Lahat ng Kabanata ng NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Isabella up in the morning and stared at the sky in happiness. She couldn't believe the sun was shining. She looked at Angelo who was still asleep and felt shy when she recalled what had happened between them last night.She couldn't deny that Angelo was a very handsome man and pleasing to the eyes. Now that she was looking at him up close, she could see that his eyebrows were thick and well-arranged.He had a pointed nose and thick long lashes. The curve of his jawline was evenly proportioned and he had an oval chin. She realized that Angelo was handsome by international standards and could perfectly pass for a model.She quickly got off his body when she realized that her upper body was still bare. She wore her red gown completely which she felt now had a weird smell because she wore it wet last night.She saw her bra on the ground beside Angelo and quickly picked it up. Because of the sand in it, she ran towards the water and rinsed it.Angelo woke up almost immediately and used hi

When she realized that Angelo was gone, Isabella opened her eyes and turned her back on the sea.Being a man was sure advantageous, she thought to herself. They could get naked whenever they wanted and it wouldn't be a big deal.How was she going to take her bath and wash her red gown now? She also needed to wash her hair because it was dirty and covered with sand.If she left it the way it was for a few more days, she would end up looking like a mad woman.Angelo washed his briefs and realized that he would have to walk back naked to where Isabella was. He had taken them off initially to make Isabella uncomfortable but he knew that it wasn't proper for him to walk around naked.He stared at his trouser on top of the rocks and had an idea. "Isabella, bring my trouser for me," he said.Isabella opened her eyes in shock. This Angelo was certainly a pervert, she thought."If you don't bring it, I will have to come get it myself. Isabella rolled her and said, "come get it yourself then."

"How many Islands are closer to this big sea?" Christy asked the tour guide whom she had employed.The tour guide replied, "there are about ten islands but it would take a long time to check out each one of them. My guess is that whoever you are looking for is already dead. It would be best for you to give up and go back to Panama.""No, I cannot do that," Christy replied. "I will only give up when I am absolutely sure that Angelo is gone. Please I need your help to check these ten islands one after the other.""I cannot help you with that" the tour guide replied. "But I know someone who could and he even has a yacht. Only that it would cost you a whole lot of money.""Money is not the problem" Christy replied. "Just get me to him. I strongly believe Angelo is still alive." ~~~~~~~Isabella stood by the shore and rinsed her hair as well as her body. She once again looked behind her and smiled when she saw that Angelo still had his back on her.She liked this version o

Isabella began coming down from the tree. Meanwhile, the man who had struck the stick on the back of Angelo's head ran to the yacht and took out a knife.Isabella saw him moving toward Angelo with the knife and ran to stop him as she screamed at the top of her voice, "Angelo, he's got a knife"Angelo slowly stood up from the ground and turned to face the man just as he stretched out the knife to stab Angelo, however, Isabella came in between the both of them.Isabella screamed as the knife was stabbed into her arm, close to her left cubital fossa. Angelo held the man's neck tightly with one of his hands, pulled out the knife from Isabella's arm, and stabbed the man in his shoulder. He pulled out the knife immediately and pushed the man backward, causing the man to start bleeding. The sailor at this point got up from the ground, ran back to the yacht, and turned it on.When the man who had been stabbed in his shoulder saw that the sailor was about to leave, he slowly ran to the yacht a

Both Isabella and Angelo badly hoped that it wouldn't rain. Isabella remained on the floor while Angelo sat on the other side of the fire observing her.After a while, she sat up and said, "I feel very hungry and thirsty." Angelo realized that since they had coconuts in the morning, they hadn't eaten anything else as they had both been carried away by their predicament."I'll get the coconuts," he said while feeling grateful that they now had a knife. He took it to the water and washed as much as he could before breaking the coconuts on the rocks one after the other and sharing the water with Isabella.He took out the copra with the knife and handed some of it to Isabella while saying, "now, we at least get to chew like human beings."As she accepted the coconut and began eating, Isabella prayed silently that it wouldn't rain because if it did and her wound became wet, the pain in her arm would be unbearable.As it was, she couldn't even move her left arm. She hoped that it would beco