Lahat ng Kabanata ng Till Death Do Us Part : Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

After dinner, the guests started leaving. As they left one by one I was trying to spot Delilah, but she was nowhere to be seen. She had a red dress on, so it should’ve been easy for me to spot her. I still don’t understand what could have gone wrong between mom and her. The smiles on their faces when mom came to take her from me… now all this anger?I felt an arm around me, it was Nathan. He squeezed me tight and kissed my cheek.“Who are you looking for?” He smiled at me.“No one in particular. Just watching the guests leave.”“Oh, they had a great time, Leticia is such a great host.”“Yeah, they really did.”Nathan turned me towards him and put his arms around my waist.“What’s going on in your pretty little mind?” He asked me, staring deep into my eyes as if he would get his answer.I smiled. “Nothing.”“You never talk to me. Whenever I ask it is always ‘nothing’. If you do not confide in me, then who else will you confide in?”I chuckled. “There’s nothing, really.”“You two.” Franc

Monday. Such a gloomy day. It’s been raining since morning. I only managed 5 hours of sleep last night. I could have used an extra hour, but it passed by while arguing with Nathan. But still, being here in the office was better than staying back at the mansion alone with Nathan. He asked me last night to take a day off, but I refused. I didn’t want to keep saying no to him all day, just like last night. A whole hour. I just couldn’t do it. Not after seeing Yoké again. I felt like I still owed Yoké my loyalty. Like I would be disappointing him all over again if I slept with Nathan again.“What is up with you?” Nathan had asked me last night. “What is it with you?” He looked so frustrated. Like he just could not take any more of me.“Nothing!” I had shouted back, sick and tired of his constant begging too. Begging for me to act a certain type of way just because I had his ring around my finger. I was sick of that too.“So, you want me to keep begging each time I want my own girl?” He ask

When I heard the intercom in my room beep and Anna’s voice break out saying, “Dinner is served” I realized that I was still sitting against the door, hugging my knees to my chest. How long I’ve been sitting here, I don’t know. I was still trying to understand what I had seen, if what I saw was what it really was. After the intercom went off, everything went quiet again. Nathan had stopped knocking and calling my name. How long did he manage to keep calling and knocking before he decided to finally give up on me?The growling of my stomach sent my hands to my stomach instinctively. I felt so hungry. I got up and went into the bathroom and washed all the makeup off my face. As I bent over the sink, I caught a blur of my reflection in the mirror. I slowly looked up into the mirror.Big brown eyes, wet face, and pink lips.“You know what you saw.” I reassured myself. “You know what you saw…”Dad would be downstairs too. He will surely know something is wrong if I don’t lighten up. I was st

I would have stood there, listening to that comforting tune but then it stopped suddenly. I came to Alice's door and knocked. The big 'DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT' sign on her door stared back at me."What?" She responded on the other side, her voice sharp. How rude. What if it had been dad or mom standing here at the door and not me?I opened the door and walked in slowly. The strong smell of weed rushing into my nose. She was sitting on her bed, legs crossed, the flute in one hand and the other hand holding a blunt. I did not know that Alice smokes. She's always been quarrelling with Nathan and Francis about her not being on anything. But here she was.She was still in her navy skinny jeans, black cropped top, jean jacket with rips and still in her boots."What?" She asked staring at me blankly, like I wasn't welcome in her room."What are you doing?" I looked at the blunt in her hand.She took a strong pull and then dropped her head back to release the fume. Then she looked at me with

Alice’s car began slowing down.“Woah, woah go slower. She might recognize us.” I warned. “Keep a distance.”The driver slowed the car down. I began seeing ‘Civic Centre’ signs pointing the direction we were going. Alice’s car pulled up in a tight space between two cars. The big white building in the front read ‘Civic Centre’. We parked a few cars away and waited for her to get out of her car. She hopped out and threw her bag over one shoulder, running up the stairs and disappearing behind a glass door. I didn’t know what to do now. If Yoké was in there, how would I see him sitting here? Then again, what if I go in there and bump into Alice? Then everything would explode. And what if someone recognizes me in there? Now I see why some celebrities choose to keep their family a secret, not showing their faces on TV.I wasn't sure what to do now. My phone began ringing. It was Nathan.I ignored the call. Should I go in or wait over here? Maybe I should just wait over here.A young guy ridi