TINIGNAN KO ANG sarili sa salamin at hinawakan ang nagmarkang halik ni Rios sa leeg. Nauna akong umuwi from office, and Rios immediately dismissed me after what happened. Pinauwi niya ako na parang walang nangyari. Napapikit ako noong inalala ang ginawa niya. Some part of me is screaming that I am the worst. He's humiliating and hurting me... But how can I feel hope in a relationship? Talaga bang sasandal ako sa pananakot at pang-aakit kay Rios? I don't want to be like my mom... But everything is happening towards it. Nagpapa-therapy nga ako, pero hinahanapan ko pa rin ang sarili ko ng ikakasakit. Bakit ang t4nga-t4angah ko? Can't he just love me naturally? Can't he just appreciate me because I love him unconditionally? Can't he just love me because I am cooking a warm food for

