"Go on. I didn't tell you to stop." She hugged him, much to his surprise.

"You aren't asking me to stop?"

Selena knew how stressful his job could be. Back then, she used to be a smoker, and she knew most of the time, men smoked to relieve the stress within him. She was fine with it if a cigarette could take away some of his sadness.

"Tone it down. It's bad for you." That was all she said, and she trusted that he would understand. Upon hearing that, Pierre chuckled and opened the window for the smoke to drift outside.

In the meantime, Selena leaned against his chest. "Since we're getting married, we're going to face everything together. Don't keep everything bottled up. Tell me if anything is bothering you. I know I might not be of help, but at least I can listen to your troubles."

down at her for a moment, then he suddenly blurted, "Francesca

"Sorry?"

mother's name.

famous female celebrity of the last generation. Movies were a novelty back then, and Francesca Moody was the most famous actress then. Everyone

second to none back then, and she was the first actress to film overseas. However, Francesca suddenly stopped acting at the zenith of her fame, and there were no more

her father being an avid fan of Francesca, and she saw a lot of posters with the actress in it around the house when she was little. Since her mother, Cecilia, was also a fan of Francesca, she let Roland do what he wanted with them, but later,

Jezebelle and Roland had back then, and then the posters were burned. It was obvious that Francesca was more famous than anyone of her era, but Selena never expected her to be so devoted

always thought Mom died from a disease, then I found out it was because that geezer had an affair." Pierre never called John 'Dad'. He'd call him a geezer most of the time, though he would still call

and raised a family for him. She was willing to become an ordinary housewife just for him, but then she found out about his affair, and it broke her."

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