Paano na lang kung hindi tatanggapin ni Brent ang paghingi niya ng tawad? Kasalanan niya talaga 'to. Napakatigas kasi ng ulo niya kahit sa simula pa. Only now she wanted to tear down anything standing between her and Brent. She wanted to remove all barriers - even the ones that had been there so long that they had cemented themselves in.
"I'm working on it," she said solemnly, swallowing against a rising tide of emotion. "Akala ko na magagawa ko ang lahat na mag-isa lang ako dahil iyon din ang nakikita ko sa mama ko. Gusto kong maging malakas...to be my own person."
He rubbed a hand along his jaw, "Mahirap mabuhay kung mag-isa ka lang."
"Alam ko." Napatango siya. "I've been so concerned with making everyone think I was leading this successful life that I put no time into my reality. Kar
