"Ian doesn't know anything about this." "He thinks I'm out ol the county." "Our menu Ma'am..." "Thank you." "I just want to know why he can't leave you." "Tell me what your lile's like." "Time to get up." "We have a busy morning." "Yani!" " Good morning. I love you." " l love you too." "My patients are waiting..." " What?" " Yes." "It's my birthday." "Please stay..." "It's my birthday today!" "Ian, I cancelled an appointment yesterday because you went home early..." "Besides, they're waiting lor you at your sister's." " l didn't get enough last night-- - lan, behave!" "Behave!" "Look, il you get out ol bed now, I promise... you'll be asleep all day tomorrow." "'Cause I'll wear you out later tonight." "Oh?" "Really?" "Come on!" " Morning!" " Ah!" "Happy birthday!" "Thank you." " Morning!" " Morning Dad!" "You made it." "Sit here, sit here." " Happy birthday lan." " Thank you." "Daddy, it's lan's birthday." "Dad, did you know that Primeland posted a 100/o gromh in prolits last quarter?" " That's great!" " Hey, hey, hey!" " Good morning!" "Good morning!" " Hey!" "You're early." " Early for lunch." " Happy birthday big bro!" " Thank you." "Thank you." " Looking good." "We woke up really early just lor you so don't expect a birthday gift!" " Just kidding." "It's in the car." " No problem." " Happy birthday!" " Thank you." " Thanks." " Why breakfast, bíg brother?" "Why not lunch or dinner like normal people?" "A birthday breaklast is unique!" "is your wile joining us?" "No." "Busy." "Ana!" "Ana!" "Could I have some ol that?" "That's Stacey." "Stacey." "Your wile's dead, Dad." "Drew, come over here..." "What are you talking about?" "Wait a minute." "Is lan awake already?" "Somebody get him so we can all start eating." "But Grandpa, Uncle lan is right here." "And then?" "What happened?" "I don't know." "He lound someone younger, sexier, who understands him better." "Hell, I don't care!" "God, I'm cying again..." "Does he know?" "That you're pregnant?" "Doc, excuse me." "Mrs. Leuterio is already in the delivey room." "Alright." "Okay." "Don't wory." "I'll take care ol you." "But you also have to take care ol yoursell." "Okay?" "I'm sure Auntie Maya is nagging you to go with her to the convention." "Am I right?" "But lan and I have plans." "Ian again!" "With lan, it's always "go for the gold," isn't it?" "Whatever!" "Girllriend, what else do you need lor tonight?" "Cake." "And beer." "That's it!" "Cake and beer?" "Do they go together?" " l have to go." " Do you want candles with that?" "And you taught her how to cook!" "Hey!" "She's been always been great in the kitchen!" " Saved!" " Vey good answer!" "Sale answer!" "Wait, wait, wait." "You made up lor that now." " Ask me why." " Why?" "You managed to domesticate little miss busy doctor here!" "I'm never going to hear the end ol this, am I?" "Let me just tell you." "You have to take care ol my lriend here." "Othe_ise, I might just turn out straight... and steal her away lrom you." "Just like this..." "Yuck!" "Stomach in!" "Breathe!" "Ian, closer!" "Just a sec!" "That's what I've been saying ever since." "We really should develop packages lor overseas Filipino workers... much like Goldline does." "We can't just do that." "Il you want prices that low... we have to restructure our budget." "I know!" "Let's come up with a promo." "Well?" "She's right, lan." "I have to agree with Mars on this." "Promo?" "Fine." "What kind ol promo?" "Just make sure that all the documents lor Macau are ready." "By the end ol the year... I want Primeland Realty to be the only one, not just the best." "I want to make the competition irrelevant." "Why don't you just take me with you to Macau?" "Come on!" "I'll be your personal assistant." "I'm sure you'll like that." "And what will you do there?" "You'll be holed up in the hotel the whole day then what?" "Casino all night?" "I'm okay with that, so long as eveything's charged to your credit card." "Ha!" "Vey lunny." "You're hilarious." "yani, please?" "Come on!" "I'm beginning to think you don't want to be with me on our lirst anniversay." "Ol course not." "I want to be with you." "But I want to locus on just you and nothing else." "I don't want to think about business when we're together." "No kidding." "Look, I'll make it up to you when I get back." "Macau-- that's nothing." "I'll take you to La Union!" "La Union?" "Fine!" "I'll let this one slide." "But promise me that I'll have you all to mysell." "Oooh." " Promise?" " Yup." "Ouestion." "Do you already have an anniversay gift lor me?" "Not yet." "You have something in mind?" "So where is this gift you want?" "Let me give you your gift lirst." "Happy anniversay, babe." "It's beautilul." "I don't know how I can top this." "Where's this gift you want so badly?" "Come with me." "This." "All this!" "Our kids will have all this as their playground." "Eveything's here-- lields, mountains, the sea." "Eveything!" "Cool, don't you think?" "Ian, you know that we can't have kids, right?" "Okay." "But wouldn't you at least want to have a weekend rest house?" "You already have so many homes to go home to." "Do you really need another one?" "I'm already happy with my house." "I don't really need another one." "Ol course." "You're happy already." "Ol course." "You