someday we will be together once again," Xander confessed.

          "I had wanted to go back here in the Philippines to meet up with you. But my grandmother and grandmother prevented me. I love them both dearly, I owe them a lot and I found it so hard to disappoint and disobey their commands, their wishes for me. They took good care of me and sent me to school ever since mom and dad were both gone. But last time, they asked me to do something that I just couldn't do. I disobeyed them, for the first time.

          "They asked you to do something... what was it Althea?"

          "They asked me to marry Robert, the son of their business partner in America. I tried explaining to them that I'm already in love with someone else, but they just wouldn't listen. They ignored my pleadings, and hurriedly scheduled my wedding with Robert. They froze all my bank accounts and even my credit cards weren’t spared. So I found it so hard to come home to the Philippines. Fortunately, Veronica, a close friend of mine, came to my rescue;