"Anak, are you not going to work today?"

Nanay Emily asked me when she saw me in the garden sitting on the bench and holding and playing my guitar.

"No, Nanay I'm on leave." I simply answered as I don't want to elaborate things.

It's been three days since I encountered Joseph at the restaurant and it's also been three days of staying home. On the first day, I helped Nanay Emily on cleaning the house and the other maids on changing the bed covers and curtains of all the ...