like the house your ex-husband built lor you... the one that's still under both your names." "You're happy." "Ol course." "Joanna!" "You close the gate!" "Don't you want to go in?" "No." "I don't want to be reason lor your mom and brothers' loui moods again." "Alright then." "I'll ask Macky to drive me home." "Don't go home too late." "Don't wait up lor me." "I'll spend the night in the condo." "You think women even lorget their lirst loves?" "Where did that come lrom?" "You and your wile have another argument?" "Don't tell me you're doubting her." "Look, man." "You're lan Montes" "Manila's most eligible bachelor belore she married you." "We were all second-rate compared to you." "You can call lan later." "Finish your lood lirst." "I told you to stop running around." "Look at that-- it lell oil again." "Big brother, do you know what mother asked us lor her birthday?" "She wants her whole kitchen re-modeled." "And with new appliances to boot!" "You should hear what she wanted lrom us." "A new car!" "How about me?" "What do you think she'll want lrom me?" "Even il she asks it lrom you..." "she knows you're not going to give it." "is that so, big brother?" "Do you know what Mom wants lrom me?" "Oh Joanna. I give up." "You just had to choose another Peter as a replacement!" "Ian makes me happy." "Happy?" "Weren't you also happy with Peter?" "We were all happy with Peter!" "But _at díd he do?" "Have you lorgotten how much he hurt you?" "That's ancient histoy, you know." "Do you really have to keep bringing it up?" "Why wouldn't I?" "You just never learn!" "To think you're a doctor!" "You're supposed to be an intelligent woman." "But with that jerk lan, you're just so stupid!" "He's just going to hurt you and you know that!" "Then it's my problem, not yours." "What the hell did that bastard leed you?" "!" "Hettor!" "Kíss, kíss!" "I'll take care ol it Ma'am." "Okay." "Put hall ol the lirst bag in the rel please?" "Wifey." "Mmm?" "I thought you'd never answer your phone." "Well, you keep bugging me... I thought you were going to say that you linally took my call because you missed me." "Where are you anyway?" "Why do you ask?" " Are you home already?" " Yeah, I am." "Where are you?" " Here." "On the stred." " What?" "Just a sec." "Someone's at the door." "Where are you?" "On the stred!" " So?" "Is this a peace ollering?" " Uh-huh." " Let's go in." "How was the wedding?" " Okay." "I'm sory about the light we had the other day." "I'm sory too." "Let's buy the gift that you want." "You like?" "Ho_s the queen ol the births?" "Congratulations." "I heard: three babies and a set ol triplets in live hours." "Not bad." "I hope you didn't lorget to tell the parents about your best lriend." "Ol course!" "I linally agreed to buy the larm." "And but why?" "I lelt guilty." "I want him to be happy." "When it comes to lan, nothing else matters, right?" "You know, that's what scares me." "I can turn my back on eveything else lor him." "I love him that much." "Even il l know that histoy could repeat itsell." "He could leave me." "He could cheat on me." "Just like Peter did." "One, two, three..." "Ah!" "Your hand covered my lace!" "Wait!" "Take a picture ol the two ol us." "Chocolate cake, Dad." "Big sis?" "Have Ella and Gio become ollicial members ol this lamily?" "Shush." "They're still kids." "Jason!" "Stacey!" "Gio!" "Ella!" "Come here and eat!" "Brother, I íust have an observatíon." "Seems like we see our niece's and nephe_s boylriend and girllriend more often... than we see ollicial Montes lamily members." "Right, big brother?" "Right?" "Do you and your wile even see each other?" "Ol course!" "She's just too busy, you know." "Just like you?" "is that why you're always absent lor the board meetings?" "I'm never there because you guys can take care ol it by yourselves." "Besides, aren't you already training Jason to one day run the company?" "So you don't really need me there, right?" "Son, could you take another seat?" "It's my wile who sits there." "Dad..." " Steve!" " Dad?" "Can you tell this one to move?" "I want Mommy to sit there." "Dad, that's Stacey." "Your granddaughter." "Your wile's dead, Dad." "Ian, _at íf you head our new ICT dívísíon?" "Brother, íf Daddy were well, he'd tell you that's a bad decísíon." "Bíg bro, I'm sory." "But I have to agree wíth bíg bro Steve here." "Better you, better lamily than an outsider running that subsidiay." "Dad?" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Get the driver!" "Concha!" " Big sis!" " Daddy..." "Hello?" "Rick." "He's already in the ICU." "We're going to stay here tonight." "Then tomorrow, it will be your turn to watch over Daddy with Lyn." "Please tell the kids to prepare our things." "I'll pick it up in a little while." "Thank you." "I'll be gone for a whíle to get you a change of clothes." "Ian, could you and your wile watch over Daddy after Rick does?" " Could you?" " Uh-huh." "Okay." "What il he died this afternoon?" "You know, in Daddy's eyes... I haven't done anything right, anything he could be proud ol... I'm sure he's proud ol you." "I don't know Joanna..." "I don't know." "He's lorgotten me." "He remembers eveything, except lor me." "And he was still looking lor his wile." "Still." "Why... why is he still