Chapter 2: Chapter 2
"You should have brought a boyfriend with you when you came back, huh?"
I winced at what Papa said. We are in front of the dining table and having dinner. This is my last dinner here at the mansion so Nana Josa also ate with us.
"You are the only father I know that wanted their daughter to have a boyfriend." I said with a tone of amusement. Since I finished secondary school, he's been pushing me to find a boyfriend. Weird.
His spoon clattered as he dropped it.
"Well, of course, hija? What a waste of our race if you can't have a family? Why? Don't you want to have a family?"
"It's not like that, Pa. The problem is..." I bit the back of my lip and was ashamed to continue what I was going to say to him. How can I tell him that it's impossible for me to have a boyfriend because no one likes me?
"Ah, that's enough! You should come back here. After college you are married! I will not inherit you until you have a husband, Amanda!"
I scratched my forehead when I remembered my conversation with Papa. I thought he was just joking when he said that I had to get married before I could get my inheritance, but it seems not.
I again took Papa's last will that was on the table and read it. It still hasn't changed. I still need to get married before I turn twenty one.
"What are we going to do now, hija?" Nana Josa asked worriedly. "They're kicking us out."
I bit my lip. Attorney Santiago went out already. But before they left, they told me that I had to leave the mansion tomorrow. And I should not bring anything but my clothes and important things. My start to water. Papa's money and lands are not important to me. But all my memories of him are here. Then their graves are also on the mountain. The Attorney also said that if I can't fulfill what is written in Papa's last will, all our properties will be donated to charity.
"I-I don't know, Nana," my voice was raspy as I responded to her.
I heard Nana Josa sigh. Perhaps she is also confused by what is happening and wonders. Who doesn't? I want to be angry with Papa because he did this to me. He knows that I won't let our mansion be lost to me. Especially our land where he and Mama lay. This is where I was born and became an adult in this mansion. So I really don't agree. But how can I do that when I don't have a boyfriend? I felt even more depressed because of that.
To be honest, I'm not very close to people. I'm not really like this when I was a teenager. Everything changed when I entered high school. Since I was naturally known in our village because of our family, I immediately made friends. I had no trouble getting along with others.
I still remember when I first liked a boy. Carlos. I was in second year high school then and he was my classmate. Carlos is kind and always frees me during our recess. I don't know why because I have my own allowance. He also always drives me home every time I go home. Until little by little I liked him.
My friends said that I shouldn't give Carlos a motive. I should wait for him to confess his feelings to me. But the opposite happened. I found out that that's why he got close to us, especially to me, because he wanted to get along with Lea by using me. He is the one she wants. I was very hurt then but because Lea was my best friend at the time, I just let them go and didn't tell Carlos anymore.
But gradually I became elusive to my friends. Especially with Lea. Because Carlos became her boyfriend and she knows that I like Carlos. I tried but they also avoided me.
Since then, my friends became less and less. Until I was in my fourth year of high school. I met June. He is also kind but has courage. He is famous in our school because he is a star player of the basketball team. He always joins me for lunch. I tried not to like him. But because of his looks and the fact that I always talk to him, I couldn't stop myself either.
I liked June.
I was still thinking about whether I should confess to him or should I wait for him to confess to me. Luckily we had JS Prom. I thought about confessing to him that night. Besides, I'm worried that I might just be like Carlos again. It's better for me to know right away.
We're both dancing. Sweet dance, that's why we are so close. I told him I like him. It took a lot of courage just to tell him. I remember how nervous I was at that time. But, like the first time I liked a boy. Instead of saying that he likes me too, he suddenly let go of me and laughed at me. He said that the only reason he gets close to me is because I give him free lunch or because the food I bring is delicious.
I was very embarrassed that night because my classmates also laughed. I was still crying and didn't go to school for a week.
Since then I have been avoiding people, especially men. Even when I went to college, I never tried to look at men anymore. No one tried to flirt with me either. If my friends in college tempt me with a guy, that guy will lose it.
My embarrassment only increased so I firmly forbade them not to make fun of me with the boys.
I am beautiful. I have long hair and a nice body shape. I have the smoothest skin in our village. But no man dared to like me. Sometimes I think I'm really unlucky with men. Or maybe a girl likes me too. Neither is the case.
So how do I follow Papa's wishes? How can I find a boyfriend or even a husband before I could get my inheritance? If no one likes me? I closed my eyes tightly.
I should still try to find someone five months from now.
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