Two days later I met mama’s boyfriend. Alejandro owned some chains of hotels here in Manila. It also has a company that exports sugar to neighboring countries and he has sugarcane fields in Negros which has the largest sugarcane field in the Philippines. That's according to mama's story.

Mama knew nothing of what had happened. I didn’t say I planned to leave.

All he knew was that Damon and I were engaged. They get along very well with Damon. Damon seems to have really turned mama around.

And now we are at Isang Cuisine Restaurant and mama's boyfriend is right in front of me.

He's a nice guy. Just kidding,...