“What’s the answer?” Nathan asked me, getting impatient.“Chill bro,” Alice told him. “Don’t you have any sense of humor left in your life?”“You’re the last person to talk about humor here, you laugh once in a week.” Nathan told her.We all broke out laughing. I wasn’t laughing at Alice, I was laughing at Nathan. He was being so serious, all for what? Did he think I was going to mention Yoké?“I fell out of a plane and survived!” I announced before Alice could think of a come-back. “Crazy, right?”We laughed.“Real crazy.” Francis said.“I can’t believe I’m sitting next to someone who survived a plane crash.” Karla beamed. “It’s so unreal!”“To Francis, of cause, do you believe in love?” Nathan asked after everyone settled down.“Haaa!” Alice and I chorused.“Of cause he does.” Karla said, she was beaming. “He loves me…”“Can I answer the question?” Francis asked her, he looked annoyed. “It’s my question.”“But you gonna say the same thing anyway-”“How do you know that?”“But won’t y

After work, Nathan and I came back to the mansion together. As we drove up the lonely one-way road that lead to the mansion's huge gate. I was on my phone, searching Danlie Forbes. I needed some type of reference, an address, anything that would mean seeing him again. "So today is our last day in the mansion..." Nathan said.  I heard him but I kept quite. I was preoccupied. There was nothing about him on the internet. Just some dude with the same name and surname-a dentist in some small town in Duran. I scrolled past blurred images of his small white building.  "What's Alice's car doing parked there?" Nathan asked. I looked up, and he was pointing to the windshield. Right in front of us was Alice's car, parked on the side of the road. "Maybe something is wrong." I said sitting out of my chair. Please stop by her car." "Like what?" Nathan asked and t

“I don’t know. I guess I just don’t feel ready to make such a big commitment.” I shrugged. “But why?” Mom asked me. She looked innocently concerned. They continued watching me, like they couldn’t understand what ‘I’m not ready’ means. I continued eating. “What, don’t you love Nathan anymore?” Dad asked me. Great. I sighed and didn’t say anything. “Of cause she loves him!” Karla said. “They are the city’s couple goals.” Yeah right. The couple that are hopelessly in love with each other in pictures and interviews. “Gen.” I looked up at mom. “What do you mean you’re not ready? You two have been together for like 6 years now.” I looked at each one of them, no

“You do know that we have to talk about what happened today, right?” I nodded slowly. Wishing that we wouldn’t. “Don’t you feel like there’s something you should say about today’s incident.” I shook my head, like a child being reprimanded by a loving father. “Okay, I can actually understand why you went on like that.” Nathan said as he sat up straighter on the bed. His back was against the wall, prompted up by one of the pillows. “Maybe your brain wanted it to be him and that’s why it made it look like it was him. It’s okay though. I don’t blame you for that.” I continued listening. Where is he going with this? I felt like just throwing myself back and falling asleep just like that. “But… I have to admit that I feel bad too. Obviously. I mean, my fianc&eacut

I don’t know why but instead of going back to my apartment I decided to go back to the mansion. I spent the rest of the day with my earphones, snuggling up on our fluffy couch in the first-floor lounge. I was obviously still mad at myself. Mad at myself for getting my hopes up again. Yoké left, he was upset. What makes me think that he’d be in Alice’s car or in her music class? For the whole day, I didn’t pick up any calls from dad or Nathan.A sudden touch on my shoulder sent shivers down my spine. I nearly jumped out of my seat. I turned to see mom standing there with surprise on her face. “Geez, mom…” I said removing my earphones. “Sorry.” She said coming to kiss my forehead. “I could you like thrice but you weren’t hearing me.” “I had earphones on.” I showed her my phone and earphones. “Yeah,