Chapter 88 – Jayler “Woah, Jasper! What’s wrong with you?” Kenneth asked and I could clearly tell something’s not right with Jasper and Kenneth’s quite puzzled just as I was. I have imagined a lot of scenarios prior to this engagement but I never thought of this specific one. Jasper appeared to be hateful, much hateful than Kenneth. In fact, Kenneth was the one who’s keeping Jasper away from hitting me. I know he was annoying and childish a little while ago but this was just a huge one-eighty turn for him. “Don’t tell me Jayler has been sucking your dick, Kenneth.” Jasper continued accusing Kenneth of things that aren’t even true. “What? I already have a boyfriend.” I uttered. “You’ve crossed the line, Jasper.” Kenneth spat calmly but then he pushed Jasper against the nearest wall. He easily slammed Jasper and then punched him in the stomach. “That’s enough, Kenneth!!!” I yelled and Kenneth was obedient enough as he took a step away from Jasper who was holding his stomach. “You’
Chapter 89 – Lance To say that I’m exhausted after the long performance at the wedding was definitely an understatement. I’m more than exhausted, in fact, I’m excited to sit down and have a moment but on the positive side of things, I’m through the roof and exceedingly satisfied with how we performed. I had this inner confidence that we will do well enough but I never would’ve thought we’ll be received pretty nicely by everyone in the audience. When I sang the original song that I wrote for Dominic and Valentine, we had a standing ovation and I thought it’s for the newly wedded couple but they were just standing in the middle of the dance floor watching me perform the original song. I saw how Dominic shed some tears and that’s when I knew I did him justice. By the time, I was done singing the first chorus, Dominic and Valentine finally began dancing. By the time we jumped out of the stage, I was more than satisfied and I feel very much happy with how everything went. I’m thinking abo
Chapter 90 – Lance It’s been several days since the wedding was over and everything went back to normal. So far nothing has gone weird or exciting and I might say it has gone back to being overtly typical. My life returned to waking up just doing my own stuff and then going to the café by the afternoon and going to my nightly gigs by nightfall. The only change I had was I am now starting to pull out all of the songs that I’ve shelved and began singing them trying find good bops because I know most of the songs that I wrote are either mid-tempo ballads or just a sad song with no sick beat. I understand the fact that in order to enter the scene, you should either have a real banger of a song or date someone famous so you could promote your music in their limelight. I’m not trying to count the days that has gone since the last time I’m with Jayler but I guess my mind’s doing it unconsciously for me. I still don’t have any form of communication with Jayler and I’ve been missing him every
Chapter 91 – Joyce Mendoza I’m the worst sister ever. I kept on telling myself that same phrase over and over again. And if I thought I’d be over it after three seemingly long fucking years, then I must be on some crack. The truth is, I’m just telling myself that just to make myself feel better when in reality I’m a horrible mess. The kind of mess no one wants. My mom secretly hates me. No one wants to date me. I don’t even want me now. “Miss Mendoza,” The manager sat right in front of me wearing that mask of disappointment that has become a very familiar thing to me. “Did you just raised your voice to an older woman who has stutter?” “I-I didn’t know she has a stutter because she was speaking fluently the first time. I thought she was just playing me to get a discount.” “I don’t even want to hear your explanation, Miss Mendoza. You went through the training and you still can’t execute a proper empathy. And clearly you did not read through our list of special customers. Mrs. Domin
Chapter 92 – Joyce They say time and tide wait for no man nor a woman. And I say that’s precisely true. Time has moved along and yet I feel like I’m stuck in the past for what I did and I’m having a strong gut feeling that I’m going to be stuck here for a longer while. Well, it’s not that I feel like it, I’m truly stuck in this mess and all I have now is myself. I have to atone for this debacle that I created myself. The stinging burn of guilt has been scorching me in the spine for years and I can’t do anything about it. I’ve got no other choice but to live with it. I’ve been cursed to be miserable and I honestly deserve it. I guess this is my karma and karma has been working harder than me. When I got out of the pizza parlor that I no longer work for after two short months, it was already past nine. It was freezing and I only have one stick of cigarette left to warm me through the night. I forgot I don’t have a car now because I sold it in order to pay for my tuition in college. I’
Chapter 93 – Lance “Damn, you look like you’re really good at playing both cards.” The woman whispered breathily right into my earlobe. The hot steam coming off from her mouth gave me a nice pleasurable sensation. It’s more than enough to rev the engine of this train going towards the temples of heaven. “People say I’m a jack off all trades.” I teased giving her a seductive smile. I quickly grabbed the back of her head with one hand and the other, I was using to unbutton my shirt. “It looks like you’re packing down here.” The other guy spoke from down below. He was kneeling down and was busy unbuckling my belt. He’s a bit tipsy just like me and the woman I’m about to kiss and it’s taking him some time just to unbuckle the belt. “You’ll be surprised with my pet down there.” I mumbled teasing the guy. “Hahaha, I like it.” He let out a chuckle. “I have my own pet down here too and I’m sure they’ll find a way to meet each other real soon.” I slowly fastened my lips against the woman’
Chapter 94 – Jayler I stared at my own picture hanging on the wall with the words ‘Employee of the Month’ written under the frame. I’ve never been so accomplished in my life but this feels unexpectedly correct. It definitely felt good to be recognized as one of the hardworking employee of Kimmy’s even though I’m just new here. I’ve only been here for less than six months and look at me, I’m this month’s best employee. I just couldn’t stop thinking about my sister losing her job and it’s not just losing her job, it’s how she lost it. Whatever’s been eating her up lately, she should get over that and start not fucking up her job. I believe it’s already her fourth time being fired. She must be going for hall of fame. That must be hard for her. She’s been very selfless throughout this difficult times and the bills at home are all paid thanks to her. I volunteered to help but she and mom kept on returning the money that I’ve been giving to them. “Congratulations on becoming the employee
Chapter 95 – Lance Wins’ Lounge quickly became a popular acoustic lounge here in the port city of Hamilton. Not only that it’s strategically located in the heart of the city but it’s also the only lounge that has live singing, hence my job has never been more integral than before. There are other freelance bands who do some gigs too but my boss was smart enough to hire me as its exclusive singer. I’m sure that’s how I learned to become as resilient with the constant changes that’s happening around me. People come and go and so does everyone who are playing instruments for me. Usually, I don’t get instant chemistry with new people because those things are developed at a slow pace but overtime, I gradually learned how to adjust and be flexible. I’m more than glad that I’m still managing to keep the stability of my charisma and more importantly, the chemistry that I have with myself. My boss was smart enough to fill my schedule right at the peak hours where people flood the place. I’ve