The trouble with Love
s Point
en, with Apollo helping to set up while I'm busy putting
Shaira suddenly went home to their province. I asked why she
leasing to my eyes. The tables are set, the flowers I worked hard on yesterday are arranged into bouquets and smell deli
nd I can't help but smile. He's right. I see it too, and my heart is
ents enter the shop, looking
says, her voice hinting at wealth. The leading girl
when she calls him. "I thought you like
tha, imagining how I could convince her to buy flowe
any better, you're
r opinion." Apollo walks away, leaving Samant
u ordering?" She looks at me, raisin
ve us four
black, S
" Samantha repeats
ppuccino
counter, and there's Apollo alread
uring hot water. I cover it quickly and place
he place. She's actually my first customer. The opening
he thousand-peso bill she hande
only forty pesos
to Apollo as I watch their group fro
know
should not tru
uh
ra. And I know her secret; she ordered Sabrin
kissing? But how? Shaira doesn't even like Noah,
o you mea
t Noah got beaten up by Jacob the
ollo said. That fl
er for a few weeks. What
she doing i
oo into Shaira. Every guy who looks at her
Shaira. It's not impossible, and besides, if I were Noah,
atima's celebration starts on the first day of Septemb
aks again. That's what I'm thinking too.
h, I'll surely have my father's
e briefly. I can handle things on my own; I'm not always swamped
. I sat behind the counter, and suddenly the wind chimes at the door
proached. 'You've opened already,' he said. I
ht? Our mother and his are pregnant at the same time. My confus
yet it seems he c
y asked, knowing their routine. They a
ankly at him. Pregnant girlfriend? Hig
ble since you're
ether for two months. I can't
l with that, Brandon?' I glanced at him again,
on't h
ollege, even though you often go back and forth. But now? Yo
ared at me angrily, and I felt bitter bec
kind who c
. Chloe is still studying. If you don't finish
, you act all high and mighty! I'll tell ev
attitude. He fools around with a girl without any
metal shutter; it's night. It's very quiet, and even the neighboring compute
for weeks, and it seems I've gotten used to being alone. Fo
ee shop, which I allowed to have company. I decide to put wifi for my customers,
while some students were inside taking shelter. But when I focused on
ut her. As I approached, I saw
ened to you?' She loo
da
happened t
ted by the po
et her in. I quickly went upstairs and found a to
to make her coffee before asking her. I placed
, what h
ght. He was arrested yesterday
ed to cry like a child. Our customers glanced at us, seemingly eavesdro
weakened. "Change upstairs," I fetched spare clothes, letting her change while closi
apologize for the inc
just smack them," I sat beside her, readyi
. I can't sleep because of w
she began to share a heavy story. Her fat
tered, shocked. "W
space, but next week is my dad's fi
help you; we'll go to the hea
mmotion outside disrupted us. So
wnstairs. I opened the door, a
a here?"
esting until you sh
uired, revealing his
to you?" I retorted, feel
ay here?" h
o," I replied, feeling unwanted a
t help but feel annoyed again. Why
hake the feeling of bein
?" she asked, eyes fixed on my body a
new it, you're not worth talking to!" she raised
rooling ove
look. "This is the real me. I might sleep with just panti
em to l
my taste, b
wha
se the door and w
ed to her car, disappeari
she prefer?" I rolled my eyes b
dn't be on my mind until I fell asleep, or e
have to ap
by her side, along with her sister. Her mother was watching over
of Limuel Monteclaro. Tears filled the eyes of the two s
sation with Manuel Monteclaro, whom I got to know during the hearing when his n
riefly before he was taken back to Muntinlupa. I regretted Jacob'
r, and it seemed like it
iting for them. It was quiet until reporters swarmed the doo
use
need an i
Santos st
, blocked by the police. But what couldn't
oah said before I pushed him away,
ve to touch my
time he mentioned my name. But for him, it seemed like nothing, even as I s
, while I couldn't forget the contact betwee
move on from
iful if you wer
but after I responded, he turned