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

I looked at her in the mirror and instantly wanted to reach out. Mira was crying heavily earlier and I know she was as affected as I was because of what Dr. Sanchez told us. 


Her face is clouded as she looks outside the window as if she is oblivious of everything. 


I can hear Shelley’s voice in the background but I can hardly engage her in a conversation as my attention is split between driving and worrying. Then I felt her hand on my thigh. I held her hand and look at her, then pushed her hand away. 


Maybe from her point of view, she still has all the right to do it. That everything- all the previous set-p between the three of us- remains the same. But everything has changed. 


And even though I know Mira will never complain even if Shelley and hug in front of her right now, I still feel that it isn’t right. I cannot allow Shelley to do what she did earlier. 


CHAPTER 25: AFTERMATH