Starting Over Again Page #2

Actually, until December 25, Sir.

Here.

This is my favorite part of your letter.

They say...

"Give love on Christmas Day."

So give me love, Sir.

But if you feel nothing for me...

just tell me,

how do I unlove you?

Sir, if you're going to reject me,

can you not do it today?

Because this is going to be

my second rejection.

It's too painful already.

You got rejected?

They said...

I don't look like Mama Mary so

I didn't get the role in the play.

Is that so?

Well, that's what they think.

But for me...

you don't need to look like Mama Mary

for me to fall in love with you.

I don't want you

to unlove me, Ms. Gonzales.

What?

Because I love you.

You love me?

Yes.

You're my boyfriend now?

Yes.

I'm your girlfriend now?

Yes.

Oh sheesh!

Thank you! Merry Christmas!

I love you! I love you!

I love you, Sir! If you only knew!

Can I kiss you now?

Yes.

Thank you, Lord! Merry Christmas!

More than three years and

I thought we were good.

More than three years

going on forever...

or so I thought.

I don? know why...

or how.. or when H started.

What happened to the two of us?

Why did we break up?

Why did you leave me?

But today, I resolve

to stop bothering you.

I have decided 10 lei you be and

give you the space that you asked for.

That's why I'm sending this email,

four years from this day.

You'll be 30 years old by then.

You would've been to places.

You would've met a lot of people.

You would've accomplished things.

I hope you have done

everything you wanted.

I hope four years is enough

for you to be sure...

that I'm the one you want to be

with for the rest of your life.

H! wait for you, Ginny.

H! wait knowing that one day...

H! be back in your life.

And I will do everything

it takes to win you back.

I will never lose hope...

that we will eventually

have our second chance.

I won? ever lose hope.

Happy bi...

Hi, Aunt Ginny!

Are you okay?

This email was sent 2009,

so four years ago?

Is there really a website like that?

There. LetterLatencom.

FuiureMacom.

OnThisDay.com.

We been searching for him for so long!

In Facebook... I even googled

Marco Villanueva to no avail!

Now see, he made his way back 10 Ginny,

in a very romantic way.

But is this still true now?

Not anymore.

How come?

So he was just emotional

when he wrote it in the past?

Yes! Past. That's the operative word!

This was the past and that's

the end of the story.

What if their love story

is "to be continued?"

Come on. Stop romanticizing things.

This isn't a soap opera.

Wait, so what really happened to them?

The point is, this isn't

helping Ginny move on.

So let's stop this.

We have to delete this.

No!

Not now.

Who knows,

there might be another chance.

You two are crazy.

Baba, please help me here.

Thais why I never liked

the idea of you going back there.

Too many things

are holding you down.

Here in Barcelona, you had a nice job.

You're on your way up.

Then you left everything.

For what?

Ma, I came back here because

I need to take care of Papa.

Sometimes, I think you're just

using him as your excuse.

Truth is, you just want to see Marco.

Happy birthday, big sister!

Thank you!

Tell me, Ma.

Didn't you regret leaving Papa?

Is H Throwback Thursday today?

I don't think so.

You never thought of coming back to him?

Pa, why don'! you just

live here in Manila?

If it's getting inconvenient for you

to go home to Batangas--

That's not what I meant, Pa.

Come on.

Haven't you forgiven me until now?

That I left you?

I'm used to being left behind.

Pa!

Pa, I was talking to Mama...

She said there was a time that...

she almost came back to us.

But she was afraid that

we might not take her back.

If she came back,

would you have forgiven her?

Would you have taken her back?

How can I answer that?

She never said that.

What if she did?

It never happened.

But what if?

Yes.

Oh! This is huge.

He also has a restaurant in Parafiaque.

That was the first.

His family is also into trading.

Ah... Milo?

Migo. Migo Mafiego.

They are there, Sir.

No problem.

Oh okay. Thank you.

Ginny.

- Hey, how are you?

- Hey! Ali!

- I'm okay, bro.

- Ginny!

It's been like what?

Four years? How are you?

I'm okay! I have two kids now.

You? You're looking great!

By the way, this is Migo Mafiego.

He is the owner of the restaurant.

Hi. Hi.

We'll be meeting with him today,

and Marco.

Marco?

Marco.

Yes. Marco Villanueva.

He's our executive chef.

You know him, of course.

I know him... Of course.

Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!

Sh*t!

He's here...

We're in one building together.

We're breathing the same air.

Why is this happening to me?

We can say no and just leave!

But I just want to see him again.

I want to know why.

What?

Why do we have to see each other again?

Marco, Ginny's here.

How are you?

Hi.

Gosh, I can'! believe

you're starting a restaurant!

We also can'! believe

that you're married!

He was very persistent.

He followed me to Dubai.

- Wow...

- You know... True love...

I didn't know you worked in Paris?

After I studied in New York, yes.

You also went to Spain?

Madrid. Then I went back to New York.

Then last year, I came home here.

Ah, Ginny...

As we discussed earlier...

we're planning to open a new restaurant.

It's gonna be Marco's second.

My first with Ali.

We've gone through a lot of architects

but nobody suits Marco's taste.

Then I saw you in a mall.

So I joked Marco about

hiring you as our architect...

and he agreed.

I'm glad you agreed.

Why not?

Ah... well.

You made the right decision.

As you can see, we're a one-stop shop.

We have architects and a contractor.

I don't want to brag,

but Ginny has a Master's degree.

She went abroad,

and studied for two years in Barcelona.

Uhm, what property of yours

are we converting into a restaurant?

Oh. The old house in Sta. Ana.

Yeah.

So you're finally making

the dream come true.

Well, that's why I called for you guys,

because we want to know if you can do it.

I want the restaurant

operational in six months.

That's too soon.

We're following a timetable.

I'm proposing in six months.

And I want it to happen

in that restaurant.

Proposing?

We forgot to tell you that...

the restaurant is not just

owned by the four of us.

There's another part-owner.

Patricia De Guia.

Marco's girlfriend.

Patty is a pastry chef.

She's just in the US right now

finalizing a contract.

But when she gets back, she'll be

very much involved in the renovation...

because that's really

her and Marco's idea.

You? What's your secret?

You want the truth?

Maybe it's that...

even if I love Papa so much...

I sometimes wish I had

a different father.

Someone...

who has a strong heart...

who wouldn't go home after two years from

Saudi, just because he misses his family.

Someone who wouldn't give up

when he loses in business.

Maybe Mama wouldn't

leave to work abroad.

Maybe...

Maybe until now,

our family is still whole.

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