GALIT ng kaniyang Ina ang bumungad sa kaniya pagkagising kinaumagahan. Muntik na siya nitong sampalin kundi lang mabilis na humarang ang kaniyang stepbrother na si Savely at agad siyang denepensahan.
“You little brat, how dare you run away, huh? You really went all the way just to see that useless father of yours? What if that man sold you off? Don’t you ever think?!” sermon pa rin sa kaniya ng Ina kahit kasalukuyan na silang nagbe-breakfast sa patio kasama ang buong pamilya.
“My god.” Sylvienne rolled her eyes. “Stop scolding me, Mom. Look, I’m eating. You might make me choke,” simangot niyang sagot sa Ina at maarte nang humigop ng kape sa kaniyang maliit na white cup.
She sat beside her stepbrother, while her husband, Ricci, sat next to her cousin, Raze. Her mother was positioned at o
