My lips parted.
"You listen to me! Your father is mine! You're mine! Hindi ka makakaalis!" She pulled my hair tightly.
"I hate you!" I screamed.
"You don't talk to me like that!" She slapped me again on my left cheek.
Nangangatal ang labi ko sa lakas ng sampal niya. I can taste blood.
Hindi ko inakala na magagawa niya 'kong saktan. She's cruel.
"You're so fool, mama! Hindi ka niya mahal!" Malakas na itinulak ko siya at lumabas ng kwarto.
My eyes widen when I saw my brother leaning on the wall as if he was listening. Nanlaki ang mata niya nang makita ako.
He didn't even bother to stop mommy. He's a coward. I stopped myself to say something bad.
I swallowed so hard before I started walking away from him.
I thought I was selfish for loving Gabriel but I realized that my family's mor
