Payb Takes lives on!
Continue following the story of Payb Takes RJ and Meng in this new book.
Join our favorite couple in their journey to Forever in this collection of ILUSYONS filled with fun, tears, harot, keso and LOVE.
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I shifted my weight from one foot to the other as I uneasily fixed my tie. I stood, waiting, on the corner of the stage in front of the dance floor where I was to sing a song for the network's grand formal dance attended by hundreds of artists, executives, staff and press people.
I took a deep staggering breath, trying to shake off the nerves. No, this was not my first time to perform with such an audience, in fact I am used to singing to huge crowds of people after being in show after show and concert after concert. What made me almost lose it was it's the first time to sing in front of her since we broke up and I didn't really know how to handle seeing her again in such an occasion after five months.
As if on cue and to further test my resilience, she walked in just as the song started.
Maine...
Maine with her long shiny hair set in loose waves that cascaded over the silky olive skin of her perfect collarbone and shoulders... Maine with her mesmerizing brown eyes that sparkled brighter that any star in the evening sky... Maine with her full red lips that curled up in the most beautiful smile I have ever seen...
Maine...
Maine who still touched my heart. Maine who still took my breath away. Maine who still made my knees weak. Maine who I still longed for. Maine who seemed to float to the room with her ethereal presence in another man's arm. Maine who I lost through my own fault and did not know how to win back.
"Maine..." I whispered under my breath before lifting the microphone up to my lips and started singing.
🎶🎶Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down 'Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name🎶🎶
I watched as Caleb, the new guy who replaced me on the noontime show Maine and I co-hosted shortly after I left when we broke up, lean towards her and whisper in her ear.
Yes, I left the show. The one that fatefully brought Maine and I together. I had to. I couldn't bear seeing her everyday and not be with her. I couldn't take catching a glimmer of pain in her eyes when our eyes accidentally meet on screen. I just couldn't see her hurt anymore. I've caused her too much of that and I thought it was best for me to give her the space she needed to heal.
I had to leave the show and the friends I loved to stop hurting Maine.
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"I told you, it was nothing. How many times do I have to tell you that before you actually believe me?" She cried, exasperated for having to explain herself to me for the nth time.
"How is this nothing?! How is your ex still calling you nothing?!" I yelled furiously as I waved her phone in front of her face.
She took a deep breath, trying hard to stay calm but her voice still shook as she spoke. "I told you I didn't know how he got my number. You know I changed it from the last time he tried to contact me and only you and a few friends know my new line. He called ONE. TIME. and I cut him off. I handled it. It was over but you found out before I got the chance to tell you."
