Habang pinapanood ang pamilyar na lalaki sa telebisyon ay parang nag-flashback ang nakaraan ko.
"Ako ang tatay mo," naalala kong sambit ni Sir Karlo noong apat na taon gulang lang ako. Kalkulado ko ang edad ko dahil marami na akong memories back then. And when I asked my grandmother what age I was when I first had a Barbie toy, or when I first had that dress, she told me what age I was then. Ang sinabi ni Sir Karlo na iyon nga lang ay parang nanatiling distant o tila parang panaginip para sa akin. I wasn't sure if he said the truth, or my brain was just fabricating it up because I desired to have a parent. And between his wife and him, sobrang bait sa akin ni Sir Karlo, samantalang sobrang lupit naman sa akin ng asawa nito na si Ana.
"Lahat ng gusto ko ay susundin mo. Kung hindi
