Episode 13
We started with Marcy and her family all welcoming Mackie
home. They sat down to eat and after taking a few selfies, Marcy introduced Mackie
to Phil.
Mackie thanked Phil for what he had done for his family. Phil talked
for a while with Marcy and she thanked him for giving her back her family
because they were together again. Phil told Emil that they would meet the
following day so that he could give him the cheque for the money. They all had
fun at the party but Pinang left later to find a doctor for her ducks which
were sick. Mackie left to take Lotlot
home while Phil left with Nars and Miggy.
Marcy waited for Mackie from taking Lotlot home and when he got back, he asked Marcy if they
could trust Phil. Marcy said that he was a good person and only wanted to make
it up to them.
The following morning, Julian reported for his work at the Café
where he met a girl called Magaritte.
Chelsea went to the bank and the manager told her that if
she signed the remaining papers, Phil’s transaction would be complete. Chelsea said that she would not sign anything
because she wanted the transaction to be put on hold.
Phil asked Rose’s mother; Miss Dahlia to accompany him to
the bank because the money he was expecting from Singapore was supposed to be
deposited in her account. When they arrived at the bank, they were told that
there was no money in the account. Phil called his bank to find out what
happened and he was told that his mother stopped the transaction.
Phil had to call Emil to cancel their appointment. He said
that he had a problem with his bank in Singapore and was flying back
immediately to try and sort it out. Emil was disappointed but he told Phil that
it was okay.
When Phil got to Singapore, he asked Chelsea to let him have
the money and he would pay it back but Chelsea refused. Phil got frustrated and
turned to leave but Chelsea stopped him. She asked why Phil insisted on giving
Marcy the money while it was not his responsibility to help them. Phil said it
was his fault Marcy got deported and Chelsea said that he should not be blamed
because he was only a child. Phil said he blamed himself and wanted to make it
up to Marcy because she was important to him. He told Chelsea that he was going
to get the money even without her help and left.
Phil got medicine for her ducks but they started to die. Emil
found her sulking and gave the sad news that the deal with Phil did not push
through because he had a problem with the bank so he flew back to Singapore to
sort it out.
They both told the news to the family that evening and
Mackie was furious because Phil had given them false hope. Emil said that it
would be fine if Phil managed to sort things out but for the mean time, they
should continue on as before without expecting anything.
Phil however kept staring at her phone hoping that Phil
would update her on what was happening. Phil told Terrence and Rose that he
would try to get a loan from the bank and add it to the 1.1 Million that he
had. Phil texted Pinang to explain this but Mackie saw the text first and
deleted it. He later told Lotlot that he did it because he did not want Pinang
getting any false hopes.
They therefore got back to doing their jobs and Marcy even
stated to sell packed lunches to her colleagues from school. Unfortunately, all
of Pinang’s ducks died because of the infection and she was worried that she
would lose the profits she made from the Custard desserts because she had to
but eggs.
Phil tried to get the loan but the bank denied it because he
did not offer anything as Collateral. Phil did not have anything to offer
because they were all in his mother’s name. He decided to go back to the
Philippines to explain what happened to Marcy and her family. Chelsea did not
approve but Phil told her he had to leave, adding that he was sorry for taking
her money without her permission. Chelsea was sad but her husband told her that
Phil would be back once his tantrum was over.
When Phil got back, Pinang saw him at the terminal but she
was not sure about it. Later, Phil called Nars to tell him that he was back and
Nars told him that Pinang was not happy because of what he had done. He also
told him that Pinang was having trouble with her ducks because they were all
dead. Later that evening, Phil asked Miss Dahlia to bring him to a dark farm so
that he could buy some.
Episode 14
Dahlia took Phil to the farm to pick up some ducks and Phil
got wistful on the way when he saw a mother taking care of her children. He
told Dahlia that he never got along with his mother because she worked too much
when he was younger and she did not really know him. He added that Chelsea
thought he was still a baby and Dahlia tried to explain that all mothers were
like that.
At Pinang’s place, Mackie borrowed Miggy’s number from
Pinang and said that he wanted to talk to her. Emil and Marcy also went out to
but Pinang more ducks for her eggs.
After Phil bought the ducks, he got them delivered to Pinang’s
place and she said that they were not hers. The delivery person said that they
were given that address by Miss Dahlia and Pinang realized that the ducks were
from Phil. She got them and drove them to Dahlia’s house.
Phil tried to explain to her why he had bought them but
Pinang did not let him. She told him that they had been fine minding their own
business until he came to give them false hope. She told Phil to keep his ducks
because she did not need them. She was upset that he had kept quiet for 2 weeks
and Phil could not even tell her that he texted but it seems like Pinang did
not receive the message.
Mackie called Miggy’s mother Elsa who works in Singapore and
asked her to tell her any job openings that they had at their agency. Elsa
asked him why he wanted to go work abroad again after he returned from Korea
and Mackie said that they needed the money.
Phil decided to go talk to Marcy personally and explain what
happened with the money. Emil welcomed him and offered him a seat. Phil said
that he had a problem with the bank and Mackie asked if he had offered help to
them without making sure that he had enough money. Phil said that the money was
available but his mother would not let him use it. They then asked if the money
was not his and Phil tried to explain that his mother had given it to him but
she did not want him to use it. Emil asked the children to go inside and he
stayed with Marcy as she talked to Phil. Marcy told Phil that he should take
care not to give promises because he had given them hope that they would have
their farm back and then left without explaining. Phil said that he did not
know how to tell them about the money and Marcy told him that one faced their
problems instead of running. Phil tried to tell her that he would still help
them but Marcy asked him not to because it was not his problem, and then asked
him to leave.
When Phil got to Dahlia’s house, everyone was outside
because they could not sleep; the ducks were restless and made a lot of noise.
Phil apologized to them and asked them to go to sleep as he took care of them.
He did not know how to make them keep quiet so he tried playing them some
music, feeding them and giving them water but nothing worked. The neighbors
went to complain because of the noise and Phil got extremely frustrated. He got
his laptop and was about to book a flight back to Singapore but he remembered Marcy
telling him that he cannot always run away from his problems and stopped.
Phil fell asleep outside and Dahlia went to ask him to go to
sleep in the morning. When Phil woke up, he saw that the ducks had laid a lot
of eggs. He picked them up and took them to Pinang’s place before sunrise. He
laid them along with the ones Pinang’s ducks had laid. Pinang woke up and
almost caught him when she went to feed the ducks but Marcy called her back in
the house and Phil had a chance to escape. Pinang was surprised to find a lot
of eggs at the duck pen and Marcy told her to be grateful for it.
Later that morning, Elsa called Mackie to tell him that
there were no openings for a mechanic but she would tell him if anything opened
up.
When Pinang arrived at the clinic, Miggy told her that her
brother was planning on getting a job in Singapore. She said it would not be
possible because the only openings available were cares taking positions and
Pinang thought she should take the job herself. She also received brochures
from a colleague who had gone abroad and her friends were not happy to learn
that she was thinking of leaving too. Pinang asked Miggy to lend her a laptop so
that she could check the requirements but she did not want to because she did
not want her to go. Pinang begged her and she agreed to bring the laptop when
they reviewed later on.
Mackie accompanied Marcy to school because he helped her
carry her packed lunches. He then left to go job hunting with Lotlot. As Marcy
was preparing for her lessons, Elsa called her to tell her that Mackie had
called to ask for a job because he was planning on returning abroad. That was
where we ended…
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