Yesterday, Today... How About Tomorrow?

By Beverly Cailao

Ruth was betrayed by the man whom she thought would be her night and shining armor. She had expected too much, loved too much and more willing to forgive if only Gino would come back. For her, Gino is her life, her everything. Until somebody came into her life, who is willing to love her and to be with her for the rest of his life. Rainier is Ginos brother and she cannot believe that somebody like Rainier would fight for her even to the toughest situation. Will it be easy for Rainier to compete with his elder sibling, Gino, just to be with the girl he loves?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Sep 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465353962

Beverly Cailao

Beverly de Guzman Cailao is a native of the Philippines, married and blessed with two children. She finished her degree as a nurse and earned units in Education. She is both a registered nurse and teacher. She worked as a high school teacher for nine years in St. Vincent’s Academy of Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines and practiced nursing profession for two years. Presently, she works as a community carer in Beaumont Healthcare Ltd., Cambridgeshire, UK . She loves to express her thoughts in writing and wanted to be read by many. She incorporates moral values in her stories so as to serve as an inspiration to others.

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Yesterday, Today…

How about tomorrow?

BEVERLY CAILAO

Copyright © 2011 by Beverly Cailao.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4653-5397-9

                   Ebook                                      978-1-4653-5396-2

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Chapter 1 It Was Once A Good Relationship

Chapter 2 The New Begining

Chapter 3 Moving On

Chapter 4 Being Honest

Chapter 5 Healing Heart

Chapter 6 The Confrontation

Chapter 7 The Engagement

Chapter 8 A Fiancee’s Predicament

Chapter 9 The Greatest Fear

Chapter 10 Trying to Ease the Pain

Chapter 11 Unacceptable Result

Chapter 12 Forgiveness Sets You Free

Chapter 1

It Was Once A Good Relationship

302662-CAIL-layout-low.pdf I am just an ordinary girl with lots of dreams. Of course, every girl at the same age like mine will dream a lot, even the impossible things… (By the way, My name is Ruth De Castro, I’m 18 years old and already on my third year in college, taking Banking and Finance, whew! Numbers are surely a pain in the neck!!!). But I enjoy studying especially if you’re in love with someone, who’s also a business minded person like me… Well, I don’t know if I’ll be in the business world someday but as of now, I just enjoy being in college with the man I love. He’s name is Gino Soriano, about the same age as mine. He’s enrolled in the same university I’m in and taking Business Management… He’s serious in his studies… Most of the time I get jealous of the books and term papers that he always bring whenever he comes to visit me. We talk a lot about his interest in the business world… He wants to be big in business. Well, I just enjoy looking at him whenever he smiles as he speaks. For me, I guess, I can’t imagine myself without him. I am so much in love and I’ll do anything and everything to make him stay, that we will be together for the rest of our lives. He’s my constant inspiration. I guess he’s the reason why I got interested in enrolling in a course I don’t like. Actually, I want to be an artist but he asked me to shift to a different course. Alright, I’m head over heels. My aunt, who looks after me after my parents died after a car accident, tried to convince me not to shift to another course but because she is very understanding, she allowed me anyway. She’s a spinster and treated me like her own child. She loved me all her life that’s why I love her too but I am really stubborn. I thank God that though I am very stubborn, I have an aunt who just loves me as I am. She knows very well my relationship with Gino, and like most parents, she’ll always reminds me of our limitations. We have to finish our studies first before plunging into something that will hinder our dreams. Yeah, yeah, I know that. I really need to finish my studies because I know it will make me proud of myself and Gino as well. Gino has dreams also. He wanted to be rich and a famous business tycoon… His parents are strict. I can feel, though they treat me good, they are against about Gino having a girlfriend. Well, having someone while you’re young and free is natural. I guess they can’t stop us. We are so much in love but I know I love him more. I can see that among the members of his family, the only one who understands us is his brother Rainier. He is two years younger than us, simple and a man of few words. Whenever I join them during any of their family gatherings, he’ll just stare at me. Every time I will catch him staring at me, he will just smile and I’ll smile in return. Weird, as my mind tells me. Anyways, Rainier is a nice person and can be a good future brother-in-law.

