"Alexa, what the hell girl? Come over here and shake some booty!" Sheila shouted and Alexa smiled and shook her head. "You sure?" She yelled again and Alexa nodded her head the second time. Sheila rolled her eyes and left her partner on the dance floor as she slid on the seat beside Alexa.
"Alexa, baby I know you're Filipino and such and you have your values and whatnots but you just topped the bar! Gracious, girl! Get laid, have fun, lose that virginity for Pete's sake! You're bound to lose it anyway, why not lose it early?"
"I want to lose it to someone special." Alexa replied with a wink and Sheila rolled her eyes heavenwards.
"Girl, someone special? No man is special; all they want to do is lie between your legs and fuck your brains out! You might as well enjoy the experience!" She lectured as she lit a cigarette. "That's why they invented condoms, girl so women like us can have fun, fun fun!" She grinned as she puffed the smoke away from Alexa's face. Fun, fun, fun until you get attached at wala ka nang gagawin kundi umiyak pagkatapos.
"Come on, I like it when you don't care why the sudden change?" Alexa teased and Sheila made a face.
"You're the only pretty girl sitting alone, you look pitiful." She replied as they watch Michelle walk towards them.
"Don't nag her too much Sheila angel, she might sue you." Michelle said laughing as she took a gulp from her glass.
"This girl is no fun!" Sheila complained for the millionth time since they shared a flat and Michelle laughed.
"Let her, she's purity's last stand. Aint you, Alexa baby?" She joked as she smiled seductively at the guy sitting from across them.
"Now that's mean." Alexa replied. "I should just have stayed home and packed."
"What else is there to pack? You've packed like weeks ago! But I do love you for giving me that white and pink Louis Vuitton bag I adored!" Sheila muttered laughing gaily.
"You're so easy to please." Michelle said rolling her eyes. "But I can't complain, Alexa gave me her boots." Michelle added and laughed as Sheila's eyes nearly popped out.
"Not the Casadei with fur trimmings!" Sheila groaned. "I'm so jealous!" Alexa was about to say something when her phone rang.
"Don't leave without me." She warned her roommates as she walked towards the women's rest room.
"Hello?" She answered her phone as she covered her other ear with her free hand.
"Hello?" A hesitant voice answered and Alexa frowned.
"Who's this? The number says unknown." She said over the phone. She looked at the phone's screen again and her brows furrowed. "Sino to?" She asked and a relieved sigh could be heard from the other end.
"Miss Lianna." The voice said and Alexa grimaced. She hates that name with a passion.
"Yes, this is Alexa. Sino po sila?"
"Miss Lianna, si Edgardo po."
"Manong Edgardo, bakit po kayo napatawag?" Alexa asked remembering her father's faithful assistant.
"Yung Daddy po ninyo, Mam. Kailangan nyo na po talagang umuwi."
"Dadalawin ko talaga sya. My flight's in three days." Alexa answered, the word 'Daddy' felt like a knife brutally driven to her chest.
"Hindi po pwedeng 3 days, Mam. Kailangan nyo na pong umuwi ngayon at hinahanap po kayo ng Daddy ninyo. Emergency po ito, Mam kailangan nyo na po talagang bumalik dito."
"What do you mean my father's looking for me?" Alexa asked in a surprised voice. My father is looking for me? He left mama and me when I was six and fifteen years later, he's looking for me? Alexa's thoughts raced as a picture of a very handsome man with laughing chocolate brown eyes flashed in her mind. In the fifteen years that he left them, she only saw him thrice -- twice on the television and once when she graduated from secondary school and he didn't even approach her then.
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