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After Cara’s birthday, I have been counting the days until Christmas. Then I could fly back to Manila and be with my girl. If I had my way, I’d leave the country the same day the fall semester ended. However, my dad had other plans. He wanted to celebrate the holidays with his first family and he wanted me to join them, saying that my mom will be with her family in Spain anyway. Her brother was apparently terminally ill so they wanted to spend his possible last Christmas holiday together.
Carmen, his first wife, was actually very warm and open. She had wavy, dark brown hair, and fierce hazel eyes that showed a lot of emotions when she was talking or telling stories. She lived in a beautiful spacious apartment in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, though she was always in P
