Filipino Cruz
Reeks: Cruz
Robert Bell
- Simon
- wants
- to
- put
- things
- right
- with
- Ace.
- Except
- Ace
- is
- Cruz.
- He
- travels
- to
- Manila
- in
- the
- hope
- that
- he
- can
- meet
- Ace
- and
- Leonardo.
- Talk,
- and
- put
- aside
- the
- ill
- feeling
- he
- feels.
- Part
- as
- friends.
- Or
- learn
- he
- had
- been
- right
- a
- year
- earlier
- and
- leave
- for
- ever.
- He
- wasn’t
- sure
- why,
- it
- seemed
- the
- right
- thing
- to
- do.
It
- was
- Ace
- who
- had
- kept
- him
- coming
- back
- to
- Manila.
- He
- had
- met
- him
- in
- a
- macho
- dancer
- bar.
- He
- was
- new,
- young,
- naive.
- Fresh
- from
- the
- provinces.
- Shy,
- always
- kept
- his
- underwear
- on.
- Maybe
- that’s
- what
- intrigued
- Simon.
- And
- with
- very
- little
- English.
- That’s
- where
- Rey
- had
- come
- in.
- The
- staff
- had
- brought
- Rey
- over
- to
- help
- translate.
- Simon
- had
- tried
- to
- ignore
- Rey,
- but
- he
- kept
- butting
- in,
- and
- asking
- for
- a
- drink.
- He
- was
- about
- to
- tell
- the
- staff
- to
- remove
- Rey
- when
- this
- other
- guy
- walked
- over.
- Tall,
- handsome.
- He
- introduced
- himself.
- He
- was
- Leonardo,
- Rey’s
- cousin.
- If
- he
- hadn’t
- found
- Ace,
- Simon
- would
- have
- gone
- for
- Leonardo.
Simon’s
- mind
- went
- back
- to
- the
- early
- days.
There
- had
- been
- something
- about
- Ace.
- Simon
- couldn’t
- place
- it.
- He
- tried
- a
- few
- times
- in
- the
- early
- days
- to
- get
- Ace
- alone,
- but
- he
- seemed
- too
- shy.
All
- that
- changed,
- and
- he
- starts
- a
- chain
- reaction.
- Brothers
- and
- cousins,
- parents.
- All
- realise
- it’s
- time
- to
- be
- true
- to
- themselves,
- and
- find
- happiness.
- Except
- Rey.
- For
- Rey,
- there
- will
- be
- loneliness
- unless
- he
- can
- accept things.
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