I AM ALREADY twenty-five, but I am still threatened with my father.
"Anak," my mother called me. "Don't worry about your father. Hindi niya gagawin 'yon. You just need to clear your name in public."
Inaalo ako ng aking ina, but my father's word hunted me. w***e, nakakahiya, tarnish Altamirano... Bakit ganon?
"Mom," I called my mother. She looked at me dearly.
Hindi ko maiwasang maluha dahil sa inis.
"Why is dad like that?" I asked her. "Kahit naman po ganito ako–I am a successful woman already. Marami na akong narating... but why dad always remember only the wrong? He always shouted at me for being shameful, a w***e, a scandalous woman—but never happy when I made Alta successful..."
My mother faced me. Nakaupo ako sa kama habang nakatayo naman ito. She caress my cheek and shook h
