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While looking out the window, I kept playing with my fingers and massaging them, hoping that it would ease the anxiousness and tension I was feeling. My breath hitched in my throat as we passed by the familiar road going to Arcana Ranch.
Iniwas ko agad ang aking mga mata mula roon at bumaling sa harapan. Kinagat ko ang aking ibabang labi saka huminga nang malalim.
“What’s wrong?” tanong ni Mateo at mabilis na sumulyap sa akin habang nagmamaneho.
“Nothing,” sabi ko na lang.
Ayaw ko na lang sabihin o ipaliwanag ang nararamdaman ko dahil baka tuluyan kong mabalikan ang mga alaalang matagal ko ng ibinaon sa limot. I knew it would be harder for me if I did. Kaya hangga’t maaari ay pinipigilan ko ang sarili na bumalik sa masakit na nakaraan.
To be honest, I thought I was already doing
