MR. PARK take a short shower after paying the bills at the bank. He decided to return first to their apartment to tell his wife his planned alibi. His excitement grew as he thought about Samantha. This is it.“You not going home tonight?” Mrs. Park said without concealing her annoyance upon hearing Mr. Park’s alibi.“I told you. We have meeting with the associations.”The association that Mr. Park was referring was the association of Asian businessmen in New York. The alibi was half true because there is really a scheduled meeting to be held at the association president’s residence. After meetings it is always followed by drinking spray and light talks about everything that concerns with the migrant countrymen.“You have meeting before but you go home. What happened today?” Mrs. Park was beginning to doubt as she spoke.Mr. Park conceal his irritation to his wife. Just wait till I dumped you bitch, he silently thought.“I have to talk to Mr. Chu about the money I’m planning to loan. I
ATTY. RALF Villadolid, patiently wait in his car. After he dropped Samantha in her apartment he called Detective Morgan. He had one last favor from the detective. Of course it was a paid favor. He knew the drill. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. Typical rules from the underground. OMERTA or the code of silence do not usually apply in some cases. It’s the money that talks most of the time. The lawyer is perfectly aware of this and he played by their rules.His brown big eyes suddenly beam followed by a meaningful smile when he saw Detective Morgan’s car coming. Money really brings wonder in this world.The detective got off the vehicle first followed by the gang leader Antonio who seems to be following the detective afraid and against his whim. The local gang leader was wary of this sudden invitation.Atty. Ralf get off his car, a brand new Mercedes-Benz carrying his suitcase.“Hola! Antonio. We met again.” The lawyer greeted the gang leader.“Hey Ralf, what is this?” Antonio as
FREEDOM is the sweetest when you tested how to be unfree. This is what Samantha had realized upon her first step from jail. It changes all her perspective about life. Born of silver platter, Samantha have not taken life seriously but now it is different.The first thing she did was hugged her baby the whole day. She missed Baby Divine so much. Atty. Ralf Villadolid promised her to have a call after few days. Meantime he advised Samantha to take her time. Samantha could not wait to meet her benefactor which in her mind it was no other than Angelo Lopez. She felt excited.The following morning Samantha decided to look for work. She woke up early, feed Baby Divine and asked Maria to baby-sit while she was out. Maria gladly obliged.“Can I talk to you for a while.” Maria said seriously before Samantha could take another step.“Okay.” Samantha felt uneasy upon hearing Maria. She sensed trouble. “What is it Maria?”Maria retrieved a letter from her pocket and handed it to Samantha.“Mrs. Le
AS she opened the door, Franco Sevilla was on her doorstep wearing the casual smile on his face but this time more intense and shows concern. Worries painted all over his expression.“Thanks God you are here.” The man said looking at her from head to foot as if trying to figure out some difference from the last time they met. “Are you okay now?”“I’m trying to be okay Frank.” Samantha answered truthfully.Franco Sevilla was at his fifties. Samantha knew the man when she transferred in this apartment. He was a good rugged looking man with his casual t-shirt and jeans. But Samantha could sense that the man was handsome during his days.They were from the same country and during her pregnancy days Frank use to give her some herbs and healthy foods for her and the baby inside her. It was also Frank who helped her to the hospital during the delivery of her baby. The man did the routine of a husband she never had.At first Samantha keep her distant from the man. Her first impression is that
FRANK had long gone but Samantha could not forget about her conversation with her father. What kind of father has that audacity to drop her daughter who is in dire needs? But Arnald Lopez had it all. He is used to dropping all his ex-wives and children.Thinking about all her present situation, Samantha realized that it is very hard to depend on somebody.She stared at baby Divine who is sleeping soundly in her crib. Samantha thought how this misery started. She had a very promising career as model before and was even near to enter in showbiz as actress but when she got pregnant everything popped up in the air. It’s the baby that made her body like this. The reason that Buggy had dumped her as model. Samantha greeted her teeth disappointed with the lost hope.She understood buggy. With her chubby body now, she was already out of the league. Models have sexy and skinny body that can flaunt any fashion designers clothing. Not the body that she had now.She looked at the innocent face of
THE following day, Attorney Ralf Villadolid called. Samantha was so excited upon hearing the lawyer’s news. The lawyer will accompany her to her benefactor. It must be Angelo, no doubt. She immediately prepared herself after talking to the lawyer. She opened her wardrobe and started to select what to wear. She wanted to look beautiful for Angelo. As a model she has a lot of collection of shoes, dresses and apparels. She thought of which of them she will wear.She had selected a floral dress and two other favorites that might be an alternative. She begun to undress and tried each one but to her dismayed, all her signature dresses was no longer fitted. They were now too small and it bulged. Gone was the skinny body that Angelo once admired.Samantha felt sad and contemplate of not meeting her benefactor. She felt so disappointed. She once used to be admired by many but now with this kind of body, she doubted if Angelo will still appreciate her. She was almost sure that the man will be d
ANGELO was in his office reviewing all financial records of the M&E Pharmaceutical Company owned by Arnald Lopez. The company was in a good financial position. After he acquired the shares of stocks owned by Divina Montes, Angelo kept track of the company’s financial performance. His dummy representative attending all stockholders meeting was his Chief Executive Officer of the AR Enterprises. A company he had put up which was separate from his other companies. AR Enterprises was primarily established for his sole purpose. It is to pinned down Arnald Lopez and his other sibling’s business interest. Arnald has no idea about this representation. Neither knew that Angelo was now a stockholder of M&E Pharmaceuticals.So far Angelo was moving smoothly but progressing. The condominium owned by Divina Montes was pawned to him.Only that the woman knew that it was the casino whom she owed. Angelo smiled thinking of the future when Arnald Lopez learned about his scheme. He almost burst into lau
SAMANTHA was silent after the brief introduction with Norberto Ortega. However, she was disappointed that the Big Boss was not present. Her benefactor was not available due to some urgent unexpected appointment, according to Norberto the EVP and the point man of the big boss. However, the man welcomed her warmly.After the introduction Attorney Ralf said goodbye. He reasoned that he had still an appointment but promised Samantha that he will pick her after an hour and will ride her back to her apartment.“No need for that Attorney. I will arrange for Ms. Lopez transport back to her place.” Norberto curtly said.“Okay then. I’ll go.” The lawyer said with a handshake and left.As they seated at Norberto’s office, Samantha silently observe the place. It was well furnished with state of the art furniture and high tech fixtures. She had concluded that her benefactor’s business was not small time. In his preliminaries, Norberto had briefly said that this is just among the many business inte