Phoebe Ascella, a decent name given to a girl born in a chaotic world with a messy life. So messy and unfortunate that she felt the weight of living in reality at a young age. But despite the amount of weight she shoulders every day, her mother was still motherlike enough to nurture her when she was still a baby and send her to school when she reached five. Phoebe was grateful for that... but it's still not enough.
Growing up, Phoebe never received affection from both of her parents. Ang ina niya na nawalan na ng pake sa kaniya nang magkaroon ng muwang sa mundo, at ang ama niya na hindi niya man lang nakilala at walang balak na kumustahin siya.
Bawat araw ay survival mode para sa kaniya. Maaga siyang namulat sa pait ng buhay na kinalakihan niya kaya wala siyang nagawa kundi suportahan ang sarili; hindi niya kasi magawang asahan ang mga taong pinagmulan niya. Ang mga taong dapat na tumatayong magulang para sa kaniya, na siya na mismo ang gumawa para sa sarili.
She supported herself. Took care of herself-of everything she needed. Halos itakwil niya na ang sariling ina dahil sa kapabayaan nito sa kaniya. Wala na siyang makilalang pamilya sa mundong tinatapakan. Pakiramdam niya ay nag-iisa na lang siya. Nag-iisang humarap sa bawat hamon ng buhay. Walang kasangga.
Not until she met a British man who's so gentle, so patient, so understanding, so kind that Phoebe felt he didn't deserve to be tangled with someone like her; sa babaeng pinanganak sa gitna ng pag-ulan ng kamalasan.
Two people born with different ethnicity, yet fate did its work and made them cross each other's paths. Meet in an unexpected time... and learn how truly different they live from each other.
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