“Ilay has a wife?!” One of the seniors dared to ask. “Since when?”
I felt my face burning in embarrassment. Ako na yata ang pinakamalas na babaeng nadikit ang pangalan kay Ilay dahil hanggang doon ba naman ay hinahabol ako ng kaniyang mga kasinungalingan. Yet I was the one who looked so ashamed!
“I remember, Ed, that there’s this girl he’s always talking about. Iyong nag-aaral sa America.”
“Paano ang ina?
“Hindi. Sigurado ako.”
“Basta Montemayor,” saad ni Kuya Carlo na naroon din pala!
Tumanaw ako sa kanilang table. Their small crowd consisted of the three Delgado siblings – Kuya Carlo, Ilay, and Sol. At dalawang mukhang senior na lalaki. Still, they looked like they could down another bottle of F
