Still The One

Chapter 41 (Part 1 and 2)

Walter
Saturday 8 AM, Grey Condominium

I woke up with a massive headache, obviously I had too much liquor again. I glanced over my alarm clock and saw that it was already 8 in the morning. I still had work to do, but I need to get rid of this headache of mine first, I got up and opened my curtains and was greeted by the rays of sun. Same old Manila greeted me as well.

traffic, people crossing, and lots of buildings those three greeted me every morning, it was my view ever since I started living here in Manila again, well of course I had no choice but to be back here again Arkinson empire is located here and my family is also here. A lot has happened ever since I went home. I now had a close bond with my brothers, half brothers and my sister Grayn who never failed to amuse me. She's now 13 and she is well kinda spoiled, wala naman akong sariling pamilya, so I spend all of my money on my siblings specially Grayn.

I went down my room and saw my siblings cooking. It was not an unusual sight kasi dito yan sila natutulog if they go out and drink with friends and dito din tumitira si Grayn sa akin, we do have helps around I do attend some business trips and I sometimes work late so para hindi mag-isa si Grayn sa bahay I hired some helps and body guards for her and she's okay with it, she loves organizing everything around here sa penthouse and she also makes sure that everything is clean. See it helps to have your sister around especially if she is very organized. Ganoon din naman si Markus at Xian I taught them to do a lot of stuff too. Si Winston naman ay may sarili ng pamilya minsan bumibisita sya kasama ang anak nya at asawa nya dito sa penthouse. 

"Oh gising ka na pala ang aming lasinggero na kuya! Mahal na hari let's eat!" sabi ni Markus na agad namang binatukan ni Xian, nagtawanan silang tatlo. 

I smiled while looking at my siblings like this. Lumapit si Grayn sa akin at yumakap ng mahigpit 

"What do you want princess?" she glared at me 

"Kuyaaa naman naglasing ka nanaman kagabi! You know that alcohol can- 

"Can ruin my liver, and is bad for my health" 

Pinalo ako ni Grayn "Eh alam mo naman pala eh ba't ka nanaman uminom kagabi!" 

"Ang sadista mo talaga Grayn! Kaya hindi na ako magugulat kung tatanda kang dalaga!" biro ni Xian sa kanya at agad namang nakatanggap ng kurot sa tiyan galing kay Grayn

"ANO KA BA GRAYN MAS MATANDA AKO SAYOOO!" 

ang kulit talaga nitong tatlo pag magkasama 

"Kids stop that let's start eating" saway ko sa kanila 

"Yes kuya!" sabay sabay nilang sabi. 

Angelica

9:00 AM, FCN Subdivision 

It was 8 am when I woke up, lumabas na ako mula sa kwarto ko at nagsimulang magluto. This was my routine every morning I wake up, I cook breakfast for Felix and Lucio, drive Lucio to school, and go to work. Kapag saturdays naman dinadala ko si Lucio sa grocery at sa mall, we would watch movies, go to arcades, and eat at restos and cafés. I saw myself in the mirror and saw that my eyes were puffy these are the results of crying at night. I've already forgiven myself at mas naging malapit din ako sa Diyos ever since I cheated on Walter and I have been regretting it for the past 7 years. I failed him, his grandparents, his mom, his brother, and him. I did an unforgivable mistake.

"Mama you're burning the pancake" agad namang lumapit si Lucio sa akin at sya na yung nag luto nang pancakes nya, I kept on thinking about Walter and what happened years ago to the point that I burnt Lucio's pancakes 

"I'm sorry Lucio mama was just thinking about something, be careful baka ma paso ka pa"  

"Mom I can do this malaki na po ako" natawa nalang ako sa accent ni Lucio. Lucio grew up in Italy kaya naman ay nahihirapan pa din syang magtagalog.