“You look beautiful tonight,” ani ng isang pamilyar na boses ng babae mula sa aking likuran.
Nalingunan ko si Aya, isa sa Trinidad cousins. Ang natatanging Trinidad maliban kay Rachel who treats me like a human being. That is despite being the youngest sister of Irene and the youngest daughter of Suzannah Trinidad. Suzannah, the Trinidad aunt who detests my mother and is proud of it.
“Just in case wala pang nagsasabi sa iyo,” dagdag niya saka tumabi sa akin. She raised her glass of punch in salute of me and drank it bottoms up. “Ugh. Tastes horrible.”
I smiled at her, amused. Nagreklamo pero kumuha rin naman ulit ng isa pang baso mula sa dumaang waiter.
“Baka nasobrahan ng vodka,” komento ko na sinang-ayunan naman niya. Muli siyang tumungga and grimaced once again.
“Vodka na nagpapang
