She's My Sleeping Pill

"I was planning to take Hotel and Restaurant Management. I always like cooking and house keeping so, I thought this course suits me the best. It's very expensive, though. I wanted to work part-time to cover some of the cost but I'm not sure where to find a high-paying part-time job." One of the students told Stefan.

The other also informed him of what they wanted to become. "I want to become a nautical engineer. I found a scholarship already that could help me with tuition fees but I still need to find a part-time job to buy the books and other miscellaneous items for school."

"I'm not really good at everything like Luiz but I'm very good with Math. I was planning to take finance."

"I also wanted to become a nautical engineer but just like everyone, I needed to find work to support my studies."

The four students told Stefan what they wanted to become and the problem that they're facing to reach their dreams. Stefan nodded his head. "Do you have your phones with you? Can I borrow? I didn't bring mine when we came out." One of the students pulled out his phone from his pocket and handed it to Stefan. "Can you right your names first and the courses you like to get?"

"Sure." The students wrote their names and their corresponding courses. "Done, sir." He gave the phone to Stefan.

Stefan read the name of the students and his eyes stopped into someone very familiar. "Who's Dominic Sugo?" The person sitting beside him slowly raised his right hand. "You're a Sugo? Are you familiar with the name Latticia?"

"Huh? That sounds like my auntie's name but she's dead already? Why?" Stefan blinked his eyes again and again. He couldn't believe that this after party will make him find one of his relatives.

"Let's talk later." Stefan told him before looking back to the phone. "I have scholarships offered to those hardworking students. All I need you is to study hard and achieve your dreams. I offer discounts to students who wanted to find apartments with their friends. Also, we have part-time jobs that students can apply for." While speaking Stefan was typing on the phone and sent the message to his own number. "One of these days, once we're back to the city, someone will call you. Make sure to keep your lines open and don't lose hope. Just like Luiz said, as long as you don't lose hope and continue moving forward, you will see the light at the end of the tunnel."

"Which one of you is Marnie Olivares and Rhod Vincent?" Stefan asked the students and they answered correspondingly. "And you must be Paul Arroyo since you're the one who wanted to become an HRM student?"

"Yes, it's me." Paul answered.

"And Dominic Sugo. After dinner, look for me. I have something I need to talk with you." Stefan looked composed in front of them but deep inside, his heart was trembling. He was able to finally meet one of his maternal relatives. It was really fate that brought them together in coincidence. "By the way, I'm not Stefan Minato Dumrique. I'm Stefan Sugo Dumrique."

Dominic was stunned and was looking at Stefan with blinking eyes. He didn't know much about his late auntie but he heard a lot of things about her. There were so many pictures of her in their albums and in the past when he asked who she was, his family will become sad. They would tell him about her painful story and at some point, he just stopped asking them. He didn't want to see the pain in their eyes again and again.

"Are you, by any chance, her son who was taken away from her?" Dominic asked.

"Taken away? Wasn't I adopted?"

Stefan showed a confused expression just like Dominic. The two of them looked weird now and no one talked for a moment. "Let's talk now. Dinner can wait. Just give me a sec to get my wife back." Stefan walked to the sea and called Cayenne out.

"Are we going back to the house?" Cayenne asked him. Stefan helped her put on the robe for her as he nodded his head. "So soon? I wasn't done having fun yet."

"We can have fun later." Stefan stated. "I found a very important person this time and I needed to talk to him."

"Who is it? Is it an enemy or what?"

Stefan kissed her forehead and let out a shaky breath. "He's my mother's nephew." Stefan whispered to her.

Cayenne looked at the students and found one particular boy who was looking at them with anxious face. She looked back to Stefan and then back to the boy. They were indeed similar if you look at them closely but since there were so many students, they just overlooked him.

Who would have thought that they'd find another piece of information about his mother?

"Alright. Let's go back inside." Cayenne walked beside him and student was following behind them. "What's your name?" Cayenne asked the boy.

"Dominic Sugo."

"Hn. I see. It's nice meeting you. My name is Cayenne Ardolf-Dumrique."

"Nice to meet you, too." Dominic replied with a faint smile but that smile couldn't hide away the anxiety he was feeling as of the moment. The students looked at them and some where asking what was happening.

"Marnie, what's going on? Did Dom make a mistake or something?" one of the female students asked.

"I'm not really sure but sir said that he's not Stefan Minato Dumrique. His name is Stefan Sugo Dumrique."

The students gasped in shock and looked back to the disappearing figures of the three people. They were utterly shock with what they knew.

"But It could just be a coincidence, right? Just how many Sugos are there in the whole world? Not everyone can be related." Another student commented.

Marnie looked at him and shrugged his shoulders. "That's what I thought but they seem to know a common person. And that person's very important to sir Stefan."

The students immediately gossiped about it and the possibility that the two were relatives. If that's the case, Dominic was indeed very lucky.