She looked at her blankly.

"Pero gwapo talaga siya," Mihira said dreamily; her hands clasped together while looking up the ceiling. "Ang ganda ng mga mata niya parang pinaghalong asul at berde, perfect ang ilong niya. Kahit nakacorporate suit makikitang maganda ang katawan niya. Tas ang tangkad pa niya. Basta! 'Pag nakita mo siya masasabi mong siya ang ideal guy. Perfect!" And snapped her fingers.

Umikot ang mga mata ni Illyza. "Tapos kana?" She said in a bored tone.

"Ano ka ba totoo!"

Tumayo siya. "Bababa ako. Pupunta ako sa reception area, magtatanong ako tungkol sa lalaki kanina gusto ko itong makausap. Pakibantayan muna ang bata." She gestures her hand towards her signing of stop. "Please lang, 'wag na muna kayong lumabas."















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"BYE mom,"

Anang Vaughn matapos ibaba ang tawag.

He went down the hotel and go to a nearest bar and drink all by his self to get drunk.

Half an later he received a call from one of his family in Colorado but he ignored it at patuloy na umiinom. His phone keeps on ringing kaya sa inis niya in-off niya ito. He didn't care kung magalit man ang kung sinong tao na tumawag, he knew it was his mom.







Kinabukasan nang magising siya he turned his phone on and got lots of missed calls and a text message from his dad caught his attention.

[Your mom has been delivered to the hospital because of a heart attack caused by you! Get home in Colorado tomorrow.]

Parang tinakasan ng dugo ang mukha ni Vaughn sa nabasa. Hindi siya makapaniwala na nasugod sa ospital ang kanyang ina nang dahil sa kanya.

Humigpit ang paghawak niya sa kanyang phone, ilang beses na ba siyang kinausap ng ina at babaan ito ng tawag? Hindi na niya maalala. Nagawa lang naman niya iyon dahil sa pakiusap nito na hindi naman niya kayang gawin, he can't just say yes and marry the woman she preferred for him.

Bumilis ang paghinga niya dahil sa halong inis, galit, lungkot at pagsisisi. Ano ng gagawin niya ngayon? Nasa Maryland siya ngayon at nagtatrabaho sa isa sa mga branch ng AVENUEWORLD. Will he go back to Colorado? Kailangan ba niyang humingi ng tawad sa ina? Siya ang dahilan ng pag-atake nito sa puso, pero may rason naman siya. Napapikit siya ng mariin, hindi niya alam ang gagawin.

Habang iniisip kung ano ang gagawin, bigla namang tumunog ang phone niya.

Evander calling...

(Vaughn! Where the fvck are you?! Are you still in Maryland?) Sigaw nito nang masagot niya ang tawag.

"Fvck Evander your voice!" He shouted back.

(The hell I care! Where the fvck are you?)

"Still in Maryland you fvcker! Stop shouting will you?"

(Why would I not?! I've been calling you a couple of times already yet you turned your phone off! What's with you bruh! Aren't you aware that mom is in a hospital right now? Thanks to you!) Evander became sarcastic on the last part.

"Oh yeah, mom kept on forcing me to marry Willa Jenica you know? That's so stupid." He got up from his bed hot-headed. His morning isn't good anymore.

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