302662-CAIL-layout-low.pdf Gino is an attractive guy, good-looking, responsible, talented, sports-minded, with an above average intelligence and not to mention, very rich. He has a car of his own. (Maybe, you know now why his parents are against about us). He is a real campus heart throb, so, you can’t blame me to be insecure sometimes. Girls, will just simply flirt with him even though I am around. I can even catch some girls flipping their eyelashes at him and he will just smile at them. I don’t know if being one of the campus heart throbs is already making him feel good about himself. Sometimes, he doesn’t mind me being jealous… because whenever I am jealous, he easily knows how to calm me down. He knows my weaknesses very well. He knows that I love him so much, I’ll die if he’ll be out of my life. Oh dear! . . . He knows very well how to make peace with me. It just irritates me whenever I hear other girls saying, She’s not attractive. Why would Gino like her?, She’s boring!, Poor Gino, he is blind! . . . Everything’s alright with Gino except his girlfriend, hahaha! Grrr… it is really none of their business… I don’t want to pick up a fight but I’m almost there… Good thing Gino always assures me that he loves me very much… Hah, eat your heart out, girls!

302662-CAIL-layout-low.pdf Time is so quick. In less than three months, we will be finishing college, at long last! . . . We are all busy completing and submitting all of the needed requirements just to be included in the graduating class. Good thing we have considerate professors. This is the time I noticed that Gino doesn’t call or send text messages that much. Maybe he is busy that’s why. I am busy too but I can’t stop thinking about him. I love him very much. The thing is, I have time to send him text messages, to call him just to ask if he’s okay. He’ll just send a short message telling me that he’ll catch up with me when everything’s settled. He is just too busy doing the extra mile. I do not know what he meant about doing the extra mile, but that made me so suspicious. That he might be seeing someone else or that he doesn’t love me anymore… that he’s tired of me… that he is bored about our relationship… I know he is a man with needs (you know what I mean), but I’m scared of doing it. Being so much in love with him doesn’t mean that I have to give in. That is what my aunt Thelma told me, that no matter how madly in love you are, preserve your self. I have the right to say no because it is my body anyway. You’re right Aunt Thelma, Gino asked me to do it with him, not only once but several times. Maybe, I am gifted with a lot of self-control because I can easily refuse. At first, he understands… and understands… and understands… until he stopped asking… and stopped kissing me as well. He had grown tired. But I am stuck to the idea that if he truly loves me, he will respect me. Little by little, I have noticed that he had grown cold but he is still there as my boyfriend. He is still very supportive, always telling me that I am a part of his plans and dreams. I got contended with that and hold on to that promise… though I am noticing a bit of changes in his behavior and habits. Oh well, maybe I am just being paranoid… I hope so.

302662-CAIL-layout-low.pdf Graduation day! We are all very excited… the academic gowns, the parties, foods, gifts, greetings and appreciation from loved ones and friends are expected. Gino didn’t offer to pick me up because his excuse is… no room for me anymore in the car… fair enough… of course, I have to understand. My aunt, some relatives and friends and I went to the venue renting a big van. I am so excited to see Gino. Imagining him very handsome wearing his toga. I didn’t see him inside the venue when we came. Where is he? I asked myself. Everybody’s so busy exchanging pleasantries. I found myself looking for him. As I go through all of my co-graduates going gaga all around, sometimes being stopped because a fellow graduate will hug and kiss me and will say congratulations, but I wasn’t able to do that in return because my mind is busy looking for the familiar face. Where is he? My mind asked again and this time my heart doesn’t stop beating fast. I don’t feel good about not seeing him soon… What’s happening now? Why is he not around? He just told me that they are almost on their way to the venue. And then I saw Rainier. At first, I thought it was Gino because they have the same built and almost had the same look, they are like twins. I ran and almost hugged him but when I recognized that he was Rainier, I stopped and felt embarrassed. Rainier looked at me, as if he had seen a ghost. That’s strange, he didn’t even give me a hug and a greeting. He’s just there, staring at me with his mouth slightly opened. Where’s Gino? I asked. He was silent at the moment and then pointed a place where it says fire exit. What is he doing there? Was there a fire? When I was about to go there to check, Rainier hold my arms and tried to stop me, telling me just to wait for Gino. No, I need to see him, I told him. I went straight to the fire exit, but I cannot understand why my heart is beating so fast that I almost choke. I pushed the door quietly and made a few steps, the place was quite dark, only dim lights are on. I saw two people in the corner, I thought they were just talking to each other but as I come near, I realized they were very intimate. Until I recognized who the other person is Gino! I called, He looked at me surprisingly. He was kissing another girl! She was one of our classmates in history before. I felt numb, I cannot move, I cannot speak, my throat is so dry, I felt my head ache as if I want to pass out. We were all just staring at each other. And then I managed to speak at last. I asked him, Why? Both of them cannot give me a straight answer. I guess I don’t need any answer at all. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath… then just walked away. Gino called me but I guess the girl stopped him from following me. No need