Captain America Cake

"Anak saya baru berusia enam belas tahun, dan dia hamil! Saya minta pertanggungjawaban nak Diaz!"  Seorang lelaki berumur kisaran empat puluh tahun terduduk dengan wajah kusut dan tatapan penuh luka juga kecewa. Karena anak gadisnya yang selama ini dia jaga telah terenggut kesuciannya oleh kakak kelas di sekolahnya. "Anak saya menghamili putri, Anda?" Ibu dari Diaz tersenyum smrik dengan tatapan meremehkan. Dia tidak akan menyangkal, sebelumnya Diaz memang sudah mengakui kesalahannya yang menodai seorang gadis demi taruhan bersama teman-temannya. Ibu Diaz menatap gadis muda yang terduduk dengan kedua tangan gemetar, saling mengait dan bertumpu di paha. wajahnya kusut dengan mata sembab. Penampilannya begitu sederhana, memakai kaus pendek dengan bawahan rok selutut. Rambutnya sebahu yang tergerai semrawut, namun tidak mengurangi aura cantik dan manisnya.  "Baik, kami akan bertanggung jawab!" Ibu Diaz mengambil sebuah amplop dari dalam tas yang sudah dia siapkan.  "Amplop ini berisi uang dengan jumlah yang tidak sedikit. Saya memberikannya secara cuma-cuma, terserah kalian akan gunakan untuk biaya menggugurkan kandungan atau untuk melahirkan anak itu! Yang jelas, Diaz tidak akan menikahi anak Anda!" tegas Ibu Diaz. "A--apa?  Bagaimana mungkin Anda tega melakukan ini? Bagaimana pun benih yang anak saya kandung adalah cucu, Anda!"  "Hey, Orang Miskin! Kamu pikir saya tidak tahu? Kalian menuntut tanggung jawab agar anak saya menikahi dia demi keuntungan kan? Jangan mimpi bisa hidup enak karena menjebak orang kaya untuk menikahi anakmu! Sekarang pergi!" usir wanita itu dengan wajah garang dia bahkan menyuruh seorang satpam untuk menyeret si gadis dan bapaknya keluar rumah.  "Pergi!" titah satpam dengan mendorong mereka sampai terjatuh di pelataran rumah.  "Bapak? Ba--pak, kenapa, Pak?" Gadis itu menangis histeris ketika melihat bapaknya tiba-tiba sesak napas lalu tak sadarkan diri.  "Bapaaak!" 

Gadis asal Kebumen itu baru saja menyandang status "Janda Cerai". Dua tahun menikah, tetapi ia masih perawan. Ternyata selama dua tahun pernikahannya, ia ... *** Pernikahan sekali seumur hidup hanyalah impian semu bagi Rengganis, dua tahun pernikahannya dengan Dewa justru menorehkan sejuta luka. Rengganis tak pernah dianggap ada dalam kehidupan Dewa, sementara Friska mendapatkan tahta tertinggi dihati Dewa. Dewa tak segan berkencan di dalam kamar saat Rengganis sedang berada dirumah. Dewa selalu berdalih karena perjodohanlah, rumah tanggnya tak dapat dipertahankan lagi. Padahal dibalik itu, Dewa terdesak karena kehamilan Friska. Akankah Rengganis menemukan cinta sejatinya setelah berpisah dengan Dewa? Atau Rengganis akan menerima kembali cinta Dewa yang telah menyadari cinta semu bersama Friska ? Ikuti kisah Rengganis, yang banyak menguras perasaan dan juga air mata.

Kisah ini diambil secara dokumenter dari seorang pemuda bernama Fadil Raksa Dinata—biasa disapa Fadil. Usianya baru 23 tahun. Ia mahasiswa baru yang mengambil Fakultas Psikologi di tanah Pasundan—Jawa Barat. Hidupnya sederhana, lahir dari keluarga biasa di sebuah desa terpencil yang masih diselimuti kabut pagi dan cerita-cerita lama. Namun, sejak kecil Fadil sudah merasa ada yang “aneh” dalam dirinya. Ia terlalu sensitif terhadap hal-hal yang tak bisa dijelaskan oleh logika. Kadang ia melihat, mendengar, bahkan merasakan sesuatu yang orang lain tidak. Mungkin itu sebabnya ia memilih belajar psikologi—untuk memahami pikirannya sendiri. Tapi semakin dalam ia mempelajari manusia, semakin samar batas antara akal dan hal gaib yang mengitarinya. Dan semua berawal… dari sebuah tongkrongan malam yang tak pernah benar-benar biasa.

