Days came by and an important day approached… Well, at least not really for me, but for the real and late Monique Elizabeth Alvarez. Nevertheless, this was also significant to me because I had been taking part with it since the past few years I took over her shoes when Eusebeo gave me her name…
It was Monique's birthday.
I was even excited when I woke up in the morning and I approached one of the maids who was assigned to clean the living room where the telephone was located.
They greeted me. “Good morning, Maam!”
“Good morning. Uhm, was there a call for me from my dad or my friend?”
They looked at each other and altogether, they shook their heads. “Nobody called the phone yet, Maam.”
I felt a little bit sad hearing that. Maybe dad and also Lemuel were just busy, but I’ll just wait a
