CHAPTER 6 "REMEMBERING VENUS"

"GOOD morning, Papa!" Joaquin cheerfully greeted his father that morning.

"It's good to see you today. Come on and eat; we have a lot to talk about," he told him.

It was a Saturday, and because there was no work in the office, Joaquin woke up later than his usual five o'clock in the morning.

"Let me guess, it's about marriage, right?" he asked Joaquin Sr. with a wide smile.

That was when his father stared straight into his eyes. "You're not getting any younger, son. Do you think I don't know what you do to women?"

He shrugged then started eating breakfast. "Papa, I'm just being generous to them," he joked, winking at the old man.

"Get married," Joaquin Sr. replied rather briefly to him.

He stared at his father with amusement. "Papa, the way you speak makes it sound like what you're asking me to do is easy," he reasoned.

His father nodded. "I know, that's why I want you to marry someone our family has known for a very long time. I know you'll refuse, so I chose the type that I k