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    OMG! So to be able to save Gary, I should humiliate myself? I glanced at Gary, and he’s absolutely off with the idea. I knew him, and if I had the right knowledge about my man, he’s not going to do it.
                  “And it will be a series of role plays with the crime scene, and the likes.” My dad warned. “But don’t worry. I will make sure to do whatever it takes so you could come clean. Trust me.” Dad promised.
    Gary gave him a weak smile. “Thanks, dad, and I’m really sorry.”
                  “No, hijo… you did the right thing. Thank you for protecting my daughter. I will make sure we’ll turn this situation around.” My dad said.
    I felt a bit relaxed now. I knew then that my dad will take care of all these, so I don’t have to worry too much.
    After an hour of countless comforting and hatred for Clemente, my dad has left our apartment to tend to one of his schedules for the day. We already took up so much of his time, so we didn’t keep him for long.
    Once dad was out, I looked at Gary, and he still seemed so stressed about the Clemente issue. I walked up to him, and I wrapped my arms around his neck. “Shhh… Baby, you did the right thing. Thank you so much.”
    He held my arms and he caressed them with the back of his hands. “I almost killed him if you didn’t come up to me.” He confessed.
    It startled me—the fact that he could do that for me gave me chills, the kind I wasn’t sure was good.  “Hush… let’s just forget about it for a while, until we need to address the issue, okay? By the way, what were you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at your workshop?” I asked.
    Oh, thank goodness he was here to defend me. It could have been very worst between us. I shook the thought out of my system, and I had to cheer myself up so I could do the same for him. It’s really nice to feel that I can always count on him for things like this, but the last thing that I wanted to happen was for him to go to jail just for me. It’s not how I wanted him to show his love for me. That’s just wrong.
    All of a sudden, I knew what I had to do. But I had to wait for things to cool down or at least for Gary to be out of sight before I could even do it.
                  “I was just planning to buy something for you, and drop it here.” He said.
    He wanted to buy something for me? Awww… He’s just so sweet.
                  “But I thought we’re in a tight budget now?” I asked him, looking and actually feeling so confused.
                  “We are. But I was saving for this for quite couple of months now.” He said.
    I was absolutely thrilled to know what it was. Well, regardless of the commotion going on, his efforts were more than enough to make things alright for me.
                  “What is it?” I asked with a stupid grin on my face.
    He was amused with my ability to shift mood after what just happened to me. “Are you sure you weren’t traumatized or whatever?” He asked.
    I shook my head. “I’m alright. As long as I have you, I’ll always be alright.” I said to him.
    He was obviously moved by my words. It was also because he knew that I meant every word of it. Why else would I be alright after being attempted of rape if it wasn’t for him? I wasn’t that crazy.
                  “Maybe next time… I want everything to be ideal for you.” He said.
    Did he say ideal for me? What’s that even mean? I tried to make a fake sad face, and I pouted to make my point. But he just laughed at it. I felt a bit childish with what I was doing, but I wasn’t scared to show him the lighter side of me… not at all.
                  “Puh-lease….” I begged him.
    He shook his head while laughing softly. I secretly wished that we’ll always be like this. Well, we were going to be like this, if only Clemente didn’t do stupid stuff at me.