IRENE
My mind stops running; my heart stops beating. The question even to myself I avoid to ask is asked by Sebastian. Ano ba dapat ang sasabihin ko? Yes? No? I don’t know?
Winaksi ko ang kamay niya, I felt suffocated. Kulang na lang ay tumakbo ako palabas sa balcony para makahinga ng maluwag.
“Irene, tell me the truth.” He never addresses me with my name, it’s always baby or babe. But how should I react?
Marahas niya hinawakan ang balikat ko tsaka pilit pinapaharap sa kanya. I can’t read the emotion on his eyes; is he disappointed? Hoping that I am not pregnant? There is no hint.
“Tell me now, and I can fix it.”
Fix? Ano ba ang nasira kung buntis ako? Oh, alright, ofcourse. It is his relationship with Anika. Sinubok ko na ngumiti sa kanya, but my emotions fail me. It isn’t a sm
