VIDA’S POV
I held my phone. Still no signal. I hope sa overpass na sinasabi ni Mang Rico may signal na para doon ko susubukang i-contact si Aunt Anne. What would I do kung nag-out of town pala si Aunt Anne? Napapikit ako. That’s frustration. I bet there’s a way pa rin naman to reach her, right?
“Miss,” nakatingin sa akin ang konduktor. Oh! Yung bayad nga pala.
“Teka lang po.”
Binuksan ko ang dala-dala kong bag na napupuno ng diary ni Aunt Anne at ng mga sulat ni Rohan sa kanya.
“Magkano po hanggang sa pinakamalapit na overpass?”
“Bente.”
“May signal po ba roon?”
“Sa bayan pa magkaka-signal.”
“Magkano po hanggang bayan?”
“Bente singko,” I opened my wallet and there I found a twenty-peso bill and my own ATM card. Oh shocks, I forgot to ask for money but how could I ask if I was not
