DOMINIQUE IS mumbling something but I couldn’t understand it. Pinagpapawisan din siya at hirap na hirap sa paghinga. I tried to wake her up but she keeps on pushing my hands away. Tears are rolling down on her pale cheeks, she’s trembling, and writhing in pain.
“Yza, open your eyes,” I whispered on her ears and kissed her temple.
“Nickel,” she said. I was stunned because the way she mentioned that name is full of adoration. Yza never said my name like that before. Pakiramdam ko ay may tumusok na karayom sa aking dibdib. Agad na dumistansya ako sa kanya at nagmamadaling lumabas sa kanyang silid. Saktong tumawag si Junie kaya nagpunta na lang ako sa police station upang asikasuhin ang mga naiwan kong trabaho.
But I can’t focus on what I am doing because of what happened earlier. Hindi ako
