Saturday. Stella and Amunie together with Casper went to a tailor to fit Amunie’s uniform. While Amunie was fitting, Stella and Casper sits in the waiting area. It will not take long, they say.“Do you want to have ice cream after this?” Stella asked Casper. They always liked strawberry ice cream and even recruited Amunie to the team.“If it doesn’t get you behind your schedule for the day, mom, I would like to get one with you and sister.”“Of course, it won’t, Casper. Mama would always pick you over anything else in this world, okay?”Stella looked at Casper's eyes and he nodded. She moved forward and kissed the little boy’s forehead.“I will be with a bunch of kids when Amunie attends school, yes?”“You can enroll in kindergarten in two months. You don’t have to worry.”“They are still kids, aren’t they?”“But you’re also a kid, Casper. You should enjoy having friends.”“Uncle Jenkins said that we humans are complicated beings. The only way to understand us is to look at us from a
Since that day when Jason met Stella with Jenkins’ help, what she said that day just won’t escape his mind. It gets him furious that Charles didn’t even believe Stella and it pushed her away.Charles is even stupid enough to have helped Andrea and got her to work in his company. It pisses Jason off. He wants to do something to help her so bad but Stella asked her not to help her. She told him not to get involved.“I can’t just stay still,” Jason frustratingly sighs after saying it.Tapping his finger on the desk, he thought of seeing Stella again. He really wants to see her again since that day. It’s just that he doesn’t have a lot to say.Not to mention Casper. He is the spitting image of Charles yet he acts like Jenkins. What the hell can he offer to that little guy? How to take care of people? How will he say that he was the reason his mother is hurting?After work, Jason went to visit Vanessa, knocking on her door. He had memorized her schedule that he knows when to come and not.
Two week ago a ghost came back to haunt Andrea of a thing she did five years ago. She thought she had won and buried that woman but just recently, news travels to her from Jennie that Stella is indeed back.Andrea has been suspicious for the past days that Charles is chasing Stella. She is being disregarded and recently Charles’ office has been empty of him. Only Dimitri was there. She can’t even get a hold of him anymore especially on calls.For five years, she could not make Charles look her way anymore. He was always gazing at the window.“Is the president in his office today?” she asked her workmates.“The president should be here since today is the grand investors’ meeting,” one of them answered.“What time is that meeting again?”“It should be ending soon.”She plasters a sweet smile and took a thick pile of paper. It wasn’t something she had a problem with, she just really wanted to go see him.So, Andrea rushed outside with her paper. On her way, she was bouncing and humming b
In front of the Marie Swan building, Stella waits for Jenkins to come and pick her up. He said they have a sudden meeting to attend to but it has been ten minutes and Jenkins was still nowhere.A minute later, a car stopped in front of her. She thought it was a resident like her in that building but when the driver went out her brows immediately knitted together.“What the hell are you doing here?” she asked to Charles who stood in front of her now.“Good morning to you too,” he greeted with a charming smile.“I’m asking what you’re doing here!”“Didn’t Jenkins tell you about the meeting?”“He did but he didn’t say you were coming,” she replied, glaring at Charles.Then suddenly her phone started ringing and she took it out. When she saw it was Jenkins, she answered and turned her back on Charles.“I won’t be able to pick you up but Charles offered to stop there. He should be here.”Hearing those words Stella shut her eyes. She could have taken a taxi to wherever the meeting is held i
Once the meeting was over, Stella decided to talk to Jenkins about that part. Everything happened so suddenly that she is as shocked as Charles.“Jenkins, that meeting. What was it about?” she asked, standing in front of the young man’s desk.“For our new product,” Jenkins answered.“No, that’s not what I am talking about, Jenkins.” She narrowed her eyes at him. “I’m talking about why? I didn’t know you had an agreement with the rest of the Castigado.”“I want you back, Stella.”Almost immediately Stella’s brows draw together. Questions started clouding her mind and before she could think of an answer, Jenkins spoke again.“I know you were awake when Charles last visited here. You just didn’t want to go on the hassle of arguing with him.”“So what if you are right? What’s this meeting have to do with that?”
On a private plane, Stella is seating uncomfortably on her own, a little further from Charles. She is waiting for Jenkins and the others to arrive. Charles and her in the same room make everything really awkward.A moment after, an announcement from the stewardess came saying to get ready for take-off. Hearing so made both of them stand from their seat, exclaiming the word, “What?” in chorus.They looked at each other and then both their phones chime and they turn away in sync. Both of them were left dumbfounded reading the text Jenkins texted them.“That trickster!” Stella screams, inhaling deeply and as she takes her seat exhaled loudly. She can’t believe that she fell for his trick.It was too late now, they were already flying up. How could he deceive everyone, especially her and Charles?Moments later, Stella was still getting over Jenkins betraying her when Charles came over, sitting o
Stella and Charles finally arrived in Osoda. There was only one Fugawa who was kind enough to take them to the center of that small island. His name is Kepa and he was kind enough to give them a ride with his tricycle.“You know, many tourist come here to buy small pieces of the silk,” Kepa said. “But if you are here for a much more than just a piece, you better leave our town. The elders will not allow that.”“What if we are here for that matter?” Charles asked Kepa. And the man laughed loudly.“Then good luck, sir! The elders will shoo you away and you’ll be sent home in no time!”Stella who is listening to Kepa noticed the accent. It was familiar to her, her grandmother, she was sure, spoke their language and told her about the Fugawas.As they road the bumpy way, she looks around, thoroughly fascinated by the landscape it has. She is reminded of the island they lived on but this place, Osoda
Eleven in the evening and Stella is still wide awake. Every now and then, she would look at the door, waiting for Charles to come back inside. It’s eleven, he should be back but he isn’t.“I shouldn’t worry myself about him!” she tells herself. Yes, that’s right! She should not ca--A loud bang made Stella abruptly look at her door. There she saw Charles holding tightly at the doorway, his head down and laughing like a damn devil.“What the heck? What’s wrong with you?” She asked with wide eyes.Charles slowly raised his head, looking at her, his hair messy and brought down to his brows. Then a corner of his mouth curved up, which made him look so charming.“Yo, Stella!” he said.From the way he sounds, he seemed drunk and Stella immediately stands up to get to his side. While he giggles, Stella acted as his support, carrying him to the bed.“You’re crazy!&r