“Nakulong si Kuya, Ate Riley.”
Tila tinakasan ako ng kaluluwa ko nang marinig ang sinabi niya. I stilled on my spot as if my world suddenly stopped. Walang ibang ingay na maririnig sa loob ng opisina ni Iris kung hindi ang mga hikbi niya. Nanatili akong tahimik. I refused to believe that. Hindi iyon totoo… alam kong hindi ‘yon totoo.
“K-Kuya Harvey went on our house and he told us that you’re pregnant. H-Hindi na kayo dapat aalis, Ate Riley. Kuya Harvey asked my brother to do his responsibility but that same day… Kuya was taken by the police,” she added.
Sunod-sunod akong umiling matapos marinig ang sinabi niya. Hindi iyon totoo!
“Kuya Harvey told me that he wasn’t given a chance to tell to Iverson that I was pregnant—“
“Nasabi niya,” Iris cut my words off. Malakas siyang umiyak haba
