I Belong to You Everyday

XX

My favorite chapter...so far.

CHAPTER 20

11 MONTHS AGO...

Tay's POINT OF VIEW

P'Mark and I are walking our way to the office where our first meeting will take place. Last night, the production called my manager to discuss the upcoming drama special that will revolve around me. Channel 7 and P'Worn, the director of Together in Paradise's third season had a talk about adapting the story of my life.

Moments later, P'Worn entered the office together with two other gentlemen. We had a small talk about the series. The filming will start next month and this will be like our warm up before doing some magic.

Ten minutes passed and the head of Channel 7 walked inside and offered his hands to us. He sat in front of us which signifies the start of this meeting. According to P'Roy, he cleared his schedule today to attend this briefing with us.

He also wants to give some input or opinions about the drama special.

"Feel free to start, Tay." P'Worn asked. He told me that his screenwriter is present today and will jot down the key points of my life story.

"I am Tawan Vihokratana, an artist from MGMTV. I've been through a lot since I was a kid. My father needed to multiple jobs while my mom is a teacher. I have three siblings and I am the youngest. For years, we used to live in the comfort of our own home. Everything changed when I was around twelve years old. We had to sell our house because my family's debt increased exponentially."

"We managed to pay almost every debt that we had when we sold our house but of course, we needed to survive which is why my father doubled his effort to earn some money. My grandparents are so generous that they allowed us to live there for the mean time."

"One day, my mother learned that my father is having an affair with his boss who's a widow. He reasoned out that he's just doing it to extort money from that lady since she is this lonely, depressed and desperate for love. Disgusted with her husband's reasoning, of course it is understandable that she kicked him out of the house and told him to end everything with his mistress."

"Your life is quite a telenovela to begin with. And here you are, doing telenovelas on the television. What a coincidence," P'Worn tried to crack a joke which I just shrugged.

"Yes, phi. I've been exposed to drama since I was a kid. Might as well use it as an inspiration for my acting, right?" They all nodded.

"Did your father reconciled with your mother though?" P'Mon asked, the screenwriter.

"After six months, he came back as a whole different person. I remember that day, I came home from school with my sister and we saw this black van outside our house. When we went inside, we saw this man who's talking to my mother and grandparents. He's wearing a black suit and pants, white long sleeves and royal red necktie. Very far from the usual style of my father. He also has body guards waiting for him outside. A few moments later, he handed over some pieces of paper to my mother and informed her that he's filing a divorce. He's about to marry his mistress and they cannot push that until his first marriage is deemed null and void."