"Salamat at dumating ka sa buhay ko. Ikaw lang ang babaeng minahal ko ng ganito. Mahal na mahal kita at gusto kitang maging masaya, kaya ipapangako ko na isa sa mga araw na ito, makakakita ka na ulit."

My husband was ruled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, enforcing rigid schedules that governed our household. On our daughter's birthday, he and his assistant showed up late. The girl, who mirrored her father's need for order, wasn't upset. She just smiled and invited them to cut her cake. My heart shattered as I watched their cream-covered faces and joyful photos. The next day, I handed him the divorce agreement, confusing him. "Just because Edith didn't cut the cake with you?" "Yes."

Betrayal always offers the choice: Bitter or Better? After her sister's death, wedding cake artist Milli Velvet Haywood left her busy life in Vegas behind; Hoping for a new beginning in the small town resort community of Pagosa Cliffs, Colorado. But with a newstart comes challenges. Her attempt to return to her old life brings a different set of dangers. Can she move forward and be better? Or will the bitterness of her life sour her future chances at happiness and love. This story is all about choices. It is about overcoming versus succumbing.

“ On your 18th birthday, you don't get cake, you get cursed!” . Riley’s life suddenly fell apart on his 18th birthday when he turned into a werewolf during his game. Confused and lost he was told he no longer belonged to the world he's always known. He never believed in a supernatural world and planned his escape, but what he doesn't know is that he is already bound to three immortals. The lycan, Dragon and Vampire who is not planning on letting him go Riley does not plan on staying either.

Ang SCI ay isang ahensyang humahawak sa mga murder case. Nabuo ang grupo nang Special Crime Investigation na kung saan ay pinangungunahan ni Police Captain Luna Rose Enriquez. Hindi inaasahan nang kapitan na ang unang kasong hahawakan nila ay isang series crime na kung saan sunod-sunod ang pagpapatay nang mga krimal sa mga biktima nito. Noong una ay inakala nang kapitan na isang simpleng tao lang ang mga kriminal. Hanggang sa napagtanto niya na hindi sila katulad nang mga ordinaryong mamamayan. Walo na tauhan ang naatasang lutasin ang karumal-dumal na kasong ito at sila ay sina Police Captain Luna Rose Enriquez na isang investigator, Police Major Alexander Dawson na profiler, Police Major Austin Gray na isang police-lawyer. Kasama na rin si Police Lieutenant Celyn Cruz, Police Corporal Symae Floresca ay mga magaling na computer technician, Patrolman Nicky Romana na isang police-nurse, Patrolman Richard Samili na isang masuring police officer at sa Forensic and Medico-Legal Expert na si Lucy Cooper. Matalino at malupit na mga kriminal ang kailangan nilang hanapin at hulihin. Habang tumatagal ang pag-iimbestiga ay mas lalo pang nagiging agresibo ang mga kriminal. Hanggang sa dumating ang kinakatakot na mangyare ni Police Captain Luna Rose Enriquez…

It was my girlfriend's birthday. I took her to my family's newly opened restaurant for dinner. Since we were planning to have cake later, the two of us ordered a single set meal that included a pizza and a plate of pasta. Smiling, I handed the menu to the waiter. He took it with a fake smile. I heard him calling us paupers under his breath. I frowned. "What did you just say?" The waiter froze for a second. He then put on another fake smile. "I said I'll have your order ready shortly." I snorted and replied fluently in the same language he'd used. "You just called us paupers."

Autumn Ivanka is a Rogue who was recently kicked out of her Pack for a crime. She goes in search of a new life at the famous New Falls University and life seemed to go well for her. But just one accidental meeting with the infamous Ash Luxton, the king of the mafia city turned her life into a dangerous roller coaster. Not only had she attracted the undying desire of Ash Luxton, but she had managed to pull the obsession of other top dogs of the city. She was the hot cake but what happens to Autumn when she discovers there were more to the men she had forbidden relationships with?