One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 101: Do you still have feelings for him?

~~~After you go, | can catch up on my reading. After you go, I'll have more tfor sleeping. And when you're

gone, looks like things are gonna be a lot easier. Life will be a breeze you know. | really should be glad, but I'm

bluer than blue, sadder than sad. You're the only light this empty room has ever had. And life without you is

gonna be bluer than blue~~~

-Michael Johnson-

"Yes, my princess. Do you want us to stop at a McDonald's or you only want pizza?" He asked, lifting his daughter

in his arms.

"Hmm... cam we stop and buy both?"

"Of course! What my princess wants, my princess gets."

"Yehey!"

| sighed, shaking my head at the two.

"Let's go, mommy."

| just nodded to Cali and smiled when Luke turned tosmiling.

"What? You went with him to your old house?" Jack screamed in shock the moment | told her where | went this

morning. "Oh, jeez, Sam!"

"Hey, Cali was with me!" | chuckled, but | immediately avoided her gaze.

We're now in the back office of the coffee shop. Luke was just the one who brought Cali has | went straight

to the shop after visiting the house and showing the property to the buyer which happened to be Luke's cousin.

"And | had to cwith him to sign the documents too," | said walking over to the mini pantry to get something

to drink.

"Okay." | know she followedbecause | heard her voice close behind me. "What's the reason again why he had

to sell the house--—- | mean, why you had to sell the house?"

"We will donate the money to the foundation."

"And you believed him that he would really sell that property?"

"Yes, because | was there. | signed the documents with him, right?" | walked past her and went back to my desk

with a glass of juice in my hand.

"Hmm... alright." She shrugged. And when | thought she would stop there already, well, | was wrong. "So, did the

memories cback?"

My head snapped at her.

"What do you mean if the memories cback?"

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She smirked and walked slowly towards my desk.

"If the memories cback." She shrugged. "If the happy, sad and painful memories cback when you went

there with him? Those times when you cried hysterically over him in your room, screaming out the pain---"

"Jack!"

"What? I'm just asking, Sam." She chuckled but it was sarcastically. "Hmm... do you still remember the restaurant

scene?"

| frowned. Does she really have to mention it, | mean, does she have to remindthat scene again?

"You know when you saw him kiss his mistress on the lips and said | love you to each other---"

"Jackeline!"

"And then you ran outside crying your heart out?"

| gulped. I still remember that.

"And oh, yeah... how many times have you told him I love you again in the past? Three? Four? Five? Six? Argh! |

lost count! Did he even say | love you too, | care about you, | miss you?" "Jackeline, what the hell!"

"Oops! Chill a bit, girl! I just want to remind you of your Samantha version 2.0."

| held my breath for a few seconds and then slowly released it to calm my insides.

"Anyway, does David know about it?"

| stared at her before shaking my head. | didn't expect that question.

"No, | didn't tell him."

"Why not?" She raised an eyebrow.

"And why do I still need to tell him?"

"Because firstly, he's your boyfriend and he has the right to know about it, secondly, the person you are with this

morning wasn't just someone else but your ‘ex-husband’, remember? David is your boyfriend and Luke is now

just your ex-husband."

"Luke isn't just my ex-husband, Jack, he's my daughter's father and | don't want David to think something else

about it, so | chose not to tell him, besides, | can't see anything wrong with what | did. | just went with him not

for any personal matters, but for the property that

the children of the foundation will benefit from."

It took her a few seconds before she decided to open her mouth.

“Okayyy..."

She said with a long sigh that if | hadn't known her for a long time, | would just have thought she really agreed

with my point and what | explained, but no, | know she doesn't. She just shrugged and forced herself to say the

word 'okay' with a smile.

I know her too well.

We both turned into silence, but then she was just the one who broke it.

"I'm not sure if you know this, but I think | know what your was ex-husband doing... why he's doing all these

things."

"What do you mean?" | frowned.

"He's clearly making his way to you, Sam, and | think you're helping him clear that way towards you."

"Jackeline!"

"No, this t| don't believe it was just your daughter the reason why you're letting him close you almost every

day. You have a boyfriend, for heaven sake."

"How many times do | have to explain these things when you know | can't force him to stay away---"

"You can't force him to stay away because?"

"B-Because he's my daughter's father---"

"Oh, I've already heard that reason! Or maybe the truth is that you still have feelings for him."

"Nol"

"Really? Do you think | haven't noticed your reaction every the's there?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" | avoided her gaze.

"Jeez! Is it true? Am | right you still have feelings for him? | thought you said you already moved on?"

"lI am! I've already moved on, Jack and | told you the only thing that connects us is our daughter and there are no

feelings involved!"

"That's not what your eyes said! |

just want to know the truth, Sam. I'm

your best friend, | love you and | don't want you to suffer another pain from the sman. You've already come

this far, so far from the former Sam that | know, who knows nothing else to do butcry for her husband who didn't

even consider her as his wife. If you accept him again after all that has happened, all your hard work and

sacrifices to get what you have at this moment will be wasted. You'll only go back to zero"

"That's not gonna happen!" | couldn't help raising my voice. It wasn't because I'm mad at her, but because

| felt scared that what she was

saying might ctrue, especially now that | have doubts and

confusions about what | really feel.

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"Then tellwhat happened this morning why you suddenly cstartled and seemed not knowing what to

do. What happened before and after you signed the documents?"

| stared at her for | don't know how long before letting the deep sigh escape my lips.

"Jack---" | was about to open up to her when | got interrupted with one of the shop's employees.

"Sam...?"

"Yes, Janice?"

"Mr Luke Williams is outside and he said he wants to talk to you."

My heart instantly pounds faster inside my ribcage just from hearing his name. | turned to Jack only to find her

studying my reaction.

"Hmm... is that urgent?" Jack asked her.

"I'm not sure, but judging the expression on his face, | guess it is," Janice replied, not looking at Jack but me.

Deep inside, | don't want to talk to him or see him at the moment, but the problem is that how would I explain it

to Jack?

"Go ahead. | know for myself that | can wait for your story, I just don't know if the person outside who happened

to be your daughter's father can also wait."

And since | don't want us to go back with the same, old conversation that we just had before Janice came, |

decided to ignore her and smiled at Janice.

"Okay, tell him to wait outside, thanks, Janice."

She nodded and returned the smile | gave before walking back to the counter.

| drink the orange juice right away despite Jack's awkward stares before heading my way towards the counter.

There were only a few customers at the coffee shop, so I quickly found him in the sspot where we used to

talk a week ago.

| took a deep breath and uttered a silent prayer that he wouldn't repeat what he said and what he had done

earlier in our old house.

As | walked over to his table, | kept my poker expression to show him everything is over and of course, to my

best friend who | know followedwhen | exited the office. "Sam..." He was about to stand up but | stopped

him.

"You don't have to stand up as | won't sit either." | started with the seriousness laced in my voice. "What do you

want this time?" | couldn't even mention his nnor his last name. "Sam, about what happened earlier, I'm

sorry---"

"Yeah, you should be! For everything you've done, you fucking should be!"

"Sam"

But at this moment, it was he who was interrupted by the familiar voice behind me.

"Oh, well... well... well! Look who I found talking on the corner of this cheap coffee shop!"