One More Chance
Chapter 76: Holy shit!

~~~Tables finally turned. I told you so, oh, I told you so. I told you someday you'd come crawling back and asking me to take you in. I told you so, but you had to go. Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again...~~~ -Carrie Underwood-

SAMANTHA'S POV:

Mom and Dad's wedding was happily held yesterday. It was just a simple celebration together with all the family members and their closest friends. Of course, Luke and his family, my former in-laws were also invited.

Dale gave them a two-week honeymoon package in Hawaii as a gift to them, while I also gave them another two-week vacation in the Philippines. Honestly, I didn't know that Dale and I had the same gift for them, but thanks to David who suggested me that the Philippines is one of the tropical countries with the most beautiful beaches not just in Asia but in the world.

My mom was a former surfer athlete when she was younger, so I think she would have loved to see the teardrop-shaped island of Siargao in Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. David told me that in addition to being the surf capital of the country, it also has white sand beaches, beautiful sunsets and natural rock and cave pools that Dad will definitely love.

They first went to Hawaii right after the celebration ended at 9:30 pm and used my dad's private jet.

So the next morning, I wasn't that surprised when I woke up alone in the bedroom and at home. Mom and Dad were on a honeymoon vacation, Jack told me she has another friend-date with Paul, Dale has work and he took Cali with him because the little girl wanted to see his Blight. Who is Blight? It's Dale's pet fish... a Platinum Arowana in which I've heard of is the most expensive fish that exists not just in America but in the world.

As I remembered, Dale told me that this fish has been introduced as the costliest creature people will ever buy. It is the rarest animal that people have ever treasured. I saw it once when I visit to visit him in his office and since I'm not a fan of fish or any sea creature, no matter how I stared at it in its aquarium, I really don't get it why it has been considered the most expensive fish apart from its white colour.

And when Cali heard about it, she got easily intrigued and excited to see the white fish, so she asked her Uncle Dale to take her to the office with him. He promised the kid that he will buy her, her own pet, but since he's still looking for a new one, he decided to take his niece with him to teach her how to feed the sea creature. Now it's her second day in the office with her Uncle and I'm sure this won't be the last.

Before going to bed last night, I already told the maids to take the day off the next day because I know they were all tired of assisting the guests during mom and dad's wedding.

After taking a bath, I decided to go down the stairs and cook my lunch. Yeah, lunch because it's already 11:00 in the morning.

"Wow, I didn't know the house could be this peaceful."

I muttered to myself as I walked down the stairs.

"Hmm... what am I going to cook besides from pancakes? Tsk.tsk... seriously, Sam? Pancakes for lunch?" I shook my head as I laughed at myself. "I think I want some chicken. Fried chicken and pasta. Yeah! That's what I'm going to cook and I will add an extra sauce for the guards."

And I started taking all the ingredients out of the fridge while humming one of my favorite Miley Cyrus songs.

"Everybody needs inspiration. Everybody needs a song. A beautiful melody, when the night's so long..."

I even swayed my hips into the invisible music in my head not even caring if there's someone out there... like the guards heard me.

"Cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy..."

I cooked the pasta and the sauce at the same time and since there are already marinated chicken in the fridge, it lessens my cooking time.

"Yeah, when my world is falling apart, when there's no light to break up the dark that's when I... I look at you..."

It took me almost 30 minutes to cook the sauce and I followed the chicken. I also made chocolate dalgona and chocolate wafers for some desserts.

At that moment, I have no idea that someone had parked a car at the gate and was talking to the guards.

When I'm done cooking and preparing them on the table, I took all the utensils I used to the sink and thought about washing them because I know no one would help me to do it since I was just alone in the house.

"Yeah, when my world is falling apart, when there's no light to break up the dark that's when I---ahh! What the hell!"

I turned on the faucet but I screamed when its handle suddenly broke which made the water splash straight into my face and chest.

I tried to fix it and prevent the water from spilling onto the floor, but with one wrong move, I accidentally pulled the faucet stem and it caused more water splash... like some kind of a fountain in the kitchen.

"Oh, my God! How did I break this freaking faucet? What is happening to this house? Agh!"

I run to get something to put on it to stop the water, but my foot accidentally slipped and I almost lost my balance if I hadn't grabbed the cabinet handle. It became my support and I stood up immediately.

"Oh, jeez! What am I going to do?" My clothes were already drenched but I still have to do something to fix it because if not, I'm sure the whole kitchen would turn into a swimming pool with floating pans, kettles and utensils.

LUKE'S POV:

My eyebrows creased when I heard a scream coming from the house and the guard and I, I was talking shared a look.

Cali called me earlier using Dale's phone, she told me that she had left her phone at home and asked me if I could drop by to get it. I should have asked my secretary to get it, but I remembered she has a follow-up meeting with the new client and I was the one who requested her the other day. So I had no choice but to run and pick my daughter's phone without having an idea of what is going to happen today.

"Who's that? Did you also hear that?" I asked, Simon, one of the Soriano's security guards on duty at that time.

"Yea, sir, it's ma'am Samantha. I think something has happened to her---"

My eyes widened and I ran towards the house when I heard Samantha's name without even waiting for him to finish his sentence.

My heart was pounding faster inside my rib cage as I ran as fast as I could to reach her.

"Samantha!" I shouted the time I entered the front door, but the only thing I heard was her another scream coming from the kitchen. "Argh! What the hell!"

"Samantha!"

I didn't wait for any second and immediately ran to the kitchen, only to be shocked by what was going on there. The faucet was broken and the water from the sink was now overflowing onto the floor, but what shocked me the most and made my mouth hung open was her looks and what she wears at that moment. She's completely drenched with water as if she were taking a bath in the kitchen.

At that moment she still doesn't notice me. I don't know why I was just standing at the door and watching her struggling in front of the sink.

She's wearing white short shorts and a white fitted thin blouse that now looked like a see-through blouse as I could almost see what color of bra she's wearing inside.

"Haist! You're a son of a biscuit eater! What am I going to do with you?"

She screamed again and I gulped when she slightly turned aside to my direction and I saw her bra and cleavage through her now see-through blouse.

"Holy shit!" I muttered subconsciously. I've already seen them before, but why does it suddenly turn me on?

Shaking my head, I finally managed to get myself and ran to her.

"Hey, what happened to the faucet?" I asked her as I took the kitchen towel she was using to keep the water from splashing, but it's no use.

"Huh?" She stared at me for a few seconds. I know she was shocked to see me as it was visibly written on her eyes.