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John Rey
Chapter 1
I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.I'm sitting on the cold bench outside the emergency room. Many people were crossing by in the hallway but I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
I was on my way home from my internship when Auntie Marila called, my Mother had a heart attack, so they rushed her to the emergency room. The doctor hadn't examined her thoroughly yet.
She's now stable but still unconscious.
"Who's the patient's family of Diana Alvarez?" The nurse's voice made me alert.
I immediately went to her, "I-it's me! H-how's my mom?" My voice trembled as I faced the nurse.
"I'll be honest with you, hija. Your mother's condition is serious. She needs immediate surgery," she said.
"It will require a large sum of money… We will immediately perform the surgery if you already have the exact amount for her operation," she said directly.
My throat went dry.
"H-how much d-do I n-needed to pay for that?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
I fell down on the floor.
Where would I get that large amount of money?
I stopped outside the gate of a large and luxurious mansion.
"Who are you? What do you need?" I slightly flinched back as the security, guarding the gate aggressively approached me.
"The Fuegos don't have any expected visitors today, leave." He said gruffly, but I couldn't be swayed. This was the only way left to get my mom operated.
"Uhm… I-is Mr. F-Fuego here?" Even though there was a hint of fear in my voice, I mustered the courage to face the guard.
"No. Leave now, Miss."
"I just need to talk to him—" But before I could even finish my words, the gate suddenly opened.
"What's happening here?"
Elle. My half-sister stepped in, wearing a fancy lacey dress.
When she saw me, she immediately came out of the gate.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she hissed, pointing at me. My anxiety increased.
My heart was pounding so hard. I looked wearily at my sister.
"How dare you to even come here!?" she yelled. I stepped back as she walked towards me.
"I-I just need to talk to D-Daddy…"
"Daddy? Huh! Guard! Why haven't you gotten rid of this pest yet?!"
"Y-yes, Miss. I'm sorry." The guard immediately went to me.
"Miss, leave now!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gate. I tried to struggle free from his grip.
My tears started to silently form at the sides of my eyes as I tried not to sob or cry.
"S-sister, please! I need to talk to our Dad!" I pleaded desperately.
But before she could speak, someone else spoke up.
"What's going on here?" A calm yet authoritative voice echoed. A woman walked in from the mansion.
I felt like I was about to collapse from nervousness.
She's my father's legal wife.
"Mom!" Elle looked at her mother.
She ignored my sister and walked past her towards me. The guard still had a hold of me, I wanted to break free, but it felt like I couldn't move my body anymore.
She looked very intimidating and I'm so nervous that I'm almost numb.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.
"What are you doing here?" she asked seriously.
She coldly glanced at the guard holding me, "Let her go," she said firmly. The guard quickly released me.
"Mom! Get rid of her!"
"Why are you here?" she asked again, ignoring her daughter.
"I-I need to t-talk to our D-Dad…" Even though my voice was full of fear, I still mustered what I had to say.
Her face was expressionless, as she's just staring at me coldly.
"Why? What do you need from my husband?" she asked.
"My mother is in the hospital. I-I have no one e-else to t-turn to…" I said, my voice trembling.
My mother's parents are in Europe. I also have no connection with them because they disowned their daughter when Mom left them for my Dad.
"Oh? Is that her karma?" she scoffed.
"P-please, my father—"
I hadn't finished what I was saying when a cold hand fall on my cheek.
I almost went deaf from the slap Mrs. Fuego gave me. Holding my cheek, I couldn't react.
"How dare you show your face to us?" she fired.
I shook my head as I realized the truth. My tears gradually flowed.
My mother was just my Daddy's mistress. I was so insensitive to have shown myself to them. Because of me, their family was ruined.
But why? I didn't want this to happen. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know where to get the money needed for Mom's operation.
Mrs. Fuego looked at me with disgust before turning her gaze to her daughter.
"Your friends are coming over. Fix yourself, honey," she said in her sweetest voice before turning her gaze back to me.
"Tsk!" Elle rolled her eyes at me before going back into the house.
"Get out of here and never show your face to us again!" Mrs. Fuego said and turned her back on me.
"Leave, Miss." The guard approached me, seeming to pity me, so he helped me up.
"I can manage." I stood up on my own and ran away from that place. I shouldn't have come here in the first place.
"What did you get from your father? Nothing, right? If I were you, I'd accept the job I'm offering you." Auntie Marila stood up from the sofa.
"Rest for now. If you change your mind, you know where to find me," she said before leaving me alone in our house.
This house is my dad's property. I had to let go of our only housemaid because we needed the nurse who's with my Mom at the hospital more here at home, Daddy pays their salaries. Dad also pays all our bills, even my school expenses, but last month, he stopped providing and giving me money. I can't talk to him anymore. He used to visit me every week to check on me, but he's been absent for weeks.
I've already used the last allowance he gave me.
I wiped away the incessant flow of my tears with the back of my hand.
What am I going to do now?
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep on the sofa. My eyes hurt from crying. I looked at the window outside, it's already dark. I glanced at the clock on our wall: 8:00 PM.
I stood up and went to my room. I showered and fixed myself, I also put on some makeup on.
