Leopoldo’s nipa hut that he purchased for a thousand pesos and that sits by the beach is almost a decade old. That’s why it was understandable that it was already rickety-looking. He was a frustrated carpenter, and from time to time, he’d do some repairs, especially the walls which were worn out and the roof that leaked during the rainy days. He was still a bachelor—though the possibility of marriage wasn’t unwelcome to him—so he had the one small bedroom to himself.
Apparently, the aged caretaker of Neoma’s private resort was introverted. He liked to keep things to himself and was no social butterfly. This was majorly the reason why he never kept a wife. He wasn’t actually terrified of women; he admired them and was attracted to a few. He preferred the soft-spoken and demure types, and h
