the look on the face of t

rs. But she guessed, this is much better than knowing the fact that her late part

ts into her mind’s trash can if

w. Well, at lea

ide her was also furious at what Derrick,

oney as long as they haven’t yet paid half of the previous debt—Derrick’s debt. She even th

ed her car’s door with a powerful force, nearly

the man who asked her in

. It seems the face of any man would remind her of her late fiancé’s face. The fiancé

ith me?” He then gestured his head towards a nearby restaurant. With its

the restaurant in which Derrick proposed to me…’ Minerva thought and glared at him.

and handsome man c

ace my late fiancé proposed to me…” Minerva was visibly stammering. He

tiful expression. “If you

mind me. I’m just okay to eat at that restaurant. Past is

and offered a hand so

ey are now sauntering towa

*

hunger. She suddenly remembers that she only h

send Minerva sprinting towards the kitc

and self-discipline were still clingi

the much precise word for wh

he food; setting aside any feeling of embarrassment

ce of Darwin Gray as he scooped

*

Years

seem to beckon her to spe

mother went with another man, leaving her he

dn’t waste your mon

erson only. The coldness in that voic

r mother grinning. To be frank, i

t to her, it was a pitiful smile of a

d no mother than to have this woman in f

itch never knew how much pain her father had gone through when

ad face of yours,” her mother said as she patt

er father was sick…again. And this cash, this ‘gift’, is pretty much v

t was a genuine g

der, and in embarrassment,

asn’t for her mother’s gaze averting to the person be

iful each time we met; more beautiful than the other sixteen-y

red, Mr. Reeves,” she said while

ul look that he gives to Minerva every time the two met. Truly, a lustful a

thought, I mean we thought that we could share a bit of our bless

from time to time to his wif

her thanks ‘wh

he payment for this help,

usly was supposed to be for the bags and shoes and apparel of Rhea but just chose

her farewell to the two. Her father has probably been

knowing it was her father. She instead ran for the t

o someone. He was a han

the well-clothed man. He looks very much professional—perha

alized that upon bumping, she spille

self, she handed over to the man th

othes and change. I’m pretty much sure you’re going to a meeting.” She said while

er he’ll be angry or irritated or remain silent,

he lass get insid