KAIRO
October 2021
Davao City
"YES, Kairo." Tumango-tumango ito, ni walang nakabakas kahit katiting na bahid ng pakikisimpatya sa mukha. "He was Kent Domingo — your father."
"No," muli't muli, ang salitang iyon ang tanging lumabas sa lalamunan niya. Pilit na inaalala ni Kairo ang mukha ng ama, ngunit tulad noon, tanging pagkamuhi lamang nadarama niya. Even his father's name itself, he still couldn't remember it.
As his mom scoffed, that was the time Kairo removed his attention from the picture.
Naglalakad na ang ina niya papunta sa gawi ng main door. She opened it. Doon ay tumayo ito.
Her mom obviously took a deep sigh as her chest rose intensively. Nakatulala lamang ito sa labas na bahagyang nagliwanag na. "It's hard to believe, I know. And I felt the same thing when I got to kn
