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?"

more when she narrowed

he kissed you?" I was about to ask 'did you kiss

"Nothing!" "Nothing?"

statue! And when I finally pulled back to reality, I ran

so happy---finally!"

"What the hell---"

in case you didn't know, my dear best

or nervousness, and it's the latter.

believe in." I shrugged, still grinning. "But I'm telling you, Dale likes you and

I would rather go out with

chuckled again, shaking

what happened to you last night? Did you drive yourself

questions suddenly turned my

he doing there---oh, don't tell me he was the one who brought you home?"

I nodded. "But I fell asleep throughout the ride and the last thing I remember was we're arguing about Cali and he carried

the unexplained emotion I felt last night when I saw Luke at

she has an idea who changed my clothes,

if

morning, I got a message from Luke saying if I have a free time to come with him and visit

first, I felt hesitant as

When I see myself in that same house that holds a lot of memories...

of my past. How we

I

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

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

that I still have no idea what happened last night in his car,

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me when we were in

remember that house?" I replied, patting

nodded. "Are we visiting the house

his way to get us." I smiled, putting the loose strands of her hair

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

question. If she's just at my age, I would probably answer 'the only thing haunted was the old memories, but not that house. "No, they're only in the movies, my baby, they are not

are not

they are

and I'm trying to

going to live again in

truth is that your Dad suggested that we sell the house and the money we can get from it, we will donate both to the foundation. Do you

"Mommy, why are those kids staying in the foundation? Don't they have parents and a

her and decided to lift her and

been found on the streets and abandoned by their parents and the rest are either no longer have their parents because they have already died or have been left at the foundation since they were babies."