looking lor her?" "Why does he keep asking lor his wile?" "She... she was the one who left." "She... she left my dad." "She left us." "I..." "I was the one." "I was the one who had to pick up the pieces when my lather's world came crashing down." "I was the one with him." "And now, he couldn't remember me." "Now... he can't remember... I just..." "Yes, Yani." "Promise." "Yes." "Please make sure you're there, Joanna." "I only asked Atty." "Franco lor a lavor." "Okay, wait lor me." "I'll wait lor you." "I just have to entertain my guests." "Okay." "This will be quick." "Right after lunch." "Okay." "Bye." " The periodicals?" " Just a sec, Doc. I'll get them." "Here they are." "Joanna..." "Peter?" " Ho_s eveybody?" " Eveyone's okay." "Mother's been getting sick lately." "But I suppose that's part ol getting older." "But Grandma is as strong as a bull." "What about the Villanueva brothers?" "Do they still hate my guts?" "I don't think that will ever change." "What about you?" "Happy?" " But I'm always happy." " Right." "You and lan..." "how long have you been" "We're celebrating our lirst anniversay in a lew days... but he has a business trip to Macau." "They're putting up an ollice there." "How... how are the kids?" "The kids?" "Ah yeah." "They're great!" "Andrea is in grade 3." "Anton is in lirst grade." "Our youngest, Yogo, will be going to school this year." "Three years old." "And Celine?" "Celine?" "Celine..." "Celine passed away last year." "Big C." "It was tough to come back to the Philippines right away." "But as time passed, I lelt that I couldn't raise the kids all by mysell in Canada." "I've been here three months but I got the courage to come see you just now." "I'm sory." "Joanna... belore Celine died, she wanted me to tell you that... that... she's sory." "Sory." "Sory lor all the things we did that hurt you." "Babe!" "Let's go!" "I'll park that!" "Ian, can we just do this some other time?" "Babe, Atty." "Franco's expecting us." "She had to e_end ollice hours just to accommodate us." "Ian, I'm really exhausted..." "Babe, this won't take long." "I just need to sign the papers belore I go to Macau." "Just a sec. I'll just park the car." "Babe?" "Bad day at the hospital?" "Maybe we shouldn't buy the larm..." "What's with the sudden change ol heart?" "I thought we agreed." "Joanna?" "Peter showed up at the hospital today." "I didn't even know that he was here." "I was shocked." "He just wanted to talk" "Okay." "So you guys talked." "What did you talk about?" "Nothing." "He just dropped by to say hello." "Oh." "Okay." "He just said hello and you suddenly changed your mind." "What?" "!" "Did he tell you that he's still in love with you?" "Does he want you back?" "Ian!" "What are you talking about?" "Joanna, I have a right!" "I want to know." "What did he promise you..." " that you suddenly." " Nothing!" "He didn't promise me anything!" "And even il he did, I have no plans ol taking him back!" "But he's the issue here!" "He's always been the issue!" "He's the reason you don't want to give up this house!" "That's why you keep making excuses lor not wanting to have kids!" "Joanna, I'm so sick and tired ol competing with your past..." "You don't need to compete with anyone!" "That's done." "It's over!" "Done?" "!" "Over?" "!" "How is it over?" "!" "?" "You haven't seen the guy in years!" "And now, all our plans have changed, eveything's ruined just because he's back!" "Do you know the song Never Ever Say Goodbye?" "The song ol" "Didn't your wile leave you?" "Wasn't she away lor lourteen years?" "How could you just take her back?" "Because I loved my wile." "And I didn't want her to be alone on her last days." "You lorgave her that quickly, huh?" "Even I was surprised by how easily I lorgave Ana." "I guess I was just really happy she came back." "You were so happy you lorgot to ask your son il he was okay with that." "Why wouldn't he be okay wíth ít?" "Their Mommy linally came home." "I will never understand that." "Never." "Girllriend, he's just tying to cool his head." "And you calling him evey chance you get is not helping." "What il l just go to Macau?" "Heller!" "Are you cray?" "Belore all this... he didn't want to take you to Macau." "You think he wants to see you now?" "Cray woman!" " So what should I do?" "Tell me!" " Nothing!" "You're not going to do anything!" "you' re insane, you know that?" "Il "yes," yes." "If "no," then no!" "Oh my God." "Come on." "Let's go." "Come on." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I was expecting you to put down the phone." "But that's not what you did." "Why?" "When I lirst saw the two ol you, I knew right away who you were." "I thought I could pretend you don't exist." "That I wouldn't leel anything." "I was wrong." "That's why I'm here." "How did you meet lan?" "In Macau." "His lirst trip in Macau." "I'll stay here a few more days." "Please tell Atty. franco..." " to go over the contracts." " Congrats!" "You linally dumped him!" "You're my lriend but sory, I never really liked..." " that controlling boylriend ol yours!" " Hello?" "Roy?" " Excuse me!" "Correction: ex-boylriend." " l can't hear you." " My God!" " l can't hear you." "All this time, I thought..." " Have you arranged eveything in Bohol." " your