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hing to be perfect!" Doris, Evelyn's childhood best friend spoke from the

nthusiasm. "How could I possibly forget when you remind me of every little chance you get?" She stopped and got into the Uber s

per special to her. She had somehow overheard her boyfriend, Jeff, on the phone with one of his friends, talking about surprising his girlfriend with a gift that'll take her breath aw

influencer too with about 22 million followers

were kids, you know that right? and I've waited three long years for

her voice, feigning annoyance. "Can you please stop rubbing i

ng. Then added. "By the way, how are

aduation night after-party, he confessed his feelings to her. Even though Evelyn didn't accept dating him, he still decided to wait

oing on betwee

ng to keep denying the fact you

like him. Okay, maybe I had butterflies

you just need to bury some ugly memories and let someone love you. You deserve someon

de her way toward her apartment. "You sound just like my Abuela right now." She said trying to balance her phone between

to give me a chance?" A famili

walking toward her. His eyes twinkled. "Spea

he has succeeded at her mission. "Okay, I'm gonna leave you two lov

y her grocery bag for her. "What are you doing here this early, i

y." He said with a shrug and then he shook his head. "Don't try to change the sub

quinty eyes drawing the 'well'. Then s

r words. You can't chang

kay!" She said. "Hey. You

an

yn whispered the last part as she opened the door for him. They could hear Livvie dancing a

has a crush on is Jason Lyndon." He s

eat her, her sister, and Mom and lock them up in the cold basement till morning when he was sober again. It was a vicious circle. That was their family's routine. And then one day, when

ed in a fire outbreak in her apartment. At first, the news claimed it was an accident due to some household inflammable but she and the rest of her family weren't buying it. They su

ash she'd gotten for having an affair with Jason's father. Back then, just after she made her debut, there were horrible rumors in circulation that Clarissa was in a relatio

et close enough to seduce his father-who had a thing

gh a lot to take her own life over something like that. Not right when she

ys. She'd had a one-night stand with God knows who and had fallen pregnant. Clarissa had wanted to

ne's knowledge. Not even her family members knew what she was going through,

she'd come back home. Though she was completely tight-lipped about who the father of her baby was, the Papar

print of someone else's in the apartment, who was probably with her and proba

own right after the news of her death w

something to do with her sister's death o

she was finally going to meet up with Jason to c

any times but Jason was pissed about

her apartment 30 minutes late

lanned to meet up with Jason, The Lyndons were called in for qu

legations and there wasn't any sol

e CCTV camera of her apartment was destroyed, probably by the perpetrator, a day before the murder. There

lvement was taken down and Clarissa's murder case wa

temper. She wasn't angry at her cute niece but her all-time fave musician. Livvie was st

atically making hand gestures across her face and taking a long breath. "You should be seriously lucky I love you, Tía Evy. I would have dragged you to the mud. Do you know who Jason Lyndon is? World

ceries away from him. Then he turned to Evelyn and laughed at the look on her face. "

t with a smile. Then she blew him

erous look towards him.

to dancing to the music video on TV, a piece of breaking news interrupted

p has been spotted at the lobby of The Royal Hotels on what seems to be a romantic date with the 17-year-old actress, Kelly Davis, who just

and sunshades- smiling in each other's arms at the

stricken. "This can't be true. So

lish smirk. "I told you

"And I and every loyal member of our fa

ay, as her niece stormed off,