One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 100: Ghosts

~~~Without you to hold me and heal my heart, to guide me and keep me from falling apart. My life is so empty, so hollow and cold. Footsteps and echoes of nowhere to go. Without you, without you I know I'm all alone, I can't go on this way, day by day. Without you, who am I? What am I to do? My life's out of focus and so are my views. I need you to give me the strength to go on~~~

-Angeline Quinto-

"I'm sorry for everything I've done, Sam. It took me years to have enough courage to face you and ask your forgiveness. If you would just give me a chance, I'd be a man, I'd be a better man for you and our family. If you would just give me another chance, I would do everything to make up for all the times I've made you cry. I love you, Sam... please give me another chance."

I leaned over and did the thing I should have done many times in the past. I kissed her on the lips and then on the tip of her nose, on her closed eyes and forehead, whispering the words I refused to give her before.

"I love you. I love you, Sam."

SAM's POV:

I woke up the next morning having a terrible headache well, not just me but also Jack. But unlike her, I can still smile at the dining table while munching my favorite chocolate waffles.

"What's with the foul face?" I asked motioning her to pass me the bottle of chocolate syrup.

"You don't know what your brother did last night, do you?"

"Uhmm..." I pretended to think. "Nope, Why? What did he do?"

"Well---"

"And how am I suppose to know what he did when you two suddenly disappeared last night and left me at the bar?" I rolled my eyes.

She sighed. "Because your asshole of a brother dragged me out! And do you know what bullshit he did before that? He fucking talked to Paul and told him to get away from me! Argh! Can you imagine that--- I mean, how dare of him talked to Paul in that way? What right does he have? He's not my boyfriend, for God's sake!"

I bit my bottom lip to stifle that laughter that wanting to escape my throat. She won't like it for sure.

"Oh, my God! But why did he do that?" I pretended not to know the reason when deep inside me, I know it was because he likes --- no, he loves her and he's jealous of Paul.

"I don't know! The only thing I know Is that he already got into my nerves and God forbid, I'm gonna smash his face!"

And that's when I let go of the laughter that I was holding back.

"Yeah, you can laugh all you want!" She playfully glared at me."

Okay, I'm sorry, but why didn't you ask him about it?"

"Huh! I did! I asked him! But you know what he did when I was hysterically asking him--- he fucking kissed me in front of everyone at the bar! Argh! That bastard!"

My eyes widened in surprise the moment I heard the word 'kissed'.

"Oh... my... God!" I screamed with widened eyes. "He kissed you?" My voice laced with excitement as I screamed again.

"He fucking stole my first kiss, Samantha! Why do you seem so excited about it?"

help but laugh even more when she narrowed her eyes on

(I don't know what to say.) "What did you do when he kissed you?" I was about to ask 'did

"Nothing!" "Nothing?"

glued to my spot and was like a statue! And when I finally pulled back to reality, I ran after him and

sweet Jesus Christ, Jackeline! I'm so happy---finally!" I screamed

"What the hell---"

likes so much in case you didn't know, my dear best friend

is a sign of happiness or nervousness, and it's the latter. "How many times do I have

in." I shrugged, still grinning. "But I'm telling you, Dale likes you and he's starting to

I would rather go out with Paul than

again, shaking my

happened to you last night? Did you drive yourself home and what time did you

suddenly turned my

What was he doing there---oh, don't tell me he was the one

last thing I remember was we're arguing about Cali and

the unexplained emotion I

has an idea who changed my clothes, right?" I asked, but I frowned when I noticed her looking

if your first

a message from Luke saying if I have a free time to come with him and visit our old house

first, I felt

I might feel when I see the house again. When I see myself in that same

past. How we

I

into the same old house that witnessed how miserable I was with the man I was going to

when I know they were all in past? Besides, I've already moved on, right? I now have David and the only thing that connects us is our daughter. So after finishing our breakfast, I sent him a message that I'll go with him, but I didn't inform him

God that I still have no idea what happened last night

***

Cali asked me when we were in the living

that house?" I replied, patting the space on my left side. She then followed and sat down

a little." She nodded. "Are

to get us." I smiled, putting the loose strands of

the old house? Isn't it haunted now like the old house that I used to watch

question. If she's just at my age, I would probably answer 'the only thing

ghosts are not

they are not

real are ghosts of the past and I'm trying to overcome them because that's the

we going to live again in

that we sell the house and the money we can get from it, we will donate both to the

those kids staying in the foundation? Don't they have parents and

and decided to lift her and sit her on my lap before

abandoned by their parents and the rest are either no longer have their parents because they have already died