ex was so broad-minded." "I didn't think he'd be more conservative than my grandpa!" "Well, not really." "He's not that conservative." "Well, at least not in bed!" " Hold on. I can't hear you." " Girl, even the holiest ol men... become sinners with you." " Hello?" "You know, I can't hear you." " Speaking ol sin..." " l'll call you again later." "Bye." " what's our budget lor our casino?" "Budget?" "No such thing!" "We can walk out ol the casino beggars lor all I care!" "Game!" "Game!" "And I have Mommy's credit card!" "No worries!" "Ooh!" "I like that!" "Excuse me." "I don't think they'll let you into the casino." "How old are you anyway?" "1 5?" "16?" "17?" "I'm 22." "And I don't talk to strangers." "Well, I'm no stranger." "My name is lan Montes." "And you are?" "Not interested!" "By the way, I'm Claudia." " Hi Claudia." " l'm May." "Hury!" "I don't want to eat alone." "Bye." "Hello!" "Yeah." "No!" "I had to re-schedule the meeting." "I woke up late." "I know." "That's line." "I'll take care ol it." "I'll see him tomorrow anyway." "Hello?" "I have to go now." "Bye." "Was that a real phone call or were you just pretending to talk to someone... so you won't look so alone?" "Kayn." "Sit down." "I remember you telling me that I don't need to remember your name... because it was no strings attached." "And when I said it last night..." "I meant it." "Okay." "So, it seems I'm the reason you woke up late" "Uh-huh." "So late that you had to cancel a business meeting." "Because ol you." " Me again, huh?" " Yes, you." "Alright. I guess, I'll make it up to you." "You're not a convicted lelon." "So what else should I know?" "I'm a llight attendant." "I'm the type who gets bored easily." "And the worst thing you can do to me is lock me up at home." "And no one tells me what to do." "So you're dillicult." "No." "What I meant is, I know what I want lrom lile." "And I don't like it when a guy lorces me to go along with his plans... especially when I don't like those plans." "Haven't you ever heard the word "compromise" ?" "Well, I'm willing to compromise, il l really, really love the guy." "Has any man been lucky?" "Nope." "Why?" "You want to ty?" "Can I?" "you sure?" "Not alraid to gamble, are we?" "I wonder il there's anything you won't gamble on." " Ummm..." " Ah. I know!" "But you've been married at least once, right?" "At your age!" "Excuse me!" "What the-- fyi:" "I'm only 3$ years old." "Lile hasn't even started yet." "Fine." "So how many wives and kids do you have?" "You think I'd be with you il l were married?" "Ol course I'd preler that you're unattached." "But I'm not judgmental." "So you'd be okay... il l had a wile?" "Why not?" "Il l really like you..." "So, do you really like me?" "It's those damn dimples!" "And il you win again, I'm the prize." "Game!" "Game!" "Game!" "Game!" " Game!" "Game!" "Game!" "_ you' re game, huh?" "I'm back in Manila." "Turn on the air conditioner in the condo." "Please make sure it's clean." "Thank you." " You got it?" " Yup." "We just need to go somewhere lor a while." " Okay." " Okay?" "How could you do it?" " Do what?" " You didn't even think about this!" "And what do you know about that girl?" "Huh?" " We both know that- - lan?" "Yes?" "Your dad's looking lor you." "He wants you to stay inside with us." "And why didn't you tell me that you could play the piano?" "Go ahead." "It seems you still have a lot more to tell Kayn." "Let's go." "Let's go." "You know, I envy you." "Why?" "You're really good at playing the piano." "Did anybody ever tell you that?" "You." "And Daddy." "I think my lather thinks I'm only good at two things." "One is playing the piano." "Two - disappointing him." "He was so disappointed when I couldn't play in my recital because I lractured my hand." "Too bad, right?" "My loss." "I could have given him a moment ol pride belore he got sick." "Hmm." "Don't wory." "There will always be a ne_ time." "Hmm?" "You know how gorgeous you are when you play the piano?" " Really?" " Mm-hm." "What are you doing?" "Again?" "Hello?" "Yes, yes. I'm going!" "I'm going!" "Hold on!" "This is Ava." "Let's meet up at the bar." "Yes, your lavorite bar, ol course." " Okay. I'll see you later." " Fine." "Just put that in the boardroom." " l'll see you later. I love you." "Bye." " Big brother!" "Oh my God!" "What?" "I know you haven't introduced us yet and Concha hates her... but I think I like this Kayn already." "Really?" "So it's okay with you?" " Okay?" "You kidding?" " Really?" "Seems like she's a good inlluence on you." "This is the lirst time in a long time that you've stepped loot in this ollice." " That's a big deal." " Mm-hmm." "You look good!" "You're a changed man." "So what's your lavorite llower?" "Have you seen a lirium?" "That." "That's also Ana's lavorite." "Ana and I like the same things." "Same llowers, same lood, same music." "Our lavorite song is Nonoy Zuñiga's..." "Never Ever Say Goodbye." "On our anniversay, she always asks our son lan to play it on the piano." "She says it sounds dillerent il it's someone you love who plays it." "I also know someone... who plays that song on the piano really well." "Who?" "This guy." "Right?" "Hon, come on." "Please play lor us." "Please?" "Too many people here." "It's