“Wow, this market is amazing. The clothes are so cheap. Oww all the things here has low price compare on the malls we always go. The things here are good too.” Naomi said with an amazed voice while checking the surroundings.
“Its normal because that’s what people can afford, that why the price is low.” Lyn answered while enjoying watching them being amazed about the market. It is a good experienced to those rich kids. You can spent lesser than what you spent in malls. It is a good location to buy things when you are in a budget.
“Owww I like that gown. The style is unique. I think the cloth is used in making traditional costumes and they turn it to a modern gown. I want to buy it. Come ate Lyn and negotiate for me. I want to wear it when we go back to Manila. Also I could wear it when I go to France to attend a fashion show next month.” Joanine grab the hand of Lyn and bring her inside the shop, same as boutique.
“Good afternoon Ma’am, what can I do for you?” the assistant in the shop welcome them and ask what she could help to them.
“I want that gown.” Joanine point the gown that caught her attention outside the shop earlier.
“That gown is gorgeous on you ma’am. I’m happy that it fits your liking. That gown just come in the shop a week ago. Do you want to buy it or rent it?” the assistant tell more about the gown and compliment it for Joanine to buy it and also ask if she will rent nor buy the gown.
“I will buy it of course. I want it to be added in my collection of gowns at home. I can wear it in the fashion in France next month. Can I try it?” Joanine ask and the assistant immediately say yes and help her try it in the dressing room. Axiel and Naomi come in inside the shop and Naomi is ranting to Joanine.
“There we are again. She will buy a lot and she will just use it in a few times and store it in the basement. Mommy will mock at her again in wasting money.” Naomi rant while sitting the coach for visitors together with Axiel. He seems not to care of what his sister’s saying and what they are don’t. The important it is safe and can’t them.
“You’re not used to it yet? Even you, you love fashion like her so don’t set aside your self.” Axiel finally speak and remind her that she is like Joanine as well.
Naomi defend herself and say, “Yes, I’m like her but not that much hmmppp.” she seems to be upset on her brother in comparing herself to Joanine.
“Okay, okay you’re not. Don’t mind your brother. He didn’t the taste of women. Men don’t know what we usually like, right?” Lyn defend the side of Naomi to please her and stop being upset to her brother. Girls was always right as they say and they are not easy to fight with. Lyn just want to stop the quarrel between this siblings.
“Yup, your right ate Lyn. Kuya can’t understand what we usually want so he is like that. Blehhhh” Noami tease her brother and very proud that Lyn was in her side not in her husband. Having an understanding and happy to go lucky sister-in-law was amazing.
“Tsk” Axiel roll his eyes on Naomi and cross his arms into his chest. It seems that the baby monster is upset hahaha.
“Am I gorgeous in this gown guys?” Joanine come out in the dressing room seeing that the atmosphere in the waiting area was seems to be bad and smells like war.
“Hey guys, are you fight? Your faces are hard to paint huh. What’s the matter?” she added while standing infront of them with her hand in her waist.
“Kuya is mocking at me. He says I’m like you, love shopping clothes and just wear it in the few times and buy another one. He is so mean to us.” Naomi tell her what Axiel says earlier like child.
“Isn’t true? You guys love to buy stuff you barely needs.” Axiel defend himself that what he is saying is true.
“Okay guys. Don’t mind your brother. You’re gorgeous in that dress Joanine. I’m sure others will envy your dress in the fashion show you will attend.” Lyn that was beside Axiel pinched him in the waist telling him to stop arguing with his sisters. They are here to relax not fight with each other. But Axiel is not doing good in that goal.
“Okay, I will forget what my killjoy brother said and buy this gown. I will only listen to my sister-in-law. Miss I will buy it in cash.” Joanine turn her back and go back inside the dressing room to change her clothes in what she is wearing awhile ago.
The assistant help her to get dressed and pack the gown for Joanine. The personal assistant of Joanine that is with them pay for the gown because she is working for her for almost three years. Now that they have there own businesses, they must have an assistant to arrange this for them and also to help them.
After they got the order of Joanine, one of the bodyguards who goes with them get the order and place it in the back of one of the cars they bring. Yes, cars because they bring three vans, two van for the bodyguards, and for them. Evryone brings its own bodyguards just in case of emergency and the one will carry what they gonna buy.
They spend the rest of the afternoon roaming around the market and try new things for the two sister of Axiel to experience and enjoy the vacation they have. After that they head home because its already dark and they are all exhausted.
