“Anak, you deserve better than to be the girl waiting in the shadows. You’re not some side character in someone else's story.”
“I’m not,” matatag na paniniguro niya. “I just… I just want to understand the whole picture.”
Ram shook his head. “No. You want to keep finding excuses for a boy who’s clearly too much of a coward to tell you the truth.”
Nanubig ang mga mata ni Vielle. And the worst part? Deep inside, she didn’t know if her dad was entirely wrong.
She remembered that day, when she finally had the courage to ask Axton straight.
"May girlfriend ka ba talaga?"
Pero sa tuwing ito ang pag-uusapan ay tatahimik lang si Axton. May confirmation na parang hindi confirmation kaya nakakainis.
“You’re grounded,” Ram said finally, turning his back on her.
Vielle blinked. “What?”
“You’re