embarrassing." " And I'm not good anyway." " lan, come on!" " Could you?" "Play lor us please?" " Hon, come on." "This is your ne_ time." "Okay." "This is lor my lather, Sergio Montes." "And lor Kayn." "Let's play a game." "All questions." "Even the answers should be questions." "The lirst one who doesn't speak in question Iorm loses." "And what does the loser have to do?" "Anything the winner wants." "Game!" "Do you love me?" "Isn't it obvious?" "Will you miss me when I go?" "What il you just don't go?" "Didn't you say you wanted a woman who's independent and ambitious?" "Didn't I tell you that I'll support whatever you want?" "Whatever I want?" "What do you want?" "Are you ready?" "Here?" "Why not?" "What if someone sees us?" "So what?" "What do you mean so what?" "It's embarrassing!" "Embarrassing?" "You just lost!" "And I won!" "There's a bit ol trallic here in Makati." "I'm so glad you're still there." "Don't pick me up anymore." "Hold on." "This won't take long." "Oh no." "It's okay." "I'm about to board the plane again." "Hon, we haven't seen each other in three weeks." "You also told me a week ago that you were going on leave lor two weeks." " So why are you liying oil again?" " l'm sory." "Michee got sick." "I'm the only reliever available." "Kayn, you hardly have time to rest." "It's okay. I'm liying to Sydney, then I promise, when I get back" "Hello?" "Ian?" " Hon?" " Hey girl!" "Let's go!" " Say goodbye now." "We're about to board." " Hello?" "Ian?" " Are you okay?" " Kayn." " Hold on." "Hold on." " lan, I'm sory. I have to go now." "I promise:" "I'll make it up to you." "I love you lan." "Bye." "I love you too." "Hon, sory. I was ín a hury." "So sory the place ís a mess." "I'm goíng to míss you." "Happy birthday!" "I missed you!" "Thank you!" "So what's up with you two?" "Girl, eat!" "Where's your boy anyway?" "Ah. I told him to just meet me here." "I'm sure you miss him." "You can't imagine." "I've been sex-less lor a month!" "Oh gosh!" "Want some wine?" "I'm lamished." "You want a long lile?" "Spaghetti!" "I want the chicken." "kya_" " Hi." " Happy birthday." "Happy anniversay to our lriendship." "We've known each other lor a year!" "Where's Kayn?" "Hon!" "I missed you." "I missed you too." "You'll never guess who I saw!" "Pauline!" "And she's pregnant!" "Oh my God!" "No kidding?" "Really?" "Promise." "Five months." "And twins." "Did you guys know that?" "What is about my lriend this time?" "You don't get them?" "They're noisy?" "Immature?" "Well lan, to tell you the truth, I am exactly like them!" "Kayn, you're not listening!" "What I want" "What I want is time lor just the two ol us." "You spend so much time at work and your lriends..." "What are you talking about?" "!" "Ian, you make it sound as il l don't give you time!" "Well, you don't." "I mean, look at this... we're supposed to be arguing but you're still te_ing your lriends!" "What?" "!" "Why are you being like this?" "!" "Because you're never around!" "That's part ol my job and you know that!" "Our arrangement was you're going to support my career... and that all you ask is I go home to you." "I go home to you, don't I?" "Do you know how it leels to go home to this place and there's no one?" "I need you but you're never here." "You know my sister's right." "I don't know what I got mysell into." "This isn't working out." "So what do you want?" "I want my wile." "I need my wile." "I thought you were going to take Kayn." "She went oil on another llight last night." "Ouch!" "Carelul!" "Call a doctor!" " Where does it hurt?" " My right." "What happened?" "How long was he in the water?" "One to two minutes." " Don't move." " Get some ice." " Ouch!" "That." " Okay." "Relax!" "His right leg is lractured." "Do you have a car?" "We do." "Where else does it hurt?" " Just my right leg." " Let's lind a stretcher." "Stretcher!" "Don't wory. I'm a doctor." "I'll take care ol you." "Ouch." "Luckily lor lan, you were there." "Unluckily lor me, you were there." "Had I gone wíth hím to Batangas that day, you wouldn't have become hís místress." "I wasn't the perlect wile, I know that." "But I never cheated on my husband... and not once did I entertain the thought because I love him." "I have a lot ol pride." "I'm not used to begging... especially il l know I didn't do anything wrong." "He can't leave you." "Because il he can, he would have done that a long time ago." "Joanna, I need you to leave him." "I'm begging you." "I'm pregnant." "I don't know what I'll do with lan." "You don't need him-- l do." "I need lan." "Good evening Ma'am." "Hi babe." "I'm sure you won't leel so tired after you taste this." "Looks good." "How was Macau?" "Macau?" "Good." "How was your day?" "The usual." "Except lor one patient." "Vey young." "Twenty-live years old." "She told me how she had to beg her husband's mistress to end their allair." "The mistress said it's not up to her." "The man would have to be the one to decide." "The wile asked the mistress how she could leave the decision up to the man... when she was once a wile left by her husband lor someone else." "I could have just told her that we were done... that she had nothing to wory about." "But now that we're here..." " Joanna, I'm leaving Kayn." " Don't." "I want to be with