Lahat ng Kabanata ng Secrets Volume 1: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

There is something wrong with Lukas. He seemed really angr about something. I guess that it had something to do with Apollo Cai -- the woman Lola Adelina met and decided that she will inherit everything under the Consunji Empires. Panay na naman nakakunot ang noo niya. Gusto ko sana siyang lapitan pero hindi ko na iyon inagawa. Lukas and I drifted apart after his brother --- Sancho Consunji died in a car crash.Hindi ko naman ginusto pero nakadama ako ng galit kay Lukas noong mga panahong iyon. Nag-away silang dalawa ni Sancho and that made him so mad, nag-walk out si Lukas kaya sinundan siya ni Sancho na naing dahilan ng pagkalaglag ng sasakyan ng huli sa bangin. Nagluksa ang lahat sa kamatayan ni Sancho --- lalonb nasaktan ang puso ko.Maayos na sana na nakikita ko siya sa malayo kahit na wala akong karapatan sa kanya --- kahit na siya ang ama ng mga anak ko, pero iyong kaalaman na hindi ko na siya makikita kahit kailan ay napakasakit para sa akin. Hindi naman ako naghangad kaht kai

Memories...What is it that they say about memories?You will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory...The town was paper but the memories were not...The worst part of holding a memory is not the pain but the loneliness. Memories need to be shared...But what if the memories become invalid?What if it fades away?What if the human who makes the memories fades away too?Is it still treasurable?Is it still important?These memories are what make the people who they are, what will happen if these people loses their memories? Will they still be the same person?What will I become?I closed my notebook and looked around me. I am inside my room – our room – the room my husband and I shared for almost three decades. Sa silid na ito, napakaraming alaalang nabuo – mga alaalang akala ko noon ay hindi ko malilimutan dahil imposibleng makalimot ako. I have lived the life I had always been dreaming of. The life every wife would kill for just to have – an almost fairytale mar

Halos panawan ako nang ulirat nang marinig ako ang dalawang salitang isinisigaw ng dalawang lalaki sa aking harapan. Hindi ko na mabilang kung ilang beses na akong napalunok dahil sa ingay na ginagawa ila. Sa loob ng mahabang panahon ng buhay ko, hindi ko kahit kailan naisip na matatakot ako sa dalawang salitang iyon...Hirap o Sarap!Karamihan sa mga kasamahan kong neophytes ay pinipili ang sarap habang ako, kinukundisyon ko pa ang sarili ko kung iyon nga din ba ang pipiliin ko o magpapakahirap na lang ako at tatanggapin ang galit ng Nanay ko sa oras na makita niya ang mga pasa sa binti ko. Mangiyak-ngiyak na ako.Huminto ang isa sa mga elders sa tabi ko. Hinarap niya ang kasama ko, ang pagkakatanda ko ay Chelsea ang pangalan niya. Tinanong siya kung hirap o sarap ang sinabi niyang sagot ay hirap. Napasinghap ako nang hatawin siya ng dos por dos sa binti tapos ay hinatak paalis sa kinatatayuan niya.And then, it was my turn. The elder looked at me from head to toe. I was still wearin

I was seventeen and at this age, I am already on top of everything. I can have everything that I want. Gasgas na yata iyong linya but it's one of the perks of having rich parents. I can have everything as I please. While growing up, my father told me that if I want the moon I just have to say it and it will be mine. So, I did. I told him that I wanted the moon, he just smiled and the next Saturday, we flew to Washington DC – sa NASA para lang magkaroon ako ng personal field trip sa mismong facilities nila.It was a blast for the eight year old girl inside of me. That day was the day that I realized that I really can have everything.Yes, I am spoiled. If I don't get what I want, I will throw a tantrum na umuubra naman sa Mama at Papa ko. Kapag nakita na ni Papa na malungkot ako, he will do everything for me to have what I want.It got stuck on me. Hanggang sa lumaki ako ay nakukuha ko ang gusto ko. Sa school – ako ang Queen Bee. Ako ang trend setter. The girls would kill just to be my

"Where have you been, Eleithiya?! I was worried sick!"I came home at exactly four am. I was trying to sneak in. Nagkanda-hilo – hilo pa ako kakahanap ng spare key ng main door sa ilalim ng paso sa may entrance ng mansion. I thought that by now, Mom would be asleep because she knows that I was at my prom and maybe she was thinking that I was having the time of my life – but I was wrong.I found Mama in the living room. She was pacing back and forth. Her face was full of confusion, amazement and worry. Hindi naman ako makapagsalita."At prom, Mama." I answered her. Natigilan siya tapos ay muling nagsalita."I called Haley and she told me she saw you leaving early! Where the hell have you been?!" She growled. I must've awaken the dragon inside her."I was re-really at prom, Mama! Maaga lang akong umalis because my other classmates and I went to a private party. That's why she said she saw me leaving early. I'm sorry for making you worry, Mama. I'm sorry."I bit my lower lip. I am such a