Against All Odds

CHAPTER II - The Mission Begins

Isla left her father's house with a heavy heart. She do not know what to feel.Is she suppose to feel anything? The only thing that keeps rolling in her mind is she badly wants to go home.

She managed to arrive in her house safely. She hurriedly went inside and closed the door forcefully. Then it began. The water from her eyes fell down without her permission. Her light sobs filled the space. She felt nothing but emptiness, again.

The first time she felt this is when her mother died. Then her father remarried. No one was there for her. She was alone for years. In those darkest times of her life, Matteo came like a burning torch that made everything bright for her. She felt whole again. But fate played it too well on her. Here she goes again. It's like she's swinging at the top then the universe decided to drop her to the ground. She let herself feel the pain until it hurts so good that you would not mind if you feel it again. 

She pulled herself together and went inside her room to get some sleep because she's ending it all tonight.

Isla looked at her phone and it says 7 pm. She'd been sleeping for 4 hours. She was awakened by a loud clang from the kitchen. At first she did not mind but her heart ache suddenly when she smell the aroma of something cooked in the kitchen. Something that only Matteo can cook. She got up and fixed herself. The last thing she want is to look ugly in front of him.

She sat at the chair in front of her counter top. Matteo's back is facing her. If this is a normal day, she should've hugged him from the back but this is the reality. This guy in front of her cheated nd he still does all this things like he's not doing anything at her back.

"Babe, don't look at me like that." Matteo said putting the sinigang in front of her.

"Like I'm gonna kill you?" she said. He laughed like it was a joke. He leaned to kiss her on the lips but she crouched and sipped the hot soup making him kiss her forehead instead.

"What should we do tonight?" he said looking at her intently. She looked at him in the eyes and a sudden nervousness crept in his eyes.

"We should go to Dad's. He invited me for dinner. I think it's fine if I bring you with me." my evil sister would be very much happy. She did not voiced out the last sentence. 

"Let's just have a movie night. I can just cook for us Babe." she laughed at his suggestion. He seemed confused. "What's funny?" he said.

She wiped the tears because of her hard laugh. "Matteo, trust me on this one. I'll just change. We're going, now." is her parting message.She went back in her room and formulated her plan while preparing for the night. "It's showtime." she said to herself in the mirror a smirk in her face.