you." "I want to mary you." "No." "I'll do whatever it takes." "You just have to trust me..." "But that's it." "Don't you get it?" "I don't trust you." "I can't." "What?" "You'll leave Kayn, and then you'll mary me." "And then?" "You'll do to me what you did to her." "What Peter did to hurt me." "You'll just leave me." "You said it yoursell-- that was in the past and what we have is dillerent!" "I'm not Peter, lor God's sake!" "Do you know what you're sayíng, Joanna?" "!" "Do you know what you're saying?" "!" "You don't believe in us!" "You don't believe in me!" "From the vey beginning, you never trusted me!" "And I expect to hear that lrom my lamily... lrom eveyone else but not lrom you!" "Did you even love me?" "I do. I love you so much." "So, so much." "Even il l know it's not right." "Even il l know that we shouldn't have gotten into this." "But we did!" "I loved you Joanna!" "God..." "I love you so much!" "So I thought that, that was enough... to make you lorget il this is right or wrong." "Hello Joanna?" "Can I talk to lan?" "He's not here." "What?" "!" "What do you mean he's not with you?" "!" "If my husband's not wíth you... then where the hell ís my husband, Joanna?" "!" "He hasn't been home lor three days!" "I keep calling him but his phone is turned oil." "What the hell should I do, huh?" "!" "Hello?" "!" "There's a larm... in Batangas." "Just questions." "Even the answers should be questions." "The lirst person who doesn't speak in questions loses." "I'm bad at this game..." "You might win this time..." "Are you okay?" "Shouldn't I be asking you that?" "Should I ask you il you still love me?" "Why are you here?" "Do you want me to leave?" "Don't you think we should end this?" "Why?" "Are you ready to give up?" "I don't want to hurt you anymore, Kayn." "I wín!" "Ian, I want you to stay." "I'll lorget eveything, lan." "I don't want to know anything." "All I want is another chance, lan." " l beg ol you, please." " Kayn... I know that this was all just a game in the beginning." "Even il our three years ol marriage was incomplete... I love you, lan." "I love you, lan." "I love so much." "I need you, lan." "Our baby needs you." "Let's start over." "Welcome to civilization, Doc!" "Here. I brought your lavorite." "Kiss-kiss, girl!" "Auntie Maya is happy... that you'll be joining her lor the conlerence, girllriend." "My schedule has been lreed up." "Really?" "Hey, girl." "How do you leel?" "How are you?" " Okay." " Okay?" "The truth." "No bull." "Psst." "Broken." "I leel like an abandoned wile." "Girl!" "I'll order three trucks ol beer!" "We'll celebrate the end ol your insanity!" "Then, we'll call Jen and Tessa." "You know those two!" "They have such huge appetites!" "Girl?" "Does this look good on me?" "Can I have this?" "I now look like a real doctor." "Would it look better as a scarl?" "Joanna, let's pick up the pieces." "Okay?" "Hey big brother!" " Hi Kayn!" " Hi." "Hello." " Hi Dad!" " Hi Kayn!" "This one is lor you." "Ian picked that llower especially lor you." " Wow. I like it." " Really?" "It's beautilul, isn't it?" "Thank you, big sister." " lan!" "Ian!" " Dad." "Thank you lor the gift, son." "I like it." "Good." "I've been looking lor this breed lor a long time." "Níce flowers." "You have a new plant to take care ol." "Won't that tire you, Dad?" "All the ellort is worth il when a llower is this beautilul." "You know, a llower is like a woman." "Don't píck her íf you'll only ruín her." "The moment you pick her, you have to take care ol her." "Because there will never be another llower like her." "Why don't you start reciting that to Kayn's stomach." "By the time the baby comes out, he would have memorized it." "Kayn, I hope you've reduced your Ilights this year." "I'm sure lan will leel better il you just stay at home with the baby." "Big brother, I took a leave ol absence." "One year and a hall." " Good." " There you go." "One more push!" "Here she comes." "I see the head." "Baby out." "Here she is." "Happy birthday!" "Wow." "Baby girl." "Did my baby enjoy shopping with Mommy?" "Yes, Daddy." "Baby, look at your Daddy." "He's talking to you like a big person already." "Oh he's already big!" "Right now, he's around three inches in size." "This big." "All his organs have started lorming." "His kidneys?" "They've already produced urine." "Did you know that?" "Why do you know that?" "I was doing some research on the Internet in the ollice." "I saw this website lor lirst-time dads." "Interesting." "Nice." "Internet?" "Yeah." "Internet..." "Ah. I thought you went to visit an ob-gyne." "Cute, huh?" "That's my youngest." "Have I told you?" "Told me what?" "That I've lorgiven both ol you." "A long time ago." "Because ol lan?" "No." "I lorgave you because I saw how happy you were." "I didn't want to live my whole lile angy." "You know, when you left me, I was hurt." "But this thing with lan, it hurts more." "It hurts so badly... even il l know I have no right to leei hurt." "Sometimes, I have to ask mysell... would I be happier il l lought lor our marriage... il l stayed married to you?" "I don't know." "Maybe I wouldn't have changed." "I might have hurt you again." "Roy." "He's still dressing up." "Alríght. I'll tell hím." "Okay." "Bye." "Didn't you say you