5: Losing patience

"You want mango shake?" Janice asked.

We just finished our classes and we passed the new cafe near the school. Janice wanted to eat ice cream but I insisted on trying something in the café. But now, I don't think I can drink anything anymore. Coldness spread all over my body. My mind went blank.

If only a few years had passed when I saw that, I wouldn’t be hurt like this. I wasn't dumb. Gossips about my mother, Priscilla Escareal, having multiple affairs with different man hurt. I ignored what I heard because I believed Mommy couldn’t do that to us. But to see her with my own two eyes was too much. It's only been almost two months since Daddy died!

"Audrey, what about you?"

Tears pooled my eyes. I was forced to sit on the bench outside the cafe. When Janice saw my tears she approached in a panic.

"Why are you crying? Did I say something wrong? Don't you want to be here anymore?"

I cried even more.

"I saw Mommy, Janice!"

With a cheap man, she went in with a car and drove to somewhere e