CHAPTER 35

AMETHYST'S POV

After three weeks of searching where we can't still find a lead or anything about my daughter, I decided to return to Manila.

Yet, my savings are also running out, because we are not paying attention to my business here.
I really want to find my daughter no matter what.
I feel that my family are losing hope but I will never give up!
Even though I will get tired, I will just rest but I will still continue to search for my daughter no matter what happens!

When I came home to mom, I was the one who is looking after our store because I didn't really know what I was going to do next. Yet, I still don't know where I will find a new job first.

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"Amethyst honey?" I looked at mom who was at the door of my sister and I's room.

"Yes, ma?" I asked while wiping my tears and then I put the photo of my baby aside.

"Oh, my daughter." Mama sighed before coming to me and then sitting next to me.

"I won't give up, ma." Mom put my head on her shoulder and then kissed it.

"You're not going to stop, honey. You're just going to breathe," mom said gently while stroking my back.

"How can I do that, ma?" I asked mom and I couldn't stop a tear from escaping my eye.

"You will not forget her. She will always be there in your heart. Maybe you just have to accept it? You have to keep going and keep moving on, dear. Time will not stop running. Who knows? Your daughter might just back suddenly. " Mom kissed my head and then hugged me.
I nodded slowly as my tears flowed.


It's been two months but it seems like it was just yesterday that my baby was disappeared.

"Alright, mom, this is what I'll do." I left leaning on mom and then I wiped my tears.

Mom just looked at me and waited for what I had to say.


"Bella told me that she knows a job that is hiring right now. It's in another country," I said while still sniffing.

"Which country?" mom asked.

"I haven't asked Bella yet. But she said the two of us will try to apply." Mama nodded at my answer.
Mom gave me a small smile.

"Yes, mom. I'm going to keep moving on. I'm going to stand up." Mom just hugged me and I hugged her back.

Also, our store seems to be closing a few weeks from now because we are running out of budget.

Hoping I can restart properly somewhere else. I promise that when I have enough savings I will continue the search for my daughter and I will not stop until I find her.

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"Twiiin!" Bella immediately greeted me when I got off the cab.

She hugged me when she finally got close to me. She texted and said that she will tell all the details about the work abroad.

"Why do we have to meet here at the bar, you crazy? Why doesn't we just talk in your house or in our house?" I asked immediately after we let go in the hug.

"I want to drink right now," she answered and then shrugged her shoulders.

"Wait. Do you have a problem?" I asked curiously here.

"When someone wants to drink it that means that she or he has a problem? Can't we just do this because we're leaving?" I just furrowed my forehead at what she said.

"Let's just come on in." She took my wrist and then she lead the way inside and I just let her.


"HEY! WHY aren't you telling stories, huh?!" I hit her shoulder lightly when she said that she and Hiro had broken up.

"Eh, I know you're going through something too," she answered while caressing the part of her shoulder that I hit.

"Then, still you did not told me the time when you guys are in a relationship?"

"Also then, why didn't you tell me that you changed your number? This lunatic changed her number suddenly. Even on social media I can't find you." I just shut my mouth closed when she said it.

"I don't even know when did you leave and come back here," she added and then drank from her bottle of light beer she was holding.

"Then, why didn't you ask my mom for my new number?" I asked here and I also drank from the bottle of San Mig light I was holding.

"I don't have much free time. It's a good thing actually that I had some last week so I came to see you," she replied.

"Yes, then you are just so fast,"

"Because we're leaving too,"

"I don't know about you." We were silent for a while.

L "When did you guys break up?" I just asked here after a few moments.

"Just two weeks ago," she replied.

"It's still pretty fresh. How long have you been together?" I asked here before drinking again.

"We also lasted for six months," she answered before drinking too.

"What happened? Why did you break up?"

"What happened? Well, I caught him in the act. He said they will going on an outing, so I followed him because I'm already doubting. But guess what, I caught him in a motel where in he's having a moment with someone," she answered and drink all the half-full bottle of light beer she was holding. She continued to drink it until it ran out. Until the bottom of the bottle was up.

I just gasped at what she said.

"But let it go, I know I will be healed soon. Let's just restart. Let's restart in a fresh way," she said and raised the bottle she was holding.

"How about you? What' is your plan?" This girl is already drunk.

From the moment we entered and sat down here, she started drinking straight away. I can't catch up! She's drinking fast!


"Restart too," I replied to her and then she just clapped her hands for few seconds.

"Can you still explain to me the job we are going to apply?" I asked here as she opened another bottle of beer.

"Of course I can! don't you trust me?" She even touches the air.

"Hey, you already look like a tomato with your red face," I said here but this crazy lady just laughed.

"This is what it's like when you're beautiful. A drunken blush isn't enough. You should be blushing all over your face!" She laughed even more so I just shook my head and I didn't help myself but to laughed at her and at what she had said.

"Okay then, come on. Explain it," I said after she put her bottle of beer that she had drunken to.

"We're going to work in France. What are going to work there at a hotel. We are going to be housekeepers," Bella explained to me first and explained everything we were going to do.

The next day, we took care everything we will be needing so we could apply and then leave immediately if ever so.

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"Always be careful there, huh?" mom said when we let go from the hug and her eyes shifted between Bella and me.

Bella go back to her family first next to us.

We are now at the airport and being escorted out. My family and Bella's family were here with us. They sent us here.

"You too, guys," I said while smiling at mom.

"Tell us when you get there,"

"Yes, ma, don't worry," I said while nodding to mom.

"Send a picture, sister, huh!" Crystal said and I looked at her.

"Of course, I will!" I answered and we laughed.

It is Crystal's dream to go to France, especially Paris.

