CHAPTER 9
PRESENT
When I woke up, the pain that I felt was the same pain I felt when I first did it with Kaleo. s*x was a sacred thing. s*x was making love when there’s love. s*x is s*x when you did it with a stranger. It was nothing special.
Nagising ako katabi ang hubad na lalaki na naghihilik pa. Bumangon ako at panandaliang umupo sa kama. Ano ang nagawa ko?
Hinila ko ang kumot papunta sa’kin. ‘Di ‘to r**e dahil ginusto ko. ‘Di ‘to tama dahil lang gusto ko. Kahit wala na si Kaleo ay tila niloko ko pa rin siya. Kahit wala na siya ay ‘di tama na sumiping ako sa ibang lalaki. Kahit ano’ng palusot ay ‘di pa rin tama ‘to.
Cheating is cheating. Sleeping with another man when you love someone else is cheating. The world was cheating on me.
Pinagmasdan ko si Novel na kahit tulog ay ‘di pa