didn't want to know anything?" "No, it's just that..." "Roy called... and... I'll be on-site in Cavite." "You know, il you want to know my lull sked... all you have to do is just ask me." "Sory. I'm sory." " Bíg sís!" " Where did you come lrom?" " l was in the neighborhood." " What's this?" "It's lrom Camille." "Good!" "We can have that lor dessert." " Have dinner with me. I'm cooking." " Here it is, Ma'am." "Just put that here." "Thank you." " How is Camille, by the way?" " Is she still spotting?" "Not anymore." "What's wrong?" "Did you two have another light?" "What the hell is lan doing outside?" "My sister's not here." "Here. I hope it's clear." "Macky, I know she's inside." "I just want to talk to her." "I told you-- she's not here." "Beat it, man." " Macky, just want to" " Joanna!" " What the-- l told you man!" " Joanna!" " It's over!" "Ian, it's late." "You should go home." "Home?" "I'm home!" "This is my house." "My lather's house." "I grew up here." "Here." "What about you?" "You only came into the picture when you married my sister." "Let's go." "ll you want to drink, don't do it here." "What do you care anyway?" " lan, you're drunk." "_ lan, you' re drunk!" "So?" "!" "What?" "!" "Why?" "You never get drunk?" "You never get drunk because you're goddamn perlect!" "Alcohol won't solve your problems with your wile." "Alcohol won't solve" "Come on." "Let's go." "I'll bring you home." "Are you deal?" "!" "Or are you deal?" "!" "Or maybe you have Alzheimer's too." "This is my house!" "My lather's house-- there's my lather!" "Me-- l'm the son!" "You?" "He just made you president ol the company but not ol this lamily!" " lan, you're a mess..." " l'm a mess!" "Then great!" "Isn't that what you want?" "I'm a mess!" "Mess!" "So that you could be the great one!" "You could be the hero!" "Ha ha!" "Isn't that what you want?" " Hey!" "What's going on?" " Leave me alone!" "Look, eveything's going to be alright." "We already talked about it." "Could you help him  l don't need your help!" " But you can't drive!" "Shut up!" "Just shut up!" "Don't you dare talk to my wile that way!" "Don't you dare talk to my wile that way?" "Why do like meddling so much?" "Steve?" "Huh?" "!" "?" "Ian!" "Stop it!" "Steve, I told you just hold on!" "Ian, have pity on Daddy!" "Ian!" "Have pity on Daddy!" "No!" "Don't tell me to have píty!" " Stop it already!" " Stop it!" "Me?" "Have pity?" "!" "Don't tell me to have pity on him!" "I was the one here when Daddy was at his most pitilul!" "Me!" "When Mommy left him!" "God!" "I did eveything to be the good son!" "Did he notice that?" "!" "No!" "Were you here to see that?" "!" "All ol you?" "!" "No!" "Was that appreciated?" "!" "It's you!" "Because you're always right!" "And no matter what I do, I will be nothing compared to you!" "What's that racket?" "What's happening?" "Who is that?" "What are you doing?" "Who am I?" "!" "You don't know me?" "!" "I'm your doctor!" "The damn doctor!" "Why are you letting strangers into my bedroom?" "Ian?" "Where have you been?" "What happened to you?" "Can you not talk to me because my head hurts" "What is that?" "Do you know what time it is?" "What happened to you?" "you went to see her again, didn't you?" "Are you always going to think that whenever I go home late?" "Huh?" "You saw her again?" "!" "Huh?" "!" "_ you saw her again, didn't you?" "!" " l didn't see Joanna!" "Liar!" "Liar!" "ll you don't want to believe me, then don't!" "I am such a lailure." "That's not true, big bro..." "When Daddy linds out about all my sins, that's what he'll say." "I'm a lailure because I didn't love my wile... the way he loved Mommy." "Daddy will tell me..." ""You were angy because your Mommy left." "You hated me because I forgave her ríght away." "But you!" "You not only betrayed your wile, you hurt her too."" "Rick, I don't want to hurt my wile anymore." "But I end up hurting her even more." "I don't want to love Joanna anymore but I still do." "I hurt Concha, and then I punched Steve." "I don't know what to do anymore..." "Big brother... the important thing here is that you're tying to lix things." "But what il l can't lix eveything that I've ruined?" "You have to believe that you can." "Come on, big brother..." " Joanna!" " Kayn?" "Are you that desperate?" " Kayn-- - l told you... to stay away lrom lan because we're going to have a baby!" " Kayn, let me explain" " The nerve!" " Wait." "It's over between us..." " Bullshit!" "Do you think I'm stupid?" "You're messing with the wrong person, you know that?" "ll you think I'm going to let you deprive my child ol his lather, you're so wrong!" "Kayn?" "Kayn!" " Ld's start her on some..." " l don't want to be here!" "I beg ol you!" "Then request lor a CBC, urinalysis and a pelvic bone ultrasound." " KSKR." " Get me my doctor!" "I don't want this!" "Kayn." "Kayn." "You need to calm down." "You're having pre-labor contractions." "I can't sedate you." "Get away lrom me!" "Stay away!" "Kayn, you need to relax." "Think ol your baby." "Don't wory." "I won't hurt you." "I'll take care ol you and your baby." "I'm so tired." "I don't want to beg anymore." "I beg ol you." "End it." "Take pity on my baby." "Please." "I ended it Kayn." "A long time ago." "After you asked me to." "I don't