"HERE'S your chocolate cookie frappuccino, Mam," nakangiting sabi sa kanya ng babaeng barista.
"So how is it going?"
"Thank you," ang sabi niya dun sa babae. Kinuha niya ang order niya at saka nilingon ang kaibigan na si Alessia. "What do you mean?" she asked at saka dumiretso sa counter stool sa tapat ng bintana. Alessia followed her.
Naupo naman ito sa tabi niya at saka ipinatong sa table ang in-order niyang Mocha Frappuccino. "Aren't you being too hard on yourself? You've been working your ass off since you came back here."
Ang tingin niya ay nasa mga dumadaan na tao sa labas ng shop. "I need to," tipid niyang sagot.
Alessia flipped her long straight brown hair. "You can fool anyone but not me. It's obvious you're hiding something. It's impossible that you had learned to love the w
