TWENTY-NINE
Kalila was standing in front of a shiny display of lipsticks with Lenlen, absentmindedly scrolling through i********:, when she saw Pio’s most recent’s photo.
@pioalvez on Instagram
— Pio, Datu, and Isagani, seated at a table at some dimly-lit bar, raising beer bottles to the camera.
CAPTION: One for the road before Kuya @datualvez leaves for LA! Wish I could say I’ll miss you, but two years is hardly long. #MgaPanget
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It was posted two days ago.
Her mind went blank. With trembling fingers, she searched for Datu’s account but found he had not updated since the day before the fundraiser. The last photo on his feed was a black and white silhouette of her, standing by the window of his studio and fiddling with a fortune teller in her hands. 214, the
