"Many times, I have wished I was with him on that Fatal day ..." her voice growled and tears welled up in her eyes.
Jessica's throat tightened.
The stepmother grabbed her palm.
"Phil and I often talked about the situation between you and Nick when he was still alive," Claire continued.
"You were a picture of a happy and fulfilled couple ... What happened, you are the only one holding the key .. He always says nothing but hopes to see you together again."
Jessica sighed even more. What will he say?
"Nick is very hurt, Jess. I'm not telling you this because ... he's my brother. If we find out that Nick did something wrong, he won't come here again," Claire took a deep breath.
"I will not ask you why you left then. All I can say is, Jess, be reasonable and give your marriage a chance."
"I don't know what to answer, Tita ...."
"I just want to hear one thing, Jess. Do you still love my brother?
"I .. I never stopped loving him ..." she replied softly.
"That is more than enough. Love is like a stream of water ... finding a way. As long as you do not run without giving a fight."
Claire drink water and stood up ...
Jessica was left thinking. What did Nick do and got the sympathy of his Daddy and Nana Sela? Why does it appear that the departure she made was out if whim and caprices? Claire doesn't care because she is Nick's blood relative. Anyway, Claire is so convincing!
A few more days later, she still did not have the courage to face Nick again. Whenever she knew it was in the big house she did not leave the room.
Coward! She accuses herself.
She woke up early that morning. She pulled back the curtain and looked out at the sea. The rippling waves that gently pound the shore invite. She looked at the clock on the right table just before 6:30 a. m. She will not sunburned yet.
She opened the wardrobe quickly. She pulled off her yellow bikini with tiny black stripes. She even bought it in America. She took off her Pajama and put on her bikini.
She covered it with a t-shirt that was just right to reach the garter of the bikini bottom. She's used to that outfit so she doesn't feel like she's one of the women watching on Baywatch, a TV show where the woman is so beautiful and sexy!
The households are still quiet except for the helpers who are already starting their work. She made her way to the sea.
Inside the hacienda, the closest neighbors are his Daddy's attendants. And that was half a mile probably away from the big house.
The whole area is very quiet. How delicious the breeze is. It looks like a Paradise. You can see nothing but the vast ocean, the row of coconut trees and fruit trees.
Along the way she saw a cacao tree, grapefruit and rambutan. In the western part of the hacienda they are planted which is harvested by traders during the harvest.
The hacienda's main source of income is copra, rice and bananas. And all of this Nick's assistant manages her Daddy's attendants. And one of the trustee's children who graduated from her Daddy college in town as an accountant.
Copra and rice are the direct income of hacienda del Mar.
She sighed at the beauty of the surroundings, so she also longed for this place. She took off the t-shirt that was put on the bikini and lowered it on the white sand and ran into the sea.
It is very different from beach in other countries where many people go.
Half an hour she was probably in the water once when she appeared she saw Nick.
Nick was riding a horse name Toro and was under a coconut tree.
Has he been there before? She asked herself. She chooses where she will go up or stay in the water. She decided the first. She slowly swam back to shore. She walked up until the knees. She looks like a goddess thrown by the sea!
Nick patted the horse to meet her. Jessica stopped walking. How cool Nick is! The big black horse is here.
Trembling rose in Jessica's chest. The fact that she and Nick have been dating has always been an emotional experience for her.
"Ho ... ho ..."
The horse stopped almost two feet away from her.
"You may have forgotten that this is not a California beach! And the people here are not used to seeing you wearing almost any body decoration!" he growled as he looked at her from head to toe.
Jessica's face flushed. "This is .. this is a private beech!" she replied emphasizing the private.
Nick smiled sarcastically. "So, you remember that, huh?"
Her eyes widened. She did not mean that when she said private. Although she always remembers those happy moments with Nick.
"Come on up, Jessica. The hacienda workers will be out in a few minutes."
Annoyance arose in Jessica's chest at that command. "Should I be ashamed of my body, Nick? She asked sarcastically. Nick's eyebrows met.
"Perfect! If you are a fisherman then praise." You've lost your baby fat! "Nick's sarcastic answer." Only, if you want to stay here at sea you change clothes to not lose control of my staff! "
"How about you Nick? Are you losing self-control?" She asked with a smile.
Jessica could see Nick's mouth pounding.
"Don't waste my patience, Jessica! I have a lot of work. I can't watch you all day here! "
"Damn it, Nick! I'm not a little kid to watch over you!" her angry rebuke.
Nick laughed out loud. "So, you haven't changed at all! It also hurts when a child is determined. But you know, honey ... you are acting like one!" And its face and tingling form again.
"All right, Jessica ... I will not hesitate to use this whip on you!" its gentle but emphatic word.
Jessica couldn't believe that Nick would do that.
Still, she did not want to try.
It was heartbreaking that she picked up her belongings on the sand.
At home, Nana Sela served him pure chocolate. Harvest from their tree and made tableya or chocolate tablets.
"Wow" Pure chocolate! And suman! I miss this breakfast, Nana Sela. "And she lifted the Chinese tea cup that contained the chocolate.
"Good morning, Jess ..." said Claire who was sitting opposite her.
Jessica did not say when she and Nick met. "I just want to go to the copra ..." she replied with a streak of truth because she really intends to visit the hacienda.
"It's good and have fun. Is the fall over and is definitely peeling and splitting now.
Use the Range Rover, since your father d ...."
Nana Sela memorized the scene.
"What are we going to cook this afternoon, Claire?"
Jessica smiled secretly at the butler. She did not want to start the day with sad memories. She also finds it difficult to accept that her Daddy is gone. Sometimes she felt fear in the future now that it was gone. But there is no reason to prolong the reflection, Philip will never return ...
"Get some chicken, Nana Sela. I want tinola," Jessica replied.
"And Berto caught a catfish, I'll just grill it ..." the old woman added.
To be continue......