Afterward, I went down to the garage. Daddy gave me this car last year for my birthday.
The drive to the club took thirty minutes.
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Lola Marlowe’s morning-after is a disaster. She’s got a killer hangover, zero memory of Burning Man, and a half-naked, sculpted stranger tied to her bed with her own lavender silk ropes. To make matters infinitely worse, the furious (and frustratingly handsome) “accidental hostage” is Enzo Marchesi, Vegas’s most notorious mafia Don.
For Enzo, this is the ultimate security breach. But the fiery, unpredictable tattoo artist is the most intriguing thing to happen to him in years. To stop his crew from “neutralizing” the threat, he makes an impulsive claim: she’s his fiancée.
Thrust into a world of high-stakes lies and feral attraction, they must navigate rival families and their own explosive chemistry.
One wrong move sparked it. Now neither of them wants out.
The War God Alpha's Arranged Bride
Yet Alexander made his decision clear to the world: “Evelyn is the only woman I will ever marry.”
The Biker's Fate
I squeezed my eyes shut.
"Dani," he pressed. "Do you get me?"
"No, Austin, I don't," I admitted as I pulled my robe closed again and sat up. "You confuse me."
He dragged his hands down his face. "Tell me what's on your mind."
I sighed. "You're everything my parents warned me against. You're secretive, but you're also honest. I feel wholly protected by you, but then you scare me more than anyone I've ever known. You're a bad boy, but when I dated a so-called good one, he turned out to be the devil, so, yeah, I don't get you because you're not what I expected. You drive me crazier than anyone I've ever met, but then you make me feel complete. I'm feeling things I don't quite know how to process and that makes me want to run. I don't want to give up something that might be really, really good, but I also don't want to be stupid and fall for a boy just because he's super pretty and makes me come."
Danielle Harris is the daughter of an overprotective police chief and has led a sheltered life. As a kindergarten teacher, she's as far removed from the world of Harleys and bikers as you could get, but when she's rescued by the sexy and dangerous Austin Carver, her life is changed forever.
Although Austin 'Booker' Carver is enamored by the innocent Dani, he tries to keep the police chief's daughter at arm's length. But when a threat is made from an unexpected source, he finds himself falling hard and fast for the only woman who can tame his wild heart.
Will Booker be able to find the source of the threat before it's too late?
Will Dani finally give her heart to a man who's everything she's been warned about?
The Prison Project
Can love tame the untouchable? Or will it only fuel the fire and cause chaos amongst the inmates?
Fresh out of high school and suffocating in her dead-end hometown, Margot longs for her escape. Her reckless best friend, Cara, thinks she's found the perfect way out for them both - The Prisoner Project - a controversial program offering a life-changing sum of money in exchange for time spent with maximum-security inmates.
Without hesitation, Cara rushes to sign them up.
Their reward? A one-way ticket into the depths of a prison ruled by gang leaders, mob bosses, and men the guards wouldn't even dare to cross...
At the centre of it all, meets Coban Santorelli - a man colder than ice, darker than midnight, and as deadly as the fire that fuels his inner rage. He knows that the project may very well be his only ticket to freedom - his only ticket to revenge on the one who managed to lock him up and so he must prove that he can learn to love…
Will Margot be the lucky one chosen to help reform him?
Will Coban be capable of bringing something to the table other than just sex?
What starts off as denial may very well grow in to obsession which could then fester in to becoming true love…
A temperamental romance novel.
After One Night with the Alpha
I thought I was waiting for love. Instead, I got fucked by a beast.
My world was supposed to bloom at the Moonshade Bay Full Moon Festival—champagne buzzing in my veins, a hotel room booked for Jason and me to finally cross that line after two years. I’d slipped into lacy lingerie, left the door unlocked, and lay on the bed, heart pounding with nervous excitement.
But the man who climbed into my bed wasn’t Jason.
In the pitch-black room, drowned in a heady, spicy scent that made my head spin, I felt hands—urgent, scorching—searing my skin. His thick, pulsing cock pressed against my dripping cunt, and before I could gasp, he thrust hard, tearing through my innocence with ruthless force. Pain burned, my walls clenching as I clawed at his iron shoulders, stifling sobs. Wet, slick sounds echoed with every brutal stroke, his body unrelenting until he shuddered, spilling hot and deep inside me.
"That was amazing, Jason," I managed to say.
"Who the fuck is Jason?"
My blood turned to ice. Light slashed across his face—Brad Rayne, Alpha of Moonshade Pack, a werewolf, not my boyfriend. Horror choked me as I realized what I’d done.
I ran away for my life!
But weeks later, I woke up pregnant with his heir!
They say my heterochromatic eyes mark me as a rare true mate. But I’m no wolf. I’m just Elle, a nobody from the human district, now trapped in Brad's world.
Brad’s cold gaze pins me: “You carry my blood. You’re mine.”
There is no other choice for me but to chose this cage. My body also betrays me, craving the beast who ruined me.
WARNING: Mature Readers Only
Invisible To Her Bully
Goddess Of The Underworld.
