Before Us

ite wall of my bedroom. It was a painting of my late parents' faces. M

older sister, Clara, with me who has also been both a mother and a father to

w, it is the leading and most successful company in the country. Almost everyone loves our products because of the

and make-up when she only studied and graduated from a normal school. One time, I asked her about this and she just said, "Someday,

ly sitting on my bed, leaning on the headrest. Wolf also stared at the paintin

dsome and pretty, like a king and queen from a rich clan. I'm so thankfu

ee our parents every day, at least in that way. She said cameras were n

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ys from the ignition lock. After that, I dropped it inside my Birkin bag that even came from New York. It was a gif

s seducing Robin

eat. We became best friends th

n just to count the vehicles that would pass in the small highway of our area.

crush. Forget i

hat Bitch! She always flirts with the

ulder and left the car. Lorilyn follo

said that he likes Arlene?" I pointed to the woman

ng. That was way back when we were in eighth grade. Arlene was our classmate and her boyfriend, Lance, who w

e men that Lorilyn has a crush on. Lance still tried to pursue my best friend, but Lorilyn hates him, for he made a person hate he

stopped bothering me. Where does he even get

at her attitude. What Lorilyn and Lance have is cute, especially when Lance wou

used to. I don't know. Maybe it's just me. It's as if something terrible had happened to

u know

his again, Jennifer. I will never fall in love with hi

honor in your wedding?" I jestered

has on his head. We arrived at the mall's entrance and the guard seemed to enjoy watching Lorilyn acting s

ind from the air-conditioned room welcomed me as well as the smell of the products th

uy a cheap dress in the market instead or borrow a dress from the neighborhood. However, Clara persuaded her to come with me so we could

'm rich and she's poor, but that never affected our friendship. W

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room together and went along with the other students that were crowding the hallway. There were a

he girls. Be home before it gets dark," Jose warned us. He is our

dents. We are used to hearing him warning

side of the road welcomed us. They are selling different kinds of stre

bini Street while Lorilyn went to the vendor to buy the food tha

bag. I only bring one notebook and a single pen to school, so even at sc

per even though I gave the correct answer. Why do our last names have to be next to each oth

u get along?"

r happen," she

rupted when I saw a yellow liquid splattere

idn't mean it," the man

ed when I found out that the juice didn't go

in my bag, I handed it to Lorilyn so

o spilled a dollar worth of mango