Silent shouts of the people, a woman looking at her wristwatch and anxiously waiting for the car in front of her to move on, a man selling cigarettes to a car that just parked. Somehow, I felt comforted by this silence.
But the comfort quickly vanished when I accidentally took a glance at the girl who was in utter silence. Her gaze was in the street but clearly, her mind wasn't there. I couldn't read her face, is she in pain? Is she angry? What should I do? What can I do?
"C-Can you listen to my s-story, Kuya Charles?" biglaang tanong ni Kesia sa akin after an hour of silence.
I gave her a big warm smile that I could master and gave and said, "Yes."
Umiwas ito ng tingin pero na huli ko ang malaking ngiti bago ito nawala... j-just like a child.
Hindi ko maiwasan na nakawan ito ng ting
