Mira agreed to be introduced as Rodney's girlfriend to his grandmother. None of them realized that they made their lives chaotically intertwined and tangled to each other when the older woman liked Mira and pursued to get them married.

How can Rodney trust her when she has pretensions of her own?

And how can Mira let him go when their expiration date comes, if the only way to let him go is to cut herself open and leave her heart bleeding?

Substitute Lover

Bad trip. I was expecting her to be more appreciative than that, but she did not even recognize my effort. 


I watched as she walked across the lobby towards the restroom at the far corner. The sight of Zandro's shirt on her is making my blood boil. 


The shirt is too long for her that it hides the denim short she is wearing, emphasizing her shapely legs. 


And to think they were together since earlier! She even kept on touching Zandro’s arm earlier. My cousin, on the other hand, seems to enjoy showing off his abs. 


I still don't feel good about the abrupt interruption this morning and what I am thinking right now isn’t really helping to lighten my mood. 


"Shelley.. Why are you still calling me?" 


"Shelley, I'm in the middle of-" I caught myself before I blurted out what my wife and I was doing before she called and changed the topic. "I'll call you back later, okay?" 


CHAPTER 23: RODNEY’S INTERNAL TURMOIL