"How did you get her?"
Sa tanong kong iyon ay napababa sandali ang mukha ng aking ina.
"Everyone knows she's dead. And that was an accident. So, what did you do, mom?"
Sa mga sinabi niya kanina ay iyon ang gustong malaman na hindi niya nabanggit. Pristine had told me that her mother died in a car accident. She was little to remember the details but she never mentioned that she saw her mother in the coffin.
Isa pa sa iniisip ko ay kasama si Pierre Vera Esperanza sa aksidenteng iyon. I know that Halyago wouldn't risk his son's life.
"Alam ni Alondra na nasa panganib na ang buhay niya," sagot niya.
My eyes sharpened at what I heard.
"Sa sinabi ko kanina kay Pristine, hindi kumpleto ang lahat ng iyon. Nang makabalik ako sa Manila kasama ang daddy mo, hindi ko rin natiis na hindi makipag
