Hindi ko maproseso sa aking utak ang sinabi ni Cairo. All this time, akala ko napakapreperkto ng pamilya nila. Madame Andre and Senyor Verado were promised too by their parents pero kahit kailan hindi nakikitaan ng mga tao rito sa San Lucas na hindi sila masaya.
“Nakausap mo ba siya? ‘Yong kapatid niyo?” tanong ko.
Kinagat ni Cairo ang kaniyang labi at tumango.
“I know kilala niya ako. But I still pretended not to know. We talked a little bit. Nagtatrabaho kasi siya sa isang cafe sa US.” sagot niya.
“Ano ang reaksiyon ni Madame?” tanong ko.
Huminga nang malalim si Cairo at umiling.
“At first, she was so mad at me for thinking that I am lying. She cannot believe that Papa is capable of doing that to her. But yesterday, she found out. After Papa’s secretary slipped that Papa’s n