"Oh, okay okay. We'll heading. Bye for now. Maybe the plane will leave us behind. Bella and I can't fly." We laughed when I said that.

Bella and I then walkP.

We just kept waving until Bella and I got inside.

"Any idea what else will happen to us there?" I asked Bella as we walked inside.

"Maybe our the one's aary there," she answered which made us both laugh.

"You're really crazy, you know that?" I said while shaking my head and we waited for a while before we were let into the plane itself.

'Let's restart, Amy. You can do this,' I said to myself as we sit inside the plane.

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When we got there, we immediately went to the hotel where we were going to work and we they were expecting us there and everything went smoothly.


The next day we had orientation and training for two days before we got approved and start our job.

I think Bella and I won't have a hard time adjusting. We are with each other, tho. Yet, Bella and I only stay in the same apartment and it's close to where we were working. Fortunately, she is also my cleaning partner at work.


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After a month, Bella and I separated.
She is no longer my cleaning partner. My partner now is Trev. Trev is also Filipino so I didn't have a hard time to adjust also.

He also has looks, attractive I can say but not my type. He has brown eyes, eyebrows that make him look like he's a grumpy person, he has a bit of a jawline, natural pink lips, his nose is also pointed, broad shoulders and his body is just right all in all.

I've been with Trev for a week now and we got the vibes.

When Bella and I had a day off, he also had a day off and he tour us here since he has been working here for two years now.
But, I still don't know him very well. But I can feel his genuineness.


"Hello ma'am/sir, this is housekeeping." I knocked on the door of the unit we were going to clean.
Trev is looking after for the ones we will going use.

After a moment, the door opened and a muscular man stood in front of me. I just swallowed when my eyes looked to his broad chest.

I immediately looked down because I wonder what sir would think too. But I saw his abs earlier as I looked down but I didn't know how many they were.

He's only wearing boxers now.

"I'll just take a bath but you can already come inside to clean the room," he said and then eased the door open.

We followed him when he went inside.

Sir went straight to the bathroom and Trev and I first started cleaning in the living room.

"Is he hot for you?" I just laughed at Trev's question.

"You're crazy," I said as I'm shaking my head.

"It's true, tho, huh? Then, why did you suddenly blush earlier?" he teased me.

"Did I blush? You better shut up, huh. Do you want me to kick you so bad?" But the fool just laughed at what I said.

"He is Mr. Adam Leroy." I turned to Trev because of this.

"How did you know his name?" I asked him.

"On his ID, this oh, look," he said while waving the man's ID earlier.

He looked at it again.

"Wow, he's a chief of police," Trev added while nodding.

"Hey, look at this. He's only twenty-seven,"

"Hey, you better put that back where you took it from! Later, sir will come out of the bathroom, we might just get trouble with what you're doing." The fool just laughed softly as he put the ID aside.

I, then go back to what I'm cleaning.
But just after a few seconds, I looked at him.

"Wait, maybe you are the one who likes sir?" I gave him a doubtful look but the fool just winced.

"Are you okay? I already have a son, hey," he said while grinning but I was just got amazed at what he said.

"You already have a child? Where is he?" I just asked here and looked at what I'm cleaning again.

"I left him in the Philippines," he replied.

"How old is he?" I asked him more.

"He's only three years old." I turned to him because of what he said.

"He was only one year old then, and then you went abroad?" I asked here as I fixed the displays here because I already finished cleaning them.

"Yes, this is for him too, tho. Let's go and clean the room of sir," he said while taking his cleaning supplies.

I did the same, I took my cleaning supplies and then followed him into sir's room.

"Is it okay if I ask about your wife?" I asked here as we worked together to make the bed.

He laughed before answering.
"I don't have a wife. After our child is born, then that's it, she left us." He smiled bitterly.

"S-sorry to hear that," I said here and then looked down.

"It's okay. I already moved on and everything is settled now." He smiled sweetly at me.

"That's my girlfriend--- who's now an ex, of course. According to her, she's not yet tired of being a youth. She was also the one who wants us to do something. Can you imagine that?" he just said even though I'm not asking.
He then sighed first.
I really don't know what to say so I just slowly nodded my head.

We immediately finished cleaning the room so we went out immediately.

Just as we left the room, Mr. Leroy also came out from the bathroom.

It's like I got stuck in my position because of what I see now.

Mr. Leroy has just towel that covering his lower half while there were still dripping water from his hair down to his body.

"You may now clean the bathroom," he said and then walked into the room.

"How was the view earlier?" Trev asked as we still weren't moving from where we were.

"I don't know about you." I elbowed him lightly and he groaned.

I entered the bathroom first and looked at the floor and the toilet bowl.

"It's not that dirty," I said as Trev entered.
Trev suddenly laughed so I looked at him.

"What's your problem?" My eyebrows met as I asked him.
"Look at the bathtub." I just furrowed my forehead at what he said.

I looked there and didn't see anything.

"What's up?" I asked here.

"You should go in." I followed him and opened the sliding door further into the shower room.

You have to go through the shower first before you get to the bathtub.

My eyes widened when I finally saw what he's talking about.
I immediately turned to Trev and gave him a death glare.

"It's quite big, isn't?" he's teasing me while he's pointing to the boxer that Mr. Leroy hanged on the hanger near the shower. The one that Mr. Leroy was wearing earlier.

I showed my fist to him.

"I'll make your nose bleed. Do you want that?" But the fool just laughed.

"I'm leaving." Trev and I looked at the door when we heard Mr. Leroy.

"O-okay, sir. Keep safe!" I yelled and Trev gave me a questioning look.

"Stop whatever you are thinking about me and maybe I'll just make you drink what I'm holding," I said while gesturing to the bleach I was holding.




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