Melissa and Wright were college sweethearts. The kind of love they have often makes others envious. Wright was from a wealthy family and he has everything in his hands. While Melissa only has her Grandmother after her parents passed away. The man who has everything and the woman who has nothing found each other and made each other feel complete. On Wright's birthday, Melissa spends the night with his pad and gives herself to him. But after a week, the man who said he loves her the most started giving him cold shoulders. Then, she found out that she was pregnant but the love of her life was avoiding her like plague.

Then, one night, she visited his pad and to her surprise, she found his ex-girlfriend, Claire, inside. She confronted him about her pregnancy but she did not expect his words would make Melissa's world turn around.

"Abort it. I am not ready to be a father."

After that night, Melissa didn't see Wright's face everywhere. They told her that he migrated to another country and left her all alone. Melissa took care of the child even if she encountered a lot of hardships. She stopped going to college. Her grandmother died. She faced all the hardships alone, without Wright.

Years passed by, Wright found out that Melissa did not abort their child and he is desperate to take them back.

Broken Strings

"Looks like we've reaped a lot today, huh?" Mang Heronimo asked me while adjusting his hat. 


I wiped the sweat dripping down my face. 


"Not that bad huh." The old man touched my shoulder. "Take a rest, son. We harvest until nightfall and tomorrow we will sundry the rice." 


I took a deep breath. "Thank you, Mang Heronimo." 


The old man left and I entered my own hut. When I was able to rest, I took off my clothes and went out to bathe in the poso (poso is an old style water pump). I just took a quick bath so that I don’t get sick. 


After I got dressed I went to the nearby store to buy sardines for my food tonight. I paid for it and went home to my hut. I ate and then lay on the pallet. 


"Rested as well." I whispered to myself. 


Chapter 40: Found