“So, you’ve decided?” Margarita asked Samantha about the certainty of her decision to go back to the Philippines. “Yes, Ma! For the kids and Kendrick made me a co-owner of the company he founded last year, so I think it must be better if I stay there to help him,” Samantha replied. “That means— “Not what you think, Ma,” Samantha cut off Margarita’s words. She knows that she was asked about her relationship with Kendrick, but she doesn’t want her to assume such things. She’s doing it for the kids. She put herself at the bottom of her priorities. “Okay, you’re a mother now and old enough to think about what’s best for your family and yourself. As long as you are happy, I won’t intervene. I’m already old,Sam, and all I wanted was to know if there was someone that would take care of yo