Chapter 13 Best Friend

• BEST FRIEND
• Alice frequently visited Rico in the Ballestros’ home, and Rico’s parents didn’t like it. Even though at first, they really like Alice for their son, Rico but their current situation is different now because Rico is already the husband of their late best friend's daughter. They know that Rico loves Alice, but they have their morals and virtue, and seeing Rico bringing another woman into their home is unscrupulous and wrongful.
• Rico cannot do anything because he is fully aware of how his parents like Dina so much for him, and now that they are both married to each other, he understands why they are pushing Alice away. Because his parents are so against Alice’s frequent visitation at the Ballestros’ home, they are now forced to see each other outside where there his parents’ prying eyes can no longer see them… and for this reason, the old couple knew they could not control whatever Alice and Rico are doing outside anymore. They are sad because the only thing they could do for Dina is to push Alice away and make her feel that they are now against Alice. They wanted to protect Dina’s dignity because even though Dina looks tough and acts like a boy… she is still a woman who deserves to be respected. Rico’s unethical actions of dating other women aside from his wife is like an insult and offending to Dina’s womanhood.