“How is my beautiful Sorsogon? And the waves?” “Calm...” I looked out through the window, seeing the empty shoreline. Wala pa rin si Preston. Mahigit isang linggo na ang nakalipas simula nang makita ko siya. At... ilang araw naman sa kaniyang ama. Shaking my head, I sipped from my coffee cup and tried not to dwell on it. “Hmm. There’re probably no surfers around. Just wait until December. You’ll be thrilled to dive in...” Ate Cala’s naturally low voice sounded so eloquent against the waves. “Yeah. Hopefully you and Ate Mara will be here...” I adjusted my ear pods. “We’ll see.” I already knew what that meant. It was a solid… no… not ever… stop getting your hopes up because it wouldn’t happ