love him anymore." "Ian!" "Where were you?" "Why is it so hard to reach you?" "I brought my Dad to the larm." " l'm sory." " My God, lan!" "What il something happened to your wile?" "Ian!" "You promised you'd take care ol her!" "Have you lorgotten that?" "Mom, cool it." " Hi." "Good evening." " Good evening, Doc." "Ian." "Good evening, Doc." " Are you leeling better?" " Yes, I am." "You almost went into a stress-induced premature labor." "They said you were hysterical in the ER." "Why are you so stressed out, anyway?" " Hi." " Hi Doc!" " Thank you lor this afternoon." " How are you?" "I'm okay now." "Thank you." "You must be the husband." "Joanna, it's a good thing you were able to calm her... or she might have given birth prematurely." "I don't know what you said to calm her." "Just the truth-- that her husband loves her and that he's on the way." "Please make sure you don't stress out your wile belore her due date." "I have to go." "Good night, Doc." "And thank you again." "Alright." "Maybe, after tonight, I can discharge you tomorrow." " Really, Doc?" "What time?" " After lunch." "Ian, díd you hear that?" " There are níghts..." " After lunch she can go home." " Yeah." "Okay." " _en l can't help but cy" "And I wonder why you had to leave me" "Why díd ít have to end so soon" "When you saíd that you would never leave me" "Tell me" "Where díd I go wrong?" "What díd I do to make you change your mínd compldely?" "When I thought thís love would never end" "But íf thís love's not ours to have I'll Id ít go wíth your goodbye" "I just want to thank you lor taking care ol Kayn." "I brought her home already." "She's okay." "What happened in the hospital." "I understand." "Are you okay?" "I need to be okay." "So I can do the right thing." "It's not easy." "It's painlul." "But not eveything that makes us happy is right, you see?" "But eveything that's right, even il it's painlul in the beginning... maybe there will come a time when that right choice will make us happy." "Go home." "Your wile's waiting lor you." "Sometimes, I wonder what il l loved you lirst..." "But you didn't, lan." "I don't want to be the one you run to because her love doesn't seem to be enough." "And I don't want to hurt anyone again." "That's why I can't love you anymore." "Thank you." "Just questions." "The loser has to do whatever" "Do you know that I don't regret lighting lor you... because that's when I realized how much I love you?" "Kayn, do you know that your ellorts have not gone to waste?" "Do you know that as long as we're together, I'll always be alraid... that we'll just end up hurting each other again?" "Can't we fix this?" "Kayn, what do I need to do?" "Let me go, lan." "I need to grow up lor our baby." "We both need to grow up, lan." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Kayn." "How are you?" "I'm okay." "What about you?" "I'm okay too." "Ho_s your baby?" "Jacob?" "He's so grown_up." "He's in preschool." "And lan?" "Ian's okay." "He's with Jacob right now." "It's his birthday, remember?" " Yeah." " Excuse me Ma'am." "Thank you." "Joanna, I have to go." "Okay." "Kayn?" "Can we sit down lor a while?" "I know I hurt you." "I'm sory." "I'm vey, vey sory." "That's in the past." "Jacob!" "Happy birthday Daddy." "Thank you, thank you." "Does Daddy look cute?" "Go to grandpa." "Come on!" "Ian!" "What did I tell you about your mom's llowers?" "Grandpa. I'm not lan." "I'm Jacob." "This is Daddy." "You shouldn't pick the llower... il you'll just throw her away and ruin her because there will never be another llower like her." "...like her." "Jacob, go to your nanny lirst." "Come on." "It's okay." "Thank you." "Why do you know that?" "Ah." "That's what my dad used to say about marriage." "is that so?" "Actually, you remind me ol him." "Oh?" "But my Daddy was one ol a kind, especially when it comes to love." "He loved my mother so much... he was able to lorgive her inspite ol her lailings." "And I hated him lor that." "Do you still hate him?" "Daddy was right." "He told me that I needed to let go ol all the anger in my heart... so that loving could come more easily." "I was so angy and bitter that I ended up hurting my wile..." "So many others got hurt as well." "But you've changed?" "Good." "You know, il l were your dad... I'll tell you, "Son, I'm proud ol you."" "Then why don't we pretend like you're my dad." "Okay." " My son..." " Yes Dad?" "I'm vey proud ol you." "Thanks Dad." "Thank you vey much, Daddy." "Cheers!" "What's that?" "It's a starlish." "Ian!" "Jacob!" "_ow." "Were you able to buy tuna lrom the market?" "Yup." "Are you going to marinate it?" "Yes." "It is lresh?" "Fresh." "And lots ol it." "Lots?" "I'm just going to make some tuna ceviche and pasta?" "We already have pasta!" "Ouch." "Funny combination, don't you think?" "Pasta and tuna ceviche?" "Yes." "Because that's how we are." "That's how we are." "Perlect." "There are níghts _en l can't help but cy" "And I wonder why you had to leave me" "Why díd ít have to end so soon" "When you saíd that you would never leave me" "Tell me" "Where díd I go wrong?" "What díd I do to make you change your mínd compldely?" "When I thought thís love would never end" "But íf thís love's not ours to have I'll Id ít go wíth your goodbye"