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Wow, I don’t get it…” Even
Nikolas couldn’t understand him now. “Okay, if that girl is not
enough for you, I know someone who’s fuckingly irresistible. And
mind you, she’s the greatest in bed. She knows a lot of tricks and
acrobatics so I’m quite sure that this one will work.” Nikolas
looked confident as he tinkered on his phone.


Are you sure with that?”
He didn’t want to buy it. He was starting to become skeptical
again.


A hundred percent sure,
Xavier,” Nikolas quipped as he gave him a quick glance. “Wait, I’m
gonna call her to see if she can come tonight.” He rang a number on
his phone.


Okay…” He just shrugged
his shoulders. “Let’s see…” He was silently hoping that his
friend’s idea would work. He really wanted to find a solution to
his dreaded erectile problem. And he just couldn’t wait.

An hour after Nikolas made a phone
call, a woman with a breathtaking beauty stood in front of him. And
his jaw literally fell to the floor.

The hot chick was an exact replica of
Megan Fox. He had a fixation with the hottie actress a few years
ago when she just hit Hollywood by storm. He felt as if his dream
became a reality.

The woman really had a beautiful face,
and an amazing, toned body. Her curves were bountiful, and she
looked fucking perfect!

He couldn’t ask for more. He felt as
if he hit a jackpot. Thanks to Nikolas! He really was not
over-exaggerating when he said that she was irresistible. The chick
really was.

A huge grin broke on his face. “Hi,
babe…” he smoothly whispered.


Hi, Xavier…” she greeted
him with a saucy smile. Her sultry, bedroom voice added more appeal
to her already overflowing, seductive charms.


Wana party tonight?” He
couldn’t contain his huge grin. Damn him if he looked like an
idiot. He really couldn’t help but be one.


Of course!” she purred
sweetly, licking her lips sensually with her tongue.

What she did left him
mesmerized.

Goddammit, but the woman was an
absolute tease!

Chapter 3


Doc, how’s my
father?”
Katrina had been dying to talk to
the doctor to check about her father’s condition, and now that
she’s in front of him, she couldn’t wait to hear what he’s about to
say.


We’re done removing the
blood clot in his brain, Ms. de Leon,” he answered as he arranged
his spectacles. “Hopefully, it will improve his condition. But the
patient is still under observation. He’s in a coma right now.
Probably until a few days, or maybe weeks. We still don’t know
until the patient shows signs of recovery.”


Is he already okay, doc?
Is my father already out of imminent danger? Are we going to expect
that he will recover in a few days?” she asked hastily. She really
wanted to know so that she could already breathe properly. The last
twenty-four hours had been hell to her.

She had no decent sleep yet after they
rushed his father to the hospital. She was told that he suffered
from a stroke, and that he badly needed an emergency operation to
remove the blood clot that was damaging an essential part of his
brain. She immediately gave her go signal and signed necessary
papers to conduct the operation.


That I can’t guarantee,
Miss de Leon,” the doctor looked sympathetically at her. “We’re
still observing the patient. As of the moment, the immediate danger
was removed, but your father is still in a critical condition. The
blood clot has already damaged some parts of your father’s brain.
We’re still assessing the extent of the damage though. I’ll check
the patient tonight and see if his condition has stabilized. For
now, he’ll be in life support. Pray for your father, Ms. de Leon,
and keep the faith. He needs it.”

Katrina heaved a deep sigh. She had
been praying relentlessly. Prayer was the only thing that she could
turn to now that her father was fighting for his life.


Let’s hope for the best,
Ms. de Leon. We’ll do our best to save your father. I hope the
patient will do his best to respond to his medications as well.
This won’t be an easy battle. You should prepare yourselves for the
worst.”

Her eyes stung with tears. She could
feel her body softening in worry and fear. She couldn’t afford to
lose her father.


Anyways,” the doctor
checked his watch. He looked tired and worn down. “I have to go
now. I have to take some rest. Been here in the hospital for
already twenty-four hours. I’ll be back tonight to check the
patient’s progress.”


Thank you, doc,” she
whispered softly. “Thank you for everything.” She couldn’t
eloquently verbalize how grateful she was for the doctor’s help. He
had rendered OT for her father’s emergency operation which lasted
for more than eight hours. He might have attended to another
patient because it was already four hours since his father was
transferred in the ICU. And she was just grateful that he decided
to check on her father’s condition before going home. She had the
opportunity to talk to him.


I’m just doing my job, Ms.
de Leon.” He smiled at her. He gently tapped her shoulder. “I have
to go now.” Then, he stood up.

They were talking in one corner of the
ICU, a few meters away from where her father’s hospital bed was
located.


Take care and have some
rest, doc. Again, thank you!” She smiled gratefully to the kind
doctor before he turned his back on her.

She sighed wearily when she was left
alone with her father. Her conversation with the doctor didn’t give
her the assurance she longed to hear that her father was already
okay. She still had to pray hard for his safety.

She walked to her father’s bed, sat on
the stool beside him, and looked at him with distress in her eyes.
Her heart wanted to break at the sight. Her father’s life was
sustained by advanced medical apparatus. He was breathing through
the aid of oxygen, looking limp and unresponsive, as if he was
already dead.

Oh, God! The thought that her father’s
life was floating in limbo made her shoulders shook unabashedly.
Melancholic sobs vibrated in her throat, until she couldn’t contain
her emotions anymore and she broke into tears, her heart was
breaking apart as she covered her mouth.

