LIKE I NEVER LEFT °[KathNiel] ✓COMPLETE

Prologue

LIKE I NEVER LEFT

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Amara

Having parents who are best of friends, to be with the Palmers is a thing I cannot avoid. My mother, Carlene, is tita Demi's bestfriend. That is the original history of why I have to deal with the Palmers and eventually fall in love to one of them.

Originally, it was Five that I used to like. But he never even talks to tita Demi that much, what makes me think he'd do to me? In pursuits of getting his attention, Four Palmer, the known bipolar who changes his mind every now and then came in the picture. All other Palmers treat me right, like a real sister, except for the douche, Four. He'd shoo me away, drags me away when he sees me with people he doesn't like and if I wasn't that naive, I would think he likes me.

As it turns out, it's really the truth. He is in love with me afterall and him being the always 'suplado' and mean guy to me is his way of making me see him. He really has the attitude. Even though people would say that kuya Uno is very suplado, I would say otherwise. Four is so much worse. I cannot keep up with his moodswings at times but love can do so much. That's why after five years of being together, we're here. We are getting married.

"Ate Girl! Ang ganda-ganda mo!!!" Tili ni Kylie, Kendall's sister who is very attached to me.

"My gosh, Mara!" My bestfriend squeals as soon as she sees me.

"Kinakabahan ako, Tina." I confess. It is really how I feel at the moment.

I am scared for one reason alone—that Four might change his mind. What if he realizes that he isn't really yet not ready to be with me? I mean, as his wife. Four always changes his mind. What if this time, he changes his mind about loving me?

"Ate Amara, why are you crying?" Confused and concerned, Kylie asks in furrowed brows.  I whisper to her that I'm okay and she nods before she heads out of the room.

"Mara, ano ka ba? Hindi naman ikaw ang nagpropose kay Four para pakasalan ka. You know what I'm trying to say, right? He is in love with you and is really into this as much as you do." Mattina calms me down and a bit, it helps me ease up. "Tumahan ka na, malalagot tayo kapag nakita ka ni tita Carlene. Iisipin non inagawan kita. Haha. She's coming and is very excited to see you."

Just as Mattina finishes her last statement, the door clicks open and then comes in my mother who looks so beautiful in her creamy white dress. I gasp in admiration.

"Are you ready, sweetheart? We'll have to go now to the church." She says, sounding excited and just as nervous as me. Mama is my best-bestfriend and we really are very close. So aside from the mother-daughter relationship, we have that other bond that makes us understand and feel each other's feelings and emotions without having to translate them in words.

"Ma, natatakot ako." I tell her as we climb in the bridal car.

"Ganyan din ang naramdaman ko nang ikasal ako sa papa mo. Baby, everything's going to be alright. Sisiputin ka ni Four. Demi and I have always known you two before you even made it official." She shares and Mattina giggles.

"Is papa already at the church?"

"He's on the way too. Kalma ka na, okay? Kanina pa tawag ng tawag ang tita Demi mo. Malamang excited na 'yong makita ka."

That gladdens me for some reason—thoughts of tita Demi. She is always very kind and she's really like my second mother. Four and I have just graduated about two years ago. We are young, we are aware of that. I am twenty-one and he is twenty-two but we are sure of each other.

Later on, I feel the car coming to a stop and as I look out of the window, I see the proud church beaming at the scorching sun. In a few minutes, I'll be walking in there while Four waits for me at the altar. I am excited but more than the excitement, my fear grows rapidly each second.

"Kuya, pwedeng lakasan niyo pa 'yong aircon?" Mama and Mattina look at me with sharp questioning eyes.  "What's wrong? Eh ang init-init nga eh."

"Hindi mo ba nakikita Amara? Full na 'yan oh." Supladong sagot ng kuya kong parang si Four sa pagkasuplado. He's my training ground to be this patient with Four. Haha.

"Kayo ba ako? Ang init nga kasi. Look at me, I'm sweating." It's the truth. "Can I just come out now?"

"No. There's no cue yet." Tina retorts, rolling her eyes.

"No ma. Lalabas na ako. I just can't really take it anymore. It's hot in here." I keep complaining and eventually alight from the car without their approval.

Seeing tita Demi comes out from the church gives me excitement. A smile forms across her face as soon as she meets my gaze. However, I catch a glimpse of anxiousness and fear in her smile. I feel like I'm going to faint when she pulls away from embracing me.

"You look so beautiful, Mara." She mouths, her voice shaking and her eyes teary.

"Tita, is everything okay?" I ask straightforwardly.

Maybe, mama sees us from the car because after a while, she joins us and so do kuya Theo and Mattina.

"Is everything okay, Demi?" My mother asks.

"Ah. Carlene. Can we..." Tita looks at me with edginess and turmoil. I even spot the sweat forming on her forehead. "Can we talk?" She completes her sentence and drags my mother a few steps away from us without waiting for her to answer.

While they talk, I watch them the whole time. Tita Demi does all the talking and when she stops, mama looks at me with a smile— the saddest smile I've seen yet on her. And the next thing I see is her crying on her bestfriend's shoulder.

I know what's going on. Four isn't coming. Like how I feared, he changes his mind about marrying me.