When the veil between the Divine, the Living, and the Dead begins to crack, Envy is thrust beneath with a job she can’t drop: keep the worlds from bleeding together, shepherd the lost, and make ordinary into armor, breakfasts, bedtime, battle plans. Peace lasts exactly one lullaby. This is the story of a border pup who became a goddess by choosing her family; of four imperfect alphas learning how to stay; of cake, iron, and daylight negotiations. Steamy, fierce, and full of heart, Goddess of the Underworld is a reverse harem, found-family paranormal romance where love writes the rules and keeps three realms from falling apart.
Crossing Lines
Noah
I was here to prove myself—
One last shot at football, at freedom, at a future no one ever thought I’d deserve.
And then I met him.
Coach Aiden Mercer.
Cold. Demanding. Built like a legend and twice as ruthless.
From the first command, I wanted to fight him.
From the first Sir, I wanted to kneel.
But this wasn’t just about the game anymore.
He looked at me like he saw through every mask I wore…
And spoke to me in a voice I knew far too well.
The same one that called me baby boy in the darkest corners of the internet.
Now I didn’t know if I wanted to win…
Or just be his.
Aiden
Noah Blake was supposed to be a challenge.
A cocky, reckless quarterback with raw talent and no discipline.
But one message had changed everything.
One night on ObeyNet, a stranger with attitude and submission tangled in his words.
And when I saw Noah in person—his fire, his fear, that ache to be seen—
I knew it was him.
He didn’t know who I was. Not yet.
But I was already testing him. Pushing him.
Breaking him down until he begged for what he swore he didn’t need.
This was not supposed to get personal, but every second he disobeyed made me want to claim him harder.
And if he crossed the line…
I’d make damn sure he never forgot who he belonged to.
From Substitute To Queen
Heartbroken, Sable discovered Darrell having sex with his ex in their bed, while secretly transferring hundreds of thousands to support that woman.
Even worse was overhearing Darrell laugh to his friends: "She's useful—obedient, doesn't cause trouble, handles housework, and I can fuck her whenever I need relief. She's basically a live-in maid with benefits." He made crude thrusting gestures, sending his friends into laughter.
In despair, Sable left, reclaimed her true identity, and married her childhood neighbor—Lycan King Caelan, nine years her senior and her fated mate. Now Darrell desperately tries to win her back. How will her revenge unfold?
From substitute to queen—her revenge has just begun!
The Delta's Daughter
Born on the same night as the Kings son, Prince Kellen; Lamia Langley, daughter to the Royal Delta of The New Moon pack (royal pack) bares the mark of a royal and is a seemingly ordinary wolf, until she shifts at the age of 14 and by 15 becomes one of the strongest wolfs in the kingdom.
All Lamia ever wanted was to serve her prince, become a warrior, find her mate at 18 and live happily ever after.
Growing up together and sharing a rare and special goddess given bond, everyone is sure Lamia and Prince Kellen will be fated mates. Being given the opportunity to go to the Alpha academy, Kellen and Lamia fall in love and they hope they are fated like everyone thinks.
But the fates have already mapped out her future.
What happens when a wolf from the Kings past has his eye on Lamia?
Follow this epic tale of Love, tragedy and betrayal as Lamia starts to discover her family heritage. Will her family’s forgotten heritage and secrets become more than she can handle?
Will her Prince become her mate or will she be fated to another?
Will Lamia rise to become the wolf the goddess’ fated her to be?
For a mature audience
Crowned by Fate
“She’d just be a Breeder, you would be the Luna. Once she’s pregnant, I wouldn’t touch her again.” my mate Leon’s jaw tightened.
I laughed, a bitter, broken sound.
“You’re unbelievable. I’d rather accept your rejection than live like that.”
As a girl without a wolf, I left my mate and my pack behind.
Among humans, I survived by becoming a master of the temporary: drifting job to job… until I became the best bartender in a dusty Texas town.
That’s where Alpha Adrian found me.
No one could resist the charming Adrian, and I joined his mysterious pack hidden deep in the desert.
The Alpha King Tournament, held once every four years, had begun. Over fifty packs from across North America were competing.
The werewolf world was on the verge of a revolution. That’s when I saw Leon again...
Torn between two Alphas, I had no idea that what awaited us wasn’t just a competition—but a series of brutal, unforgiving trials.
Author Note:New book out now! The River Knows Her Name
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After the Affair: Falling into a Billionaire's Arms
On my birthday, he took her on vacation. On our anniversary, he brought her to our home and made love to her in our bed...
Heartbroken, I tricked him into signing divorce papers.
George remained unconcerned, convinced I would never leave him.
His deceptions continued until the day the divorce was finalized. I threw the papers in his face: "George Capulet, from this moment on, get out of my life!"
Only then did panic flood his eyes as he begged me to stay.
When his calls bombarded my phone later that night, it wasn't me who answered, but my new boyfriend Julian.
"Don't you know," Julian chuckled into the receiver, "that a proper ex-boyfriend should be as quiet as the dead?"
George seethed through gritted teeth: "Put her on the phone!"
"I'm afraid that's impossible."
Julian dropped a gentle kiss on my sleeping form nestled against him. "She's exhausted. She just fell asleep."
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John Rey
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