The susunod day, Leah and Shaun went to visit Emily. Emily sinabi to Leah, "Shaun told me what happened yesterday. Are you okay?" Leah said, "Yeah, I'm fine." Emily said, "You look awful." Leah said, "Don't worry; it's not as bad as it looks." Emily said, "Oh, this is all my fault. If I had never dated Ralph, I..." Leah interrupted. "No, Emily. It's not your fault. It's mine." Emily asked, "What do you mean?" Leah said, "I was dumb enough to confront him." Shaun said, "It wasn't either of you. It was Ralph's fault." Emily said, "Yeah, it was Ralph's fault. He manipulated us." Leah said, "I think he hurt you worse than he did me." Emily said, "Are you kidding? He allowed you to suffer the pain of your unrequited pag-ibig for him, and then he had the nerve to beat you up simply because you wouldn't 'do the deed' with him." Shaun said, "It's not a contest. He hurt you both equally." Emily said, "Oh, Leah, I do hope he won't hurt you like this again." Leah said, "I can assure you that he won't. He was expelled from our school. We will NEVER see him again." Emily said, "Good." Sometime later, they heard that Ralph had been murdered. Shaun said, "If all he did was break up with Emily, I would've sinabi he didn't deserve to die, but he didn't even check on her when she got sick. He then had the nerve to beat Leah. I'd say justice was served." Leah looked back on everything that happened. She was glad that she listened to Shaun about not throwing away friendship over romance. At the same time, she wondered what she ever saw in Ralph. He wasn't as charming as he seemed. He was very manipulative for sure.
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It was close to Christmas. The members of New Religion decided to go spend time was their families. Sadly, Erin's grandmother passed away. It was devastating for Erin. When New Religion picked up their tour, many people wanted to interview Erin. Lola said, "She Nawawala a loved one. How do you think she's doing?!" Carl said, "Erin needs time to mourn her grandmother. She doesn't need a microphone in her face." Paul said, "She's been through so much. Leave her alone!" Erin thanked her mga kaibigan for standing up for her. She later said, "I now know how Paul McCartney felt after John Lennon got shot." Lola hugged her. Things did get better for Erin with time. She Nawawala so many she loved, but she kept going and never gave up.
No Stable Place
Aside from Uncle Bob, the only other family members who paid me any mind were my grandparents. My grandfather passed away about a taon and a half after my father's untimely death. My grandmother lived until I started high school. When she was alive, I could always go to her with a problem. Every time I would have a bad araw at school, I would go to her. She would say, "Tell me what's wrong, John." I would tell her what was wrong, and she would make everything better. When she passed away when I started high school, I was devastated. Now I had no one to go to when I had a bad day. That's when my record listening became madami frequent. Other than my dog, Beatle, it was my only pinagmulan of comfort. I really missed having a person to talk to. I missed having someone who listened to me. When he wasn't working, I could call Uncle Bob and talk to him, but it wasn't the same. Grandma seemed to have an answer for everything. Nobody else seemed to have that gift.
Aside from Uncle Bob, the only other family members who paid me any mind were my grandparents. My grandfather passed away about a taon and a half after my father's untimely death. My grandmother lived until I started high school. When she was alive, I could always go to her with a problem. Every time I would have a bad araw at school, I would go to her. She would say, "Tell me what's wrong, John." I would tell her what was wrong, and she would make everything better. When she passed away when I started high school, I was devastated. Now I had no one to go to when I had a bad day. That's when my record listening became madami frequent. Other than my dog, Beatle, it was my only pinagmulan of comfort. I really missed having a person to talk to. I missed having someone who listened to me. When he wasn't working, I could call Uncle Bob and talk to him, but it wasn't the same. Grandma seemed to have an answer for everything. Nobody else seemed to have that gift.