“Sorry about the wait folks. We had a sudden visit from Senyor Antonio and I was the lucky guy to offer him company going back to his home.” “Looks like your circle of friends is growing, Eron,” stated Paul as he prepped three cans of beers for himself, Eron, and Jack which he then passed to the younger guys as soon as had wiped the cold cans of beverage dry. “It’s a good thing we got the chance to get ahold and know you now before we would need to fight off a mob of endearing fans just to get your attention, hehehe…” “I doubt if that will ever happen, Sir. I don’t think I’ll ever be that popular.” “Don’t sell yourself short, son. After all, even Jack can’t seem to stop singing praises about you. And you’re barely a month from your first hatchet demo. From what I heard he’s using you and your work as an example to other workers in the lumberyard” piped in Jack’s mom in a printed apron, as she placed a large dish of roast and potatoes on the table. “I just do my best in everything I
“Damn it, I overslept! No thanks to that doctor for not waking me up ‘coz that Chin’s blasted spell made me so dizzy, I had to nap again. Plus, the traffic going out of the city was horrible today. It was already nighttime when I got back to Pat, and she’d already closed the office and gone home. No biggie, I can take a short detour to my Diwana and enjoy the view for a while before I head home to my camp in the lumberyard tonight!”Meanwhile, Eron had said his farewell to his new trusted friends, the Schneiders, and was suddenly aware of a familiar stink when he entered the gated area of the Oro Vista Alpha.“Damn it, he’s at it again. Good thing, it looks like everyone at home is already asleep including Diwana, so he won’t be stalking her again. But then again, if I wasn’t too tired because of my very full day today, from helping Orlando and his sisters move here this morning, to the walk with the village head leader this afternoon, to the special Dinner invite and talk with Jack a
Morning came too soon for new and old friends for them to begin connecting...“Hey, Hero. Good morning, Did I wake you?”“No, I admit I barely slept waiting for your call, bro. Was there a problem with your talk about Alicia with Jack and their parents?”“Aw, sorry man. Got home so late that I thought I’d be bothering you if I called you then.”“Alright, are you calling with good news or bad news?”“It’s all good, bro. They said if she is happy with you, they are willing to forgive you for taking their daughter away.”“You don’t say. Sorah will be relieved and delighted when she hears that!”“Why? You can’t tell her now? She isn’t with you, bro? ““Unfortunately not, A-bomb. I had to send her away to your brother’s packhouse to keep her and our children safe while we complete the plan of bringing Ed and Chin down.”“Speaking of your children, they also said that if you and Sorah did have kids, they would even be inviting you and her over with your brood. They really sound excited abou
“Hi girl, this is quite an early phone call that you're making. Must be really important for you to call me at this hour.” “Well, I just wanted to make sure you haven’t already gone to sell food to Jack’s employees. This is important, Diwana.” “If it’s you, I’m sure that it is Leena. So, go ahead and tell me…” “Is the Oro Vista Luna still for sale? We have a couple who’s interested because they plan to be married soon, but they find their condo unit to be too small to raise a family properly.” “So far, I know they have several interested buyers but none have given us a deposit yet. Therefore, it is still on the market but I’m not sure for how long.” ‘Do you mind if you confirm if it’s still up for sale? They are so eager to see it this morning. I’m sure they’ll be heartbroken if we view it and they are told it’s sold already.” “Alright sister. I’ll do that immediately after I end this call. Like you said, it’s a good thing you caught me before I’ve already gone to the sawmill.”
From afar, it looked like a large caterpillar or a green cocoon that was living and crawling; except it was not. The three who discovered it on their way home were carefully and slowly approaching it when the unknown thing stated to burst from its leafy and branch-y prison.“Over there, Mrs. Joseph. Looks like those leaves and vines are moving… Are there such kinds of vegetation here in your mountains?” Myron curiously announced as he looked at the subject of his observation with a little bit of fear and wonder.“I don’t think that is normal, Lieutenant. But you are indeed seeing what you think you are describing, and inside it seems like a human being, if I’m not mistaken…”“Honey kins, I think it IS a guy… And he’s currently breaking free from the vines that holds him.”“Hey you there, help me out a bit, will you?” said the struggling man as he tore through his leafy and vine-y shell. “I’ve been in here all night.”It took the three onlookers and single ‘victim’ about five minutes t
“Wifey, this is a big decision we just made.”“Yes, hubby wubby, it really is. Imagine this afternoon, Mrs. Wolf will come by to get your deposit check and give us the keys to that Luna house; then tomorrow the realty agency will have you sign papers and we will be real house owners. Isn’t this amazing?”“I know my honey bunny, so is it ok if I ask something from you… or more like something of you.”“But of course my cute lovey dovey… go ahead and ask me anything.”Myron pauses to mentally set his sentences straight about something that was continually bothering him. He really needs to clarify his suspicions of Raquel but in the best way he can without causing any friction between them.“Baby, will you be honest with me? Have you ever kept any secrets from me? I promise that I won’t get mad, just tell me the truth and I’ll accept anything, and I mean ANYTHING you tell me.”Raquel pauses a bit, as she tried to figure out what her husband-to-be is REALLY telling her. It’s a good thing,
Erica may not have been introduced to books at an early age but was acquainted with diaries and journals during her teenage years by her very own mom. She now keeps leather hardbound ones in memory of her dearly departed mother who kept similar-looking volumes of her own.Today, she took her time recording what happened today in her diary Luna, due to several surprising events that were even more remarkable than yesterday’s happeningsLet us peek at her entry for now, shall we reader?Dear Luna,A lot has happened again currently but they are not all cheerful things. But they still ended quite happily. Remember, that cute guy I told you about yesterday? Yeah, Orlando…Something happened at his workplace today and it’s the only upsetting part of the day, at the moment. They got him home in a stretcher and a cement-casted leg; but he’s ok, he assured us. I’m not so sure about that though. He said he got into an accident but I’m not so sure about that. It was because he was climbing a w
Both the Senior citizen and his young guest were silent for quite a long time as they silently stirred their teacups and took small bites of their respective cake slices. It hardly happened that the village’s elderly head entertained guests, but he admits that this one was special. So special, that he was quite surprised to have met her at the Joseph’s mansion when he was going house-to-house for donations for the De Narra boy yesterday. “Grampa,” the pixie-like lady softly said, breaking the uncomfortable silence between them. “It’s amazing that you have cake as delicious as this up here in the mountains. It’s my favorite pastry now.” The old man grinned in agreement. “May I ask what was your former choice, my child.” “Well, back in the city. Myron would always get me my favorite cake at a 24-hour bakery near the main hospital. My fave is their pistachio sansrival,” the girl instantly replied, while reflecting on her host’s mysterious smile. “Speaking of him, how is your fiancé