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Esmee
May 12, 8:05 AM
Luca
Nasa banko ka na?
Esmee
Yes.
Luca
Ok
Esmee
Thanks for the breakfast.
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Esmee
Dad will be fine, right?
Luca
Oo naman.
Ano'ng oras ka ba pupunta bukas?
Esmee
Probably early morning.
I'll take a leave from work.
Luca
Okay
Sabihan mo ako kung nasa ospital ka na.
O kaya sumabay ka na sa akin. Maaga naman ako bukas.
Esmee
Okay
I'll just make sabay.
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Luca
Ok
8:15 AM
Luca
Nag-aalala ka ba?
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Esmee
I just can't help it.
Luca
Nasa trabaho ka na 'di ba?
Esmee
Yes.
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Esmee
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Esmee
Sorry. I know it's going to be alright for the operation.
Esmee
But Dad, he has a lot more health complications.
For years after Mom passed away, he didn't want them checked.
Solving the gallstones is just a minute of everything.
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Esmee
Before Mom passed away, that's what people said.
"It's going to be alright. It's just a small operation."
So Dad and Marylle believed. But I didn't.
Dad was in Spain. Marylle's in Laguna.
So at her deathbed, I was there, alone.
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Esmee
Sorry. It won't probably concern you.
I'll get back to work.
Luca
Gusto mo tumawag ako?
Esmee
No na. I'm fine.
It's going to be fine.
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Luca
Okay.
Tawag ka lang kung kailangan mo ako.
Esmee
Why
Aren't you at duty?
Luca
Gagawan ko naman ng paraan.
Tawag ka lang ha?
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Esmee
Alright.
Thank you, Luca.
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12:03 PM
Luca
Lunch.
Esmee
Oh
Thanks for reminding.
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6:07 PM
Luca
Pauwi ka na?
Esmee
Yup. Just closing the branch.
Luca
Okay.
Ingat. Umuulan sa daan.
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9:04 PM
Esmee
What time will you come home?
Luca
Sorry. Dami pasyente ngayon.
Mamaya pa siguro. Bakit?
Esmee
Nothing.
May generator naman 'yung house, right?
Luca
Malakas ba ulan?
Esmee
Yes.
It's thundering.
Luca
Oo may generator. Hindi magba-brownout wag ka mag-alala.
Esmee
Okay.
Thanks.
God, it's so scary.
Luca
Nasaan ka ba?
Esmee
Living room.
Can't risk the brownout if nasa second floor ako. This house is huge.
Luca
Maya-maya uwi na rin ako.
Esmee
Is it okay na pinapasok ko si Jaja?
Gusto ko lang talaga ng katabi sa couch.
I'm really sorry.
Luca
Okay lang, Esmee.
Dalhin mo pa si Jaja kung saan-saan. Hahaha okay lang.
Tabi lang kayo riya'n.
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Esmee
Thank you so much.
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RomanceTwelve years after the breakup, Esmee and Luca are forced to settle down under one roof while Esmee waits for her father's recovery in the hands of Luca's physician parents. With more than a decade filled with questions on what went wrong in an almo...
