They say those with twins are advantageous and fortunate. You will never feel deserted. You always have someone with you in everything you do. You have someone with you when you are happy, and most of all, you have someone with you when you are miserable. Your twin is the one you can count on and be your ally even if everyone abandons you.
"Ada, rest first. I will look after the boutique while you are resting." Mom told me when she noticed I was drowsy.
"Mom, you should be resting since you just finished cooking our food for lunch. I will be fine!" I told her with a smile.
"Your eyes are shutting down; go ahead, go home, and take a nap." Mom insisted on me.
I am Ada Zenica Moore, twenty-seven years old, a small business owner here in our province. Welcome to "Pick'a Moore Boutique." My boutique is performing well where I sell various merchandise. I graduated from college, but I chose to stay here in our province because my mother had no one to be with.
I have a twin, Ava Zenica, but her dream is more significant than mine. I am a simple person, and my happiness is also modest. Since my father orphaned us, I wanted to be with Mama and help her. I will take care of her as she grows older.
"This dress is so beautiful!" said Aunt Monica, Mom's friend.
"Take that, Monica; that will surely fit you," Mom whispered.
"Alice, you are fortunate that Ada stayed with you. She is so lovely and kind. My son Ian wishes to court Ada." I heard Aunt Monica tell Mom.
"Tell your son Ian to try to woo Ada. They are at the right age in the first place." Mom replied, smiling.
"Aunt Monica, Ian likes Ava, not me," I responded to their conversation.
"No, Ian likes you. Even twins still have very different behaviors. How is Ava? She has not been home to our province for a long time." Aunt Monica's scrutiny.
Mom and I were both stunned. How long has it been since Ava left us? She insisted on studying in Manila, in the city. She said she has no promising future here in the province. We are twins, but we are the opposite of each other.
Ever since she studied in Manila, she always excused herself that she could not come home with us, even on special occasions. We did not even know if she had graduated from college or what. Mom and I went to the house where she lived, but the owner told us Ava had vacated a long time ago.
We also could not contact her through her phone, and she was inactive on social media. What could have transpired to my twin sister? Until we received a call from her one day.
"Mom, it is Ava!" said the one on the other line.
"Ava, where are you? What happened to you? Go home here to the province." successive questions from my worried mother.
"Mom, my life is fine. I will not go back there ever again. Let me live far away and do not worry about me. I got married here in Manila." added Ava.
"You got married without even telling us? We are troubled about you only to find out you are tied to the knot by someone else. Ava, show up to us." Mom commanded her.
"I married a rich man. I live in a mansion. Why else would I go back to the province and to that small house of ours?
Ada is with you, she has no intention of seeking good fortune, so I am not troubled about you being alone, Mom." Ava's litany.