Chapter 36

Their late-night talks never happen again because Kate had always something to do after work. Francis was still job hunting together with some of their friends and while they were still free, they always hang out in the coffee shop near the school. Usually, Kate would go home after that, if they wouldn’t watch the last full show at the nearest cinema. Every night, their activities varied from singing in a karaoke bar, dancing in the new club at the back of Gaisano Main, or food tripping along Colon Street or in Parian, and if it was too late for her to go home, Kate would just spend the night with Francis.

As her sister Erlin was occupied with her job as a sales assistant in a mobile shop, Kate didn’t have to worry about her and there was Marjorie or Mary who could keep her company at night. Every payday, she would go somewhere new but just in Cebu province, together with her friends. The nightlife and the weekend getaway got the better of her and soon Kate was overspending he