“How is it?” tanong ni kuya ng makalabas ako.
“He agreed to get our mother out there first.”
“What about you?”
Nagkibit balikat ako. “I’m not sure about that. Mukhang tanggap naman niya na may anak siya. Hindi naman ako umaasa ng todo sa kaniya. I just want to save mother first.”
Bumuntonghingina siya. “He’s a jerk.”
“We never know that, kuya. And I understand him, and this must be confusing for him.”
“Still, you are his daughter!”
Niyakap ko siya nang mahigpit. “Calm down, kuya. I am okay, really. Simula pa lang hindi ko na naman tinaasan ang expectation ko sa kaniya. I am already contended having you and mother besides me. At saka nandiyan pa sila Kuya Marcus at Ate Aly! One man doesn’t affect me that much.”
That’s what I said to him, but I could feel my heart slowly being crushe
