Fourteen
"Rojan, do you want to play with Tita?" nakangiti at malambing kong tanong sa aking pamangkin.
It was a rest day for me, and because I missed my nephew, I decided to play with him even though he wasn’t really easy to please. Most of the time, he would ignore my company and push me away since he wanted to play alone.
"No!" he shouted while playing with his toy cars.
Ngumuso ako dahil muli na naman akong itinataboy ng aking paboritong pamangkin. "But why?"
Rojan was like a carbon copy of Jace. But at least he was more sociable than Jace. Noong bata si Jace ay hindi ka talaga papansinin. Si Rojan naman ay sumasagot nga pero masungit pa rin.
"No!"
"But Tita wants to play with you..."
"No! No! No!" Rojan repeatedly shouted, like it was the only word his parents taught him.
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