“Hello, state your name please?”“Hello I am Mrs. Fernando from the Philippines. Who is this? Where is my husband, Mr. Marco Fernando?”“Why you call this number and how you got it, from whom?”“Please I want to talk to my husband. This is the emergency number my husband gave it to me, in case I will call him for emergency purpose. And, this is the first time I used it.”“Mrs. Fernando, this Oliver Luna, son of Mike Luna and Lina Luna. Do you know my mother?”“Yes she’s working with me, in Makati City, here in the Philippines. So, you are Oliver Luna. Yes I knew you, Lina told me that you’re with Marco in Shanghai. Where is my husband now and why you are the one answering this phone?”“Mrs. Fernando, actually, it’s confidential and your husband is taking an operation at the other place. Can I get your message to him?”“Oliver, kindly tells him that I will call again tomorrow. Tell him to take good care always because I loved him. And, my concern is about our children. Thank you Oliver

Marco Fernando Junior POV“Follow me,” Jiyo Kael stood up and rush to his car at the parking lot near my car. I followed him forgetting the group of Anne Rose. I opened the other car door and hurriedly put my seatbelt.“Jiyo where to?” I asked him seriously while the car sped-up at the main road.“To my place where no one’s dared to watch, and of course, to plan the rescue of Billionaire Marco Fernando Senior, your father.”“Why are so concern in helping me? Or do you know my father personally?”“Yes, we met before and I must admit, he has this aura of a gentleman and very sharp. But, he has also a place inside his heart, the frontrunner, his family first even though he was away for too long.”“So you knew him before, I mean my father, and my grandfather too?”.“Yes throughout my service to your grandfather.”As we travelled along the highway and along so many structures, I viewed a dilapidated warehouse at the far side.“Jiyo is that the warehouse where they kept my father?”“Yes,” h

"How long have you been back?" Hershey asked, pulling her legs up onto the bed. Entering his flat, he was silent. "It's been about a week now."Hershey laughed, "No way.""Sure. Why didn't you call me?""For good?" She asked, her heart racing a thousand beats per minute. "I just tried to be busy moving things and living here in Manila." His tone was filled with pleasure."Where are you? I want to see you.""I'm at UST and registering for my classes." Hershey's eyes widened in shock. "Are you serious?""Yeah, I decided I might as well forge ahead with my education too. I won't allow you to beat me there. And we're at the same university."Hershey laughed, "Yeah, I bet." She stood up and left her dorm. Closing the door, she locked it with her key. Hanging on her shoulder was the wallet that she took from her cell phone. "So, do you know what you're getting?""Yep. I'm going to major in Criminal Justice, minor in Political science and then Law school." By the time he finished that se

Marco Junior shook hands with the young man who had just introduced himself. There were very few men who could look Marco Junior in the eyes standing right in front of him. "Nice to meet you, Danny Robert. I'm Marco...""You too, Marco. So, where are you from?""I am...""Excuse me."Danny Robert turned his eyes to the pretty woman who approached Marco Junior. The light in her eyes said she was the girl he was going to get a drink too, but ended up talking to Marco."Sorry, Chocolate. I got caught up in the moment." Marco handed her the drink he got from her. Hershey sighed, "Can we go baby?""We're only here for an hour Chocolate." Marco pointed out."I know, I just want too..." Hershey's voice trailed off as she glanced at the man she was talking to."How did you get here so fast, and why are you dressed differently?"James frowned, "What?""Marc, this is the bone head I was just talking to in the other room," Hershey reported.Marco shook his head, "No, we've been talking about th

Sometimes he thought he was in a dream from which he could wake up at any moment, only to be surrounded by terror, blood, and violence, surrounded by the world as he knew it."Let go, Jiyo Kael, look ahead..." he tried to say whenever the memories or imaginings of what might or might happen as a result of his disappearance threatened to overwhelm him. Once before, after the loss of his first love, he had fallen into this abyss and withdrawn from everything. But then there were still people around him who meant something to him, people who had finally managed to pull him out of his desperation, at least to give him another chance. Even as he struggled with his drug addiction, he had never been completely alone. He had thought that was exactly what he wanted back then, but now he knew better!He also knew there were better places for him than this part of the world, and yet he couldn't bring himself to move on. Unnoticed, a smile twitched across his facial features at the thought of wha