HE'D done this before. When he told me he won't pursue me anymore, he didn't come for weeks until it turned into a month. Wala na dapat sa akin kung muli siyang hindi magpakita, pero bakit ganun? Bakit parang mas lalong lumalala ang nararamdaman ako. I have become so restless these past few weeks. Maging sa trabaho ay ramdam ko na parang may kakaiba sa akin. Was it because Reagan almost saw Gideon that day he went to my last? Or was it because my son had become distant to me since that day? Nasapo ko ang aking noo nang makaramdam ng kirot doon. I feel like my head would burst any minute now dahil sa dami ng iniisip ko. Idagdag pa si Gideon. Nagtatampo sa ‘kin ang anak ko. Oo nga't hindi siya nagtanong pa sa nangyari ng araw na iyon, I knew. I can feel it. My son had become distant from

