THEY may not be together, but somehow they find their own way to keep in touch with each other. Ara used to call her often. She never had the chance to create a Facebook account because her college boyfriend Ronald was a very jealous guy.

"Look at this, he's my boyfriend. Very handsome, isn't he?" Ara's eyes are glistening with proudness and joy as she showed her her boyfriend's picture.

It has been a few days since Ara returned from Malaysia. She then went to San Ricardo to visit her and also their grandparents.

Bella planed to personally visit her twin sister in Manila. But unfortunately, she was so busy at work that she was unable to go out to meet Ara. Aside from that, Ara's sudden dismissal from her job was unexpected that she was not prepared for it.

Bella eventually figured out, in fact, that she wanted to ask her sister about how come she was one of the employees who dismissed suddenly in the hotel she was attending. But because she thought that Ella might get offended she decided to leave it there. After all, it would be best if Ara herself came up with it.

She briefly looked at the man in the picture on Ara's expensive cell phone. “Yeah, very handsome. But hey, is he the one you told me about before? ” she then returned her attention to the test papers she was working.

Ara shook her head. "Nope," he said and then started counting using her fingers. "Tim was fifth from the man I told you about" it sounds like normal to Ara.

“What?” Bella asked with her eyes widened. "You've been dating a lot, while mine since college it has always been Ronald," she said in a voice of disbelief.

Ara rolled her eyes because of what Bella said and then smile. "You're just being too serious" and then her sister winked an eye on her. "But I should tell you, Tim is different from the previous men that I dated. And I love him so much, you know?"

"Obviously, your eyes can tell everything" Bella replied with a soft laugh.

"He will be coming home, I will introduce you to him" it was Ara.

Bella nodded. "Sure, anyway, have you told him already that you have a twin sister?"

"Yap! And he really can't wait to meet you. I told him that we are very identical, physically, you just cook better because I can't do things like that when we were kids because of me having a pour health” she told her.

Bella laughed with what her sister said. "Okay, introduced me to your boyfriend so that at least I have an idea of what kind of guy he is,” she said, and so Ara laughed.

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"WHAT condition?" it was Ara's question that brought her back to the present.

Bella smiled. "Get well soon" she replied.

Ara laughed softly at what she had said before speaking again. “Take care of him, act like me. Study the situation carefully, then tell him the truth” Ara's low and weak voice stirred her deep thought.

It was when Bella started to cry. "You will be okay, think about that and stay positive okay?" she sighed and forced a smile.

Her sister shook her head weakly. "Just promise me that you'll do it. I know I may be asking too much but please? Do it, for me?" she insisted.

It was when she bent to kiss Ara's head. "I promise you, I will not disappoint you, I will do everything you say. So don't worry, just take a lot of rest so you'll feel better soon” she in a lively tone.

“One more thing” her sister handed her a sealed envelope.

Bella's eyebrows met because of that. "What is this?" she wondered then stared at Ara after taking the envelope from her.

Ara laughed because of that. "A letter of course!"

Bella nodded. "I know, but what is this for? Or to whom should I give this?"

"It's for you," Ara said.

Bella can't help but smile because of amusement. "Why?"

"You have to promise me that you will just open it and read it on your very wedding day" Bella held back her tears again at Ara's statement

“A-Arabella…” all she could say.

"Promise me that you will do everything I ask you to do, then I can go peacefully and meet my Creator" This is why he cried so much. “P-please?” in a tired voice.

Bella bent and hugged her twin sister tightly. "I promise," true to herself and she has no intention of breaking that promise.

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"WHAT do you plan to do now?" it was the last night of Ara's wake.

Bella sighs, even though they prepared themselves because Ara has been admitted in the hospital for days, losing her sister is still painful beyond words. She feels like half of her died with Ara.

She turned to look at Ronald and rested her head on his shoulder. “I-I'll do what my sister wants. I will keep what we have agreed to ” she answered in a refined tone.

She heard the heavy sighs that his boyfriend had released. "I'm scared about that you know?" what he said was in his voice.

"Don't you trust me?" she looked up at Ronald afterwards.

“Not that, I trust you alright? But what if that guy takes advantage of you? Or, what if? ” Ronald could not continue because she already said what she thinks his long time boyfriend was trying to say

"What if I fell in love with him?" her amused question.

Ronald nodded in response to that question. She shook her head and rested it again on Ronald's shoulder and then speak softly. "I love you so much, you know that right?" she said looking up at him again.

“Really?” Ronald asked with his eyes flickering.

Bella nodded and smiles. "Of course!"

"Why don't you prove it to me?"

She heard that and her eyebrows met instantly. "What?" in a tone of disbelief Bella spoke in a firm and low tone when she understood what his boyfriend was trying to say.

"I'm just joking" trying to cheer her up, Ronald even sounded like what he said and gave her a tight hug.

Bella remained silent as she released herself from her boyfriend's tight embrace. "You go ahead, I will be okay here," she said asking Ronald to leave.

"B-But,"

"Go, you need to wake up early for work tomorrow right? I can manage here" she said and so Ronald had nothing else to do but to obey.

Ronald was gone when she turns to follow him with her gaze. She really can't help but lose her temper whenever he asks her to have sex on him. She took a deep breath and started playing with her own fingers.