Habang nasa kwarto ako, ina ayos ko ang mga gamit ko ay biglang na buksan ang pintuan ng lkwarto ko. “You don’t know how to knock?” tanong ko kay Valentine nang harapin ko ito. “What did you say on my husband?” galit niyang sambit sa akin. Ngumisi naman ako sakanya at tumayo ako nang maayos. “I told him to get a work, jobless men are useless here, you understand or you want me to repeat it again and again?” tanong ko sakanya. “Who are you to say that to my husband?” tanong niya sa akin. “A quincy,” naka ngising sagot ko sakanya. “An illegitimate one,” sagot niya sa akin. s “Still doesn’t the fact that dad’s blood is flowing in my veins,” naka ngising sagot ko sakan ya. “Stop pestering my husband, Cessallie, he was fired from his work,” sagot niya sa akin. Nag kibit balika

