Chapter 4: CHAPTER 3 - LES CHOIX
“Darling are you sure you’re going to leave us and living by yourself? This house is too big for both me and your father.” Pleaded Attorney Ramos to her only child.
“Mom..........please do understand, I’m all grown up now. I need also to stand on my own..............to be independent. I even handling our all firms by myself……so please mom don’t let this be hard on me.” Rhian has to be firmed with her decision; this is a matter of life and death situation…….she doesn’t want her family to be involved in this.
Remembering the death threats she’s receiving every now and then, make her determine, what she has to do.
That is.........to be far away from her family………..sacrificing her happiness for the love of her parents.
Even though this pronouncement is a very big setback for her.
“If this is your final decision, then I support you darling.........I know sooner or later it will come to this, but never I thought it would be this early………but then, I…..we have no choice but to support you hundred percent.” Sentimentally uttered her mother.
Architect Rhian Ramos is a very loving, caring, and down-to-earth woman…….she’s beautiful inside and out…………..a goddess incarnated.
She’s kind of a heart breaker…….that’s what people see her. It’s easy to judge a person on what they hear, not knowing the real deal.
After her dad becomes the Philippine Chief General in the Philippines, all their business responsibilities were put on her.
That means handling all their Architectural Firms scattered around the globe…..which her father flourished so hard.
She promises to him that she would never fail him and true to her word she didn’t.
Rhian and her dad are very close…….in fact, she is a daddy’s little girl.
But then……….
It changes when she received death threats, her relationship with her father becomes strange, they turn apart.
They seldom see each other and even talk…..unlike before, never a time she will not call her father even though in her busy schedule.
‘It is really drawn to these? To be far away from the people you love? How can I cope with these?’ Rhian thought.
“Darling are you definitely sure about your decision? You don’t want to wait for your father to come home, at least you can say goodbye?” Asking her Architect daughter again.
Rhian’s mom is a Pediatrician……Dra. Aurora Ramos, and was the first Filipina woman who bags the title of being Ms. Universe when she was young.
Indeed Dra. Aurora is still embodying the woman with grace and beauty even at her age right now……definitely Rhian is a split image of her mom.
“No need mom and I’m in a hurry right now, I have to check my bar…….I will just call dad, I promise.” Answered the younger Ramos to her mother……who is kind of disappointed in how her daughter just dismisses her plea.
As a matter of fact, the young Architect is really skeptical of her decision……she’s just been with her family for two weeks, and now here she is packing her bags away from them.
Rhian really misses her family……she’s been away for so long to them when she decided to pursue her Master's Degree.
But she has no choice but to do this or her family will writhe……..on the other hand she has a choice to open up, but she chooses to be silent on this matter.
Especially to her dad…..she misses how they used to be.
“I have to go, mom…..see you soon.” Carrying her things…..she approached her mother and kissed her in her check, then hurriedly went outside and straight where she parked her car.
Loading her things inside her car. After all her stuff was securely placed inside, she immediately hops in the driver seat……but before she could maneuver her car, her mom is at the side of her car door knocking on the glass window, telling her to roll it down.
“Darling, I know you hide something from us, I discern it because I feel it here (pointing at her heart) and I’m your mother……….and whatever cover-up you are doing, I will naturally sense it, a mother instinct never lie darling. But we will not force you to tell us what’s really bothering you……….and know this darling, whatever it is……we are just here when you are ready…….remember that.” Dr. Ramos kisses her on her forehead and lovingly rubbing her cheek before her mom steps away from the car and waving to her daughter goodbye.
Rhian was starting to tear up but before a drop of tears falls from her eyes, she immediately drove her car away.
Away from the people he loves dearly.
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“And that’s why I’m here B, because of the letters I received everyday…….I know I have a fault as well, but you can’t blame me…..I have to protect my family whatever it takes, they are only the one thing that is constant in my life.” Telling her best friend, what she's going through.
It’s been a month now that the young Architect decides to transfer to her new purchase condo .……it’s been a month that she’s missing her family…..it’s been a month that she’s avoiding her parents.
Yes, she calls them…….but that’s different……totally different at all.
It's as if she's in another country after all.
“Hayyyy….. Rhian, your life is really complicated……..are you sure about this decision of yours? I’m kind of worried about your safety Rhi?“ Asked her best friend…… Her fear for her best friend is evident on her face.
Bella Ignacio is Rhian’s best friend, who she calls B.
They have been friends when they were in secondary school and even though they separated after high school their communication with each other is still there…..since Rhian went to State to study there for college.
The two of them are in the bar, owned by the young Architect. She called her best friend for a company and an ear to listen to her problem.
Rhian needs to release this big clandestine that she’s been keeping to herself, to somebody she trusted, other than her family of course or else it will explode inside of her.
“I really don’t know B……I don’t know.” Looking at her best friend with nervousness…..she doesn’t know the answer.
“Why not hire some bodyguards Rhi? What’s the use of your wealth if your life is at risk?” Convince her best friend to Rhian.
“I did B……do you think I’ll just sit here and wait for my life to be taken away just like that…..without a fight? Of course not! But……they know my every move B…….I’m scared I’m really scared. I don’t know if this is because of my dad being the new Philippine Chief General……..or this is because of me alone……..some personal hate or issues against me, that I don’t know about.” Worried etched in the bar owner’s face.
“Oh, Rhi…..I wish I could do something, to lighten what you feel. But anyway can we just stop talking about this problem of yours in the meantime, it’s giving me chills really.
Let’s talk about something else…..shall we? By the way, how are you with Andrew?” Diverted Bella to another topic in their conversation.
LES CHOIX ( CHOICES )
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