CHAPTER 26 - Part 1
“Hoy, Rica! Anong oras na? Hindi ka pa rin nagpapahinga?!” bulalas ni Shana nang malamang gising pa ako kahit alas-dos na ng madaling araw.
Mabigat pa rin ang loob ko sa naging usapan namin ni DJ kanina. His expression—his voice—kept replaying in my mind. I saw the way his jaw clenched, how his eyes dimmed with something I couldn’t quite grasp. And when he left, when I let him leave, it felt like I had lost something important. Something I wasn’t sure I could get back.
“Umayos ka diyan, besty!” Shana snapped, pulling me back to reality. Her exasperated sigh crackled through the phone. “Huwag mo namang abusuhin ang katawan mo. Kausapin mo na lang ulit siya bukas. Give him some time…”
“Umuwi na lang kaya ako?” I whispered between quiet sobs, hugging my knees as I sat
