looked at her with a surprised looked. Si Percy naman ay napapito. May kakaiba na kasi sa tono ni Mama."I just want to experience travelling alone, I guess." Nagkibit-balikat ako."You wanna be independent?" Si Percy naman ang humirit sa akin. "So, hindi ka na rin hihingi ng pera kay Pa at Ma?""Percy! H
Secrets Volume 1 Just over
"I'm not here to beg to you, Eos Demitri. I'm not even here to yell you to distance yourself from my daughter. Pero ang kapal ng mukha mo."I feel like Hera Vejar wants to kill me and by the looks of it, I really think that she was ready to kill. Her eyes were on me like she wants to eat me up alive. If looks could kill, I should've been dead by now.I was in front of her. This is my home and yet I feel so... I don't even know how to feel."Then what are you doing here?" I keep my cool. I even smiled at her."Two things." She said. Naglakad siya papunta sa akin at nang makalapit at sinampal niya ako nang ubod lakas. Tumalim ang mga mata ko. Hera was breathing heavy. After what seems to be like four seconds, she composed herself again and stepped back."That is for coveting my daughter's innocence!" She hissed. "Ang kapal ng mukha mo! You're a pedophile!" Asik niya sa akin. "Of all people, anak ko pa talaga Demitri?! You're just like your brother! You steal things away from people and
Secrets Volume 1 Underneath my skin
"Tia, because you'll be staying here in the Philippines, you will have a new bodyguard."I am trying my best not to roll my eyes in front of my parents. We were eating breakfast that morning. Katatapos lang kahapon ng kasal ni Kuya Achilles. And because of this, I have decided to stay in the Philippines. I have spent the last five and half years of my life na pabalik-balik ng Pilipinas at New York. I dunno. It was maybe my way of coping up with the painful memory of the man who broke me."Pa, ayoko ng bodyguard." Binalingan ko si Mama. "Ma, kahit si Percy na lang ang kasama ko panay. I can deal with him." Tumawa si Mama."Anak, alis ka nang alis sa kadahilanang hindi ko alam. Si Percy hindi ka mapipigilan noon. Before your brother got married, alis ka nang alis, layas ka nang layas. Ayoko nang ganoon, nag-aalala ako."Hindi na ako nakakibo. That was last year. Well, I was just trying to take a glimpse of him pero kabobohan ang ginawa ko. He's not with that Lualhati woman anymore, pero
Secrets Volume 1 Underneath the skies
I found myself inside the car with Adonis. He was pretty quiet pero napansin kong tinitingnan niya ako mula sa rearview mirror. Napapailing ako. Why was my heart pounding like this? Pinag-aralan ko nang hindi kabahan kung sakaling makita ko siya but heck... I sighed."Idaan mo sa convenience store." Utos ko sa kanya. Tumango naman siya at idinaan niya sa pinakamalapit na seven eleven. Kahit naka-gown ako ay bumaba ako para mamili ng alak. I need to drink this away. Nakita ko naman na nakatingin lang siya sa akin. I smirked at him, ni hindi niya kasi ako tinulungan man lang. Pumasok ako sa loob at kumuha ng dalawa tig-anim na SML. I paid for it with my credit card tapos ay umalis na. Nakasandal na si Adonis sa hood ng kotse nang lumabas ako."What are you waiting for? Let's fucking go!" I hissed. Napangisi lang siya."Saan tayo, Ma'am?" Tumaas ang kilay ko. Anong nakain niya at tinawag niya akong Ma'am?"Anywhere but home." I said to him. Tumango naman siya. I was just looking through
Secrets Volume 1 Under the rain
"Are you sure about that, Apollo?"I overheard mom and Kuya Pol talking one day. I have no idea what they were talking about but when I heard CLPH, I realized that they have another business thing going. Nagtuloy ako sa silid ni Mama at Papa. I saw Kuya Apollo in their sitting on the side of our parent's bed. He was wearing a tailored suit and tie. Mukha din siyang bagong paligo. I smirked."To what do I owe the miracle of you taking a bath, dear Kuya Pol?" I mocked him. Sumampa agad ako sa kama ni Mama. Napansin kong hawak na naman niya ang notebook niya."Oh, Tia, tigilan mo ako, baka samain ka sa akin." Sumimangot ako. Mama just shook her head and stopped us."Apollo, are you sure about this?""Yes, Ma. I asked Uncle about it, he said it's okay and he's putting his bet on this. Maayos namang kausap si Eos Demitri. Besides the fact that he's a real jerk to the Demitri clan, he is a good business man."My mouth literally parted hearing that from my brother. Nakayakap ako kay Mama. I
Secrets Volume 1 Beneath the tears
"Bakit ba iyak ka nang iyak?"Hindi na yata nakatiis si Adonis na tanungin ako. Nasa ibabaw ako ng hood ng sasakyan ko. Nakasandal naman siya sa gilid habang binabato ang kung ano. Pinunasan ko ang luha ko at saka niyakap ang binti ko."Naniwala akong hindi niya ako minahal." Malungkot na wika ko."Tsk. Paano mo naman nasabi na minahal ka?""Eh di iyong mga words niya. Arabic chuchu." Umingos ako. Sinabi ko kay Adonis iyong isang sinabi sa akin ni Eos kanina.'Ah! I cannot let you go. I don't want to leave."Lalong nagngalit ang puso ko. Why the fuck did he say all that?Piningot ko si Adonis. "Aray ha! Hindi ko kasalanan kung Malabo kayong dalawa ni Tandang Eos slash Rayuma Man. Tsk! Tia, iyan ang sinasabi ko sa'yo. It's in you if you want to live in the past or throw it away. Sabi nga sa paborito kong pelikula, keep moving forward.I found myself smiling. "Paborito ko rin iyon...""See! May similarities na tayo! Malapit na tayong hindi maging tao kasi magiging bagay na tayo!" He gi
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