“WE NEED to go home now, Barbie,” Tita Bea told her as the older woman tap her shoulder.
“Yes, Tita,” Barbie nodded. She wiped her tears away as she glanced one more time at Lola Matilda’s tomb.
Her Lola died a week ago because of colon cancer. They had spent so much money on her grandmother’s medicines and chemotherapy. Yet she still did not survive. Those medicines just prolong her Lola’s life a bit. But they knew that death will soon claim Lola Matilda’s life and it is inevitable.
When Barbie arrived home, she could now feel the emptiness of the house. Her Lola was gone and now she is left alone to live in that big house. But she will only stay here until tonight because tomorrow she needs to go back to her work in Manila. Her vacation leave will only be until tomorrow.
That night,
