Phantacee(She asked) ‘Ooo.. you live alone? And you don’t turn your aircon off when you go out?’ ‘Yessss.. and no. I turned it on on my phone before we reached. You can put the bags on the kitchen sink. I need to sort them out before keeping them. How are you going back?’ (She pouted)…Continue readingSchooled Once Again
(Mina asked) ‘Daddy? Are you ok?’ It has been just three days after her funeral, and I was still in the mind of disbelief, and unacceptance that she was no longer around. In many ways, she still felt like she was ‘just not around’. On the surface, life went on as usual, but I knew…Continue readingFather-Daughter Moment
‘J?’, a voice coming from my side jolted me from my phone, looking in the direction of a cutesy, sharp-chinned face. ‘Ta..ra?’, I murmured. She gave an awkward nod with a slight smile, then looking back at another girl, whose t-shirt-jeans outfit contrasted with Tara’s oversized shirt. ‘Her name is Faith. I asked her along…Continue readingTara’s Faith
(Milly asked) ‘Why didn’t you reply my texts today? Are you angry at me?’ ‘Nooo.. I just feel lost. I know I said I would help you. But that amount.. sigh‘ (Milly agreed) ‘I know it’s a lot a lot of money. I’ll pay you back. Sorry to make you worry so much.’ Although I…Continue readingInterest Paid
‘And you’ll be fine spending the night away from home? Won’t your boyfriend be angry?’, I chided as I fell onto the bed, still fully dressed in the presence of a new ‘friend’ that generously ‘offered’ to be my tour guide. ‘Oh he will be angry. But I am already half-done with him. So he…Continue readingTable 1