“Are you okay? Are you tired?” Maia asked worriedly. I just gave her a smile. “I’m fine,” I said as I took one of my luggage and went to the house. It was already eight in the evening, and we just arrived here in the house that my parents provided us in Nebraska. We were still unloading our things and the driver that brought us here was helping us. The house follows a gothic revival type of architecture. Most houses in this village have the same style. It has a steeply pitched roof with decorated bargeboard and cross gables, arched gothic windows and doors with arched panels, and a first-floor porch.It was actually big for just the two of us. It was spacious and has a lot of rooms in it. It has four rooms in the second room and also has a guest room here on the first floor. I sighed as I carried my big luggage to my room upstairs. I chose the room nearing the window with a view of the front porch. “Thank you!” I heard Maia say as I was hurrying down to get my other things. When I

Panic succumbed the hell out of me as I was staring at my cell phone. I felt like my whole world just shifted course as I was staring at my phone. I felt like the world just fell on me. No, no, no, no! My fingers were shaking already as I fidget with my phone. I opened my calendar again and re-trace the days that I had my period. Fuck. Fuck! This can’t be! This can’t be! My whole body was shaking already and I just found myself sitting down because I was too weak to even stand. I heard some customers asking me if I was okay, but I wasn’t able to answer them. I even heard some of them calling the guard already, but I still couldn’t move. I just stayed there, staring into nothing. “Felice? Felice?” I was just pulled back to reality when I felt someone shaking me. I then heard Maia’s voice. “Is she okay, Ma’am? Does she need something?” We even heard the staff say. Slowly, I looked around and saw that there were already people looking at us. Unknowingly, we were making a scene alre

My pregnancy changed the game big time. All I did that day was cry. Like I didn’t do that the whole time since this scandal started, right? Nothing was new about it already. My parents were just on their phones most of the time. It was Maia who continued to take care of me. I stayed in my room. I didn’t want to go out and listen to how they were planning to take this another scandal with me. Yes. They called the baby another scandal. They said it was another shame for our family, and that hurts me more. I curled into a fetal position again. I took a deep breath and I held onto my stomach. You’re still not born yet, but everyone was so chaotic already. I’m sorry, baby. I-I’m so sorry…“Hey…” I immediately wiped the tears on my face and sat up on the bed. “What? What is it this time?” I said coldly. She didn’t respond immediately. She was just looking at me as if gauging my reaction. I saw her biting her lip as she slowly walked toward me. “They’ll be sending us out again…” she sai

“How would I know you’re not bluffing, Attorney?” I asked coldly. I felt my hands trembling and my heart beating so fast already. I saw Maia asking me who is it through hand gestures, but I just couldn’t answer her yet. It seemed that my heart wanted to go out of my chest already as I waited for the lawyer’s answer.“I could give the phone to your mother, Miss Lemuel, but I am afraid that she is at the hospital with your father right now. I could just call you, though if ever you want to talk to her,” he said.I bit my lip hard. I took a deep breath before answering back to him. “I’ll wait for your call then,” I said and ended the call right after. I gasped and leaned on the high chair. “Felice, what happened?” Maia went up to me. My hands were still trembling as I tried to sit on the high chair. I saw Maia rushing to the refrigerator. “Here, drink this.” She handed me a glass of water. I swallowed the lump in my throat as I drank from the glass. My heart was still beating so fast

I was panting and my hands were trembling already as I placed all my clothes on the luggage. I heaved a sigh and looked at my daughter who was sitting on our bed and wearing those cute smiles already. She seemed excited, that’s for sure. I think she’s even more excited than I am. Hell, I am not excited to freaking go home. Tsk. That’s not even home anymore. My home now is with Flannel. It doesn’t matter where we go or where we stay, as long as I am with her, then I am home. I bit my lip. She was giggling while watching Cocomelon on her iPad. I shook my head and continued packing. God, I never even thought I’d be going back to the Philippines after what happened to me, but here I am, coming back to that place. I stared at my luggage which was already full. I honestly don’t know how long will I be staying there, but one thing’s for sure and that’s I will be coming back here. I will not let Flannel live in the environment that I had before, not with my relatives or even my parents. It’