“Did you enjoy the day girls?” Mary ask Joanine and Naomi when they are in the dining table, eating their dinner. Mary and Mateo come home before them because they finish what they need to do for the day.
“Yup tita, we really enjoy shopping and trying street foods in the market which I really want to do again before we go back in the Manila. I can tell that provinces are very different to cities.” Joanine answered after swallowing the food in her mouth. She speaks very generous and you can see in her expression that she really mean what she is saying.
“That’s good, tomorrow we will go in the famous water falls in our barangay. We need to sleep and wake up early so that we can go there before lunch. Do you want that?” Mateo suggest an activity that they can try the next day which Joanine and Naomi agreed immediately. After dinner they go in their own room to do their night routine and sleep early for tomorrows activity.
“Good night Wifey, sweet dreams.” Axiel kiss her forehead and her lips. They are laying in the wearing a matchy panda pajama set that Lyn buy online while they are in Manila.
“Good night too Hubby, sweet dreams. Can you scratch my back until I sleep? I feel sleeping faster when you do it. Please Hubby” Lyn demand and use her ultimate power which is puppy eyes for him to say yes.
Axiel laugh of what she did and say, “Ofcourse you will have it Wifey. Don’t be so cute, I may not able to control my self.” Lyn spank him the shoulder because of what he said and hug him. Axiel begun to scratch her back until she fall asleep.
“My needy Wifey hahaha. If your not pregnant, I will surely not let you go. Be thankful you are.” Axiel tell her even she is sleeping before letting the darkness lead him to sleep.
The morning comes and they wake up early and do whatever they need to do and begun their journey into the falls. It will take a ten minutes ride and half an hour walk before reaching the beautiful view, the falls is very high and the is cold and clear. There are little fishes, crabs living in the water that you can swim with. I will assure you that those water creatures are safe to swim with and they can’t hurt you.
Everyone who is with them enjoy swimming and they also have a picnic in there except on those subordinates that are guarding the place for them. Everyone feels that they return in their childhood and they can tell that this day is one of the memories they could treasure. They ate together in a buddle fight style and swim until afternoon. They got home almost dark exhausted but happy in the new experience they share together.
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“Sweetheart, I think we need to tell them about the truth. We can’t hide it forever. Now that we know that he’s not involve of what happened to our daughter, we should them the truth so they could be with her before they leave this land. I know that you don’t want them to feel how we are longing for a child. The culprit is already dead and I hope he suffer of what he did to our daughter. They are innocent of everything and they don’t deserve what we do.” a lady plead to her husband in explained that they do a wrong thing.
They did a big mistake in their whole life because of misunderstanding. They taught that the person who they know as a friend would do that to them now that they all know the truth that this person have been framed and he is not the culprit, they felt the shame. They separate a child to its parents to make them suffer but now its haunting them in not investigating deeply before taking an action.
“Okay we will do the best for it but are you ready to face the consequences? We are going to jail for this for sure.” the husband agreed out of its conscience. It wouldn’t be the end so they can correct what they do before. Surely they are longing for a grandchild until now.
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Its already fourth week of their vacation in the province of Lyn, the last week before they go back to Manila. They try a lot of things in their stay in the hacienda that surely they will miss it when they return in Manila. Ezekiel and Felisa seems to be distracted this past few days and Lyn could sense, no almost all of them feel that there is something happening to the two but they can’t butt in, in others problem. It is kind disrespecting them and not giving them privacy. They should be the one who will tell them what is going on.
“Darling I think Ezekiel and Felisa has a big problem. I want to ask them because I’m really worried to them but I didn’t have the courage to do so. I hope it will be over soon because I don’t want them to be like that. I have a feeling that I don’t want them to feel sad and it is not that normal as what I feel to others when they have problem. This feeling is very strong to me and I don’t know why.” Mary speaks her concern to her husband which is driving now. They are going to check the mall which is almost finished. They also need to give the wages of the workers and pay the delivery for the things that is needed in finishing the mall.
The mall will be open three months later because they need to assure that its alright and safe. They are not rushing to open it as long as everything is alright and in plan. It will be the biggest mall in Isabela that’s why they are hands on to it. They already receive a lot of partnership who want to rent a space in the mall. It is six floor including the underground and it contains fifteen shops in each floor except the underground where the function hall and security rooms of the whole building.