"Hmm... that's good! Madalas wala si Oscar dito kaya halos hindi maubos ang niluluto ko. Though Bianca and Reese eat a lot, mukhang sobra pa rin. Mabuti na lang at narito ka na!" she looks extremely happy that refusing isn't an option.
Mommy Liz is a beautiful fashion icon. She's from a good and influential family. Her first marriage was arranged and failed after her multiple miscarriages.
Even her parents were disappointed in her as if it was her fault that her body couldn't handle a baby. The only thing important for them is to produce heirs that will continue their bloodline.
Nang makapag-divorce, she went here to the Philippines and applied to our company, and that's how she met my Dad. She's years younger than Dad. While Dad is in his mid-fifties, Mommy Liz just turned thirty-five this year. Hindi iyon problema sa akin o kahit sa kambal lalo na't mabait at maalaga si Mommy Liz.
"Be sure to prepare yourself. I'll cook you a wonderful dinner." She let out a wide and mischievous smile.
Though it's just a dinner, dinapuan pa rin ako ng kaba. I'm on diet. Nagawan ko na ng plano ang diet ko. Ngunit mukhang masisira iyon ngayong gabi. Seeing how excited Mommy Liz is, I can't even lift my lips to refuse. I'd feel bad wiping away her excitement.
Lalo na't bumubulong-bulong na siya sa sarili niya kung ano ang lulutuin niya ngayong gabi. Ate Bianca appeared beside Ate Reese. Seryoso itong nakatingin sa akin. Well, she's always serious.
"Alright! I'll prepare everything! Dito lang kayo!" Muling nagsalita si Mommy Liz at kumakanta-kantang umalis upang magtungo sa kusina.
Binagsak ko ang sarili sa sofa, nawalan ng baterya matapos ang interaksyon na iyon. It was just brief, but it felt like Mommy Liz just pulled everything I've got out of my body. I wonder if she has the ability to do that. She's always energetic.
"Reese's classless death threats finally worked, huh? According to my investigator, you were just in your condo with your fiancé," Ate Bianca muttered.
"Hey!" Gulat akong bumaling sa kaniya. "Who told you to hire an investigator to tail me?"
She shrugged. "Well, you were acting odd. You could've just said that you want some alone time with your fiancé." she doesn't even sound bothered.
Halos mairita ako sa sinabi niya. If my sisters on my Mom's side are abusive, my sisters here are nosy and annoying.
"Sino may sabing gusto ko ng alone time? Kung puwede ko lang siyang panatilihin sa Brazil ginawa ko na," I hissed.
"Ah, so you hate arranged marriage? Should I tell Dad so you can be free?" Biglang ngiti ni Ate Reese.
I glared at her. "Don't even try. As much as possible, I don't want him to have a misunderstanding or even contact with Mom," I said with an obvious warning.
Ngumiwi si Ate Reese. "Bummer..."
"As long as you're not violated, then fine. Just don't do anything reckless. Alam mo ang mangyayari sa'yo kapag gumawa ka ng kalokohan," Ate Bianca talked like an old maiden.
"Hehe..." Hagikhik ko habang nag-iisip ng puwedeng gawin.
"What's with that laugh?" Ate Reese winced. "Even though you're old and you didn't grow up here, you wouldn't escape Dad's primitive way of discipline. I tell you, that shit hurt. As a child and adult, I was traumatized!"
Dinilaan ko sila at tumayo. "No. Dad won't do that to me." I smiled.
They sneered at me.
"He would, I fear. And being disciplined like that as an adult, it would be a shame." Ani Ate Reese at umiling.
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Zephyr Strings
General Fiction(SPHEROID CHAMBERS #3) Ongoing Moving on from a traumatic episode in the past is never a cakewalk. Each of us encountered a lot of crusades in the past and it's up to us how we'll deal with it to outweigh them. He was pressured. He was devastated...
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