"Y–yes. You think I'm lying?" My voice became shaky. Pinanliitan niya ako ng mata at unti-unti na akong nakakaramdam ng kaba. Nagkibit balikat lang si Rome at para akong nabunutan ng tinik sa dibdib. Umismid siya at, "Well, I know you're not lying. You never lied to me before." Natigil ako sa paglalakad ng sabihin niya iyon. Yes. I never lied to him before. Never. I told him everything, even those thoughts that deep inside me that no one knows, I told him all of that. But not anymore, I lied to since we've talked again this summer and I'm still lying now. Nilingon niya ako dahil sa pagtigil ko sa paglalakad. "What? You don't want to know mine?" Huminga ako ng malalim at nanakbo ako papunta sa kanya. "Sa totoo lang, alam mo na rin naman itong sa akin." Guess what? It's about

