Evening has fallen all around me but my heart is restless. Today should just have another lazy Sunday at my parents’ house. Unfortunately, nothing is easy on this day. Kyrie sobered me up. By afternoon, Dmitri finally succeeded in dragging her to the airport. Sana napauwi niya agad ang babae bago pa man nito nagulo ang puso at isipan ko. Bumuntonghininga na lang ako and leaned back deeper into the chair and stared at the far horizon. I exchanged the beer for Riesling. Wish I had something stronger and more bitter to match my mood tonight but I can’t get the hard drinks out. My mother does not want me to drink, especially in the midst of the ‘gentle’ company we have tonight. I sneered at the thought. Gentle. Ha! My mother is too innocent for this century. Some of those gentle ladies c

