PART TWO ON GOING

Ilang beses ba nating tinanong ang sarili natin kung mapapansin ba tayo ng mga taong mahal natin? Ilang beses ka ba magtatanong sa buong buhay mo? At ano sa tingin mo ang magiging sagot? "Mapapansin kaya ako? Ang pag-ibig ko? Ang katauhan ko? Mapapansin Kaya?" Paano kung hindi? Paano kung oo? Magkaiba ba ang gagawin mong desisyon o pareho lang? Mag-iiba ba ang pananaw mo o magpapatuloy ka lang sa kung anong alam mong constant? Umaatikabong fame laban sa umaatikabong pag-ibig.

Hestia has learned her lesson: never flirt with a casanova or else, you'll end up with a broken heart and a fatherless child. She has done everything to hide from the playboy but six years later, she and her sweet little kid were found--and chaos ensues. *** Hestia Garcia is aware that the famous bachelor, Lucas Allen Palermo, is a casanova with a lot of affairs yet she still fell in love with him. Well, with his gentlemanly and refreshing aura, who wouldn't? Her plan? Go to the bar Allen is a patron of, flirt with him all night, and give him her . . . valuable thing. But that one blissful night ended with her pregnant and her heart broken. Turns out, the casanova is a jerk--he doesn't even remember her name! Six years and a cute little boy after, a knock on her front door changes Hestia's and her son's lives because there is a certain Palermo at the door, smiling at them. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

Elevators. Airplanes. Palaman ng Sandwich. Yung feeling na papunta ka pa lang at excited ka pa lang sa pupuntahan mo. Yung feeling na palapit pa lang yung birthday mo. Yung feeling na palapit pa ang isa pang espesyal na araw. Yung feeling na ilang oras na lang ay pasko na. Yung feeling na tatlong araw na lang simula na ulit ng pasukan. Yung feeling na nasa gitna ka pa lang at di ka pa nakakarating. Yung feeling na malapit na pero hindi pa. Yun ang laging gusto ko. Yung nasa gitna pa lang. Yung nasa gitna ka ng dalawang bagay. Gitna ng isang building. Gitna ng langit at lupa. Gitna ng dalawang matatabang tinapay. Gitna ng byahe papuntang disneyland. Mas gusto ko yung feeling tuwing nagbabyahe kesa doon sa nakarating ka na. Mas gusto ko yung feeling na may inaantay ka kesa doon sa nandyan na. I always like the things in between. "You only like things in between, Coreen. You only like the chase... You only want me chasing after you. You don't want to decide... Pero pakiusap naman, magdesisyon ka na, kasi tao rin naman ako, nasasaktan. And you? I don't think nararamdaman mo yung sakit na nararamdaman ko... You are just too heartless."

│PUBLISHED│ Tigers #5 Luke Palermo