Chapter 35
“Isma, are you there?” I craned my neck when I heard a knock on the door. Lola Isma went out of her room and to the door. I was already behind Lola Isma when she opened the door. Outside stood a woman in her thirties, an unfamiliar face, and she was carrying a lot of baggage. Lola Isma welcomed her in and introduced us. Just in time, Janus just got out of our room. “Her name is Lani, she is an *albularyo that lived in the town. She was famous and I borrowed a telephone from Joel to make an appointment and made her come here.” Lola Isma announced to us. The woman greeted us and looked around the house. She was nodding a little and when her gaze went back to us, she would smile. I inched closer to Janus as I felt wary of the stranger. She doesn’t look like a bad person but still, there
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