MONIQUE It was ten o' clock in the evening now. It was raining outside. I was at my kitchen table drinking some wine, alone. Nari was busy with her review for her upcoming Bar exam. I saw some silhouettes on the kitchen door. I didn't have to look at him to know it was Vic. I sighs. These past few days, seeing him was hard enough for me. It was hard, so I couldn't breathe. "Hey." He put his arms around me on my back. I smiled at him. He looked so distressed. I touched his face. The boy I once knew was long gone. He became this fine man. But he was sad. Just like me. He smiled at me sadly. He kissed me on my forehead. If anyone could see us, they would think that we are so in love right now. But they were not. We're just two lonely souls trapped by life by their very own fath

