Chapter 47

"I cannot believe this. Here you go again, Drake," Leo uttered when he saw that Drake was drinking nonstop no matter what he was saying.
He shook his head while looking at his friend.
Between the two of them, it was Drake who had a lot of money while he had to be satisfied with what his parents could give him. But despite that fact, he could say his life was happier than of his friend.
Drake always come to him in times like this. When he got drunk, he knew very well that it was his family that was the cause why his friend was feeling a miserable.
"Hey, you have more than enough," he said while shaking his head looking at the bar tender.
"I am not drunk, Leo," Drake said but it was obvious that he couldn"t looked at him properly.
"I know, bro but instead of drinking why don"t you talk to your family and let them know how you feel," he said.
"That"s not going to work," he said and then he put his head in the table. He didn"t know what else to think of. Instead of him forgetting about his problems temporarily, Leo didn"t do anything but to give suggestions on what he should do and one of these was for him to talk to his family.
And that"s one thing he knew that wouldn"t going to happen. No matter what he would be saying especially to his dad, his ears would be deaf with his words.
It wouldn"t make any sense to them. They would think that he was only making things up.
He fought back the tears that were trying to come out from his eyes. He wouldn"t shed any tears because of his family. He had enough of them already.
"Bro, the bar is going to close soon, what are you planning?" He heard Leo"s voice that brought him back to his senses.
"Yeah, bro. Thank you for accompanying me. I will move I think to a different bar," he said.
"No, bro. Go home," he said to him. "Don"t drink so much. I don"t want to take care a drunk man again," he added.
Drake just chuckled. He knew what he meant. Leo had been always that one who looked after him whenever he drowned himself to alcohol.
He raised both of his hands a sign that he was already giving up.
"But I don"t want to go home, Leo," he said.
"Go and find a hotel," Leo said. "I won"t be going home tonight. I have to go at my parents" house," he added.
He let out a deep sigh. It was obvious that Leo didn"t want to be bothered so he got it. He had no choice but to go home. He didn"t want to see any of his family at the moment.
Drake felt like his heart was being squeezed because of everything that was happening and he wanted to go far from his dad and her Auntie Carmela.
It didn"t take a while and he was already driving his car. Drake really had no plans on going home so he just drove not knowing where to go.
He had a lot of things running inside of his mind and he couldn"t help but feel mad. Why fate like this to him?
Was it his fault that his mother was so far from being a Villarama? He hated his father for neglecting her. Maybe if he had his mother on his side, he wouldn"t need to wander like. He had someone to talk about everything that he was feeling.
Drake could still remember when he was in primary school, his mother was always there when he got back home from school. She would always ask him, how he was doing and how was everything in school.
He missed those moments. His mom was the best because she never failed to ask him how he was doing even if they were always together. He could never imagine that in an instant she would be gone in his life.
Since that day that she was kicked out in the mansion, he never seen her anymore. He wondered if ever she dropped by and intentionally just hid herself.
This was the reason why he grew up in distance with his father. He was unable to do anything to save their family.
And he didn"t want to be like him. He wanted to fight for the love that he had, and he would never allow their family to get in the middle of them. That"s one thing for sure that he would be doing.
In fact, he couldn"t even understand why his family have to get in the middle of his parents" marriage. It was almost a picture-perfect relationship. A perfect family.
Drake didn"t notice that his tears were already falling because of the memories that he recalled about his mother. He knew that he had been missing her all of his life, but he tried to put that aside. He tried to ignore that feeling because he knew to himself that he couldn"t do anything about it.
He pulled over aside his car and from there he broke down. He never thought these emotions inside him would suddenly stir up and made him feel more miserable.
He felt so alone. He felt like everything was taken away from him and he couldn"t do anything about it.
He cried his heart out and then after that he drank the bottle of water that was inside his car.
He never felt this alone and sad in his entire life, just tonight. Was it because of his situation with his family or could there was something else that was causing the sadness inside him?
Drake suddenly thought of Harmony. Aside from his mother, the true concern he felt was from the woman and he knew that he was hurt deep inside him when she refused to agree for them to get married.