Recounting
the
DaysTita Pilar is sleeping now, after she nearly killed herself with the sewing scissors this morning. I don’t think she really was trying to kill herself as she said because as soon as Mama got Lolo Tonio out of the room, she fell down on the floor and cried. The way she fell I thought her legs would break under her. Gemma and I stood pressed up against the doorway while Tita Baby talked to Tita Pilar who lay with her skirts above her knees.
Tita Pilar is Lolo Tonio’s oldest daughter, but I don’t know how old she is. Mama and Tita Baby say she was beautiful once. They say they have seen pictures. Tita Baby’s husband, Tito Ninoy, has told them stories. She had the most beautiful singing voice among his sisters. And she always made sure he had a clean handkerchief and poli