What was happening to her family? She
couldn’t help but ponder on things. First, it was her mom. Now, it
was her father. They had just emotionally commemorated the second
death anniversary of her mother. And now this, her father, too, was
on the brink of death.

God, she really couldn’t bear it if
her father would leave them as well. Knock on wood, but, God,
please, don’t! She couldn’t bear it. She couldn’t afford
it!

What would happen to her and Brenda if
ever? Her younger sister was still schooling, just like her. Brenda
was a sophomore in college, taking up Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU).
She, too, was schooling in ADDU, taking up Law, and she still had
more or less two years to painstakingly burn her brows before she
could be a lawyer.

Surely, they need their father. They
already lost their mother, and losing another parent would be a big
blow that would be hard to deal with. Her family would surely
crumple and scatter to pieces.

She sobbed harder. Her shoulders shook
as emotions washed through her, as tears streamed down her damp
cheeks. It was such an ordeal to sit beside her father, and to see
his dire condition. She really couldn’t help but be worried about
him.

Actually, she wasn’t really worried
about her and Brenda’s future should their father die. She was more
worried of his condition, of his situation. She just didn’t want
their father to leave them yet, and be reunited with their mother
in heaven. She loved him so much, and the thought of losing him was
already breaking her heart apart. If she could just do something,
she surely wouldn’t allow it. She would do her best to keep her
father alive.

If the decision was only hers to
make!


Papa…” She sighed
desperately. She was still distraught when she wiped her tears with
her fingers.

She couldn’t believe that this kind of
mess would happen to her father. He suffered from a stroke when he
received a letter from the bank, informing him that he only had a
month left to pay for his debt, and failure to do so would allow
the bank to sequester their farm.

Her father made their twenty hectares
of land in Davao City a collateral when he loaned money from the
bank. The property was a lush farmland which had been their source
of income for a long time. It was teeming with fruit bearing trees
such as mango, durian, and mangosteen. A good portion of it was a
productive banana plantation.

Ronaldo, her father, inherited the
farm from his parents. He was doing well in managing their primary
source of livelihood as she grew up. They would always enjoy a
bountiful harvest, and their life was pretty good. It was full of
happiness and love. But not lately.

Things drastically changed when her
mother died in a car accident. Since then, her father became
miserable and depressed. She knew why. He blamed himself for the
death of his wife.

She actually understood how he felt.
It wasn’t easy when he was the driver of the ill-fated car that
crashed in the back of the bus. Her father survived the accident,
but her mother didn’t. And it left Ronaldo very
devastated.

She knew that her father loved her
mother so much, and that his life revolved around his wife and his
children. Her mother was the only woman his father had ever loved.
They were childhood sweethearts who fell in love with each other.
They’d been inseparable ever since. And the death of her mother
trumped the light in his life.

They were once a picture of a happy
family. Her father was a responsible husband, a fun father, and a
good provider. Her mother, on the other hand, was the most loving
and supportive mother in the world. Their family lived in bliss for
a long time. She thought that they would stay that way forever –
happy and contented. Until tragedy brought total misery to every
member of her family. She and Brenda lost their mother, while their
father lost his greatest love.

The three of them were deeply hurt,
and each struggled to survive the tragedy. But they developed a
different coping mechanisms unique from each other, though they all
grieved from the tragic loss.

She focused her attention to her
studies. When her mother was still alive, she promised her that she
would become a lawyer someday, that she would make her proud, and
so she dedicated all her efforts and energy to fulfill that
promise. She was doing well at school. Her grades were excellent,
and her name constantly tops in the honors’ list of the
university.

Her sister on the other hand, focused
her attention to her peers. Brenda would usually hang out with her
friends. She did that to distract herself from thinking too much
about the death of their mom. She was just glad that her sister
found a good set of friends, a strong support system that gave her
inspiration to continue with her life, and most of all, not a bunch
of bad influences.

So she and Brenda were actually coping
well, but their father was an entirely different story. And she was
sad that she discovered about his dilemma and his struggles when it
was already too late. He already got himself in trouble. Worse, he
had sloppily put the family’s legacy and their future at
risk.

Ronaldo, in his struggle to fight
depression, turned to alcohol and vices. He also started to
socialize, which he didn’t usually do before. His newfound set of
peers taught him how to frequent casinos and cockfighting derbies.
It didn’t take long, and he was plunged into a situation where
alcohol, gambling and vices took control of his life.

In the span of two years, he didn’t do
anything but indulged his vices. He had neglected the management of
their farm, which as a result, suffered a great loss. The produce
of the de Leon’s farm drastically took a massive
nosedive.

She had no idea that they were already
facing bankruptcy. She was busy with her studies, and so was
Brenda. They would usually stay and spend most of their time in
their rented apartment that was located in the downtown area, near
their university, busy with their affairs at school. They would
only get to go home during weekends. Sometimes, even the weekends
would be consumed by extra-curricular activities. That was the
reason why she and Brenda had no idea that their father was already
addicted to alcohol and gambling.

Six months ago, she discovered the
problem on their farm when she took sa stroll, just to see what was
going on. She happened to talk to one of their employees, and she
was told that the farm was suffering from bad business decisions
and dire neglect. The produce wasn’t aplenty anymore, and of low
quality. Fertilizers and pesticides that were needed to maintain
the farm weren’t properly provided.

That discovery came as a total shock
to her. All the while she thought that everything was in order,
that their life was in order. So she started to dig for more
information. And that was how she discovered her father’s vices.
She was really surprised to know about it.

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