Chapter 34
“Please do reconsider Aunt Cistina,” halos pagmamakaawa ko sa magandang babaeng naghahanda ng tumayo sa kanyang pagkakaupo mula sa mamahaling sofa sa harapan ko. Ngunit umiling lang ito sa akin at itinaas ang kilay, “Spare me, Verna. I’ve heard enough,” she said with finality as her maids hurried to her said to fix her hair and prepare her for standing up. Napatungo na lang ako sa aking hita at pumatak na lang ang aking mga luha suddenly. I lost… I just lost… For the first time in my life, I’ve failed in my endeavor. Akala ko if I put everything that I have on the line then I can achieve everything that I yearned for. I used every tactic that I know. Every single strategy and words that I learned throughout my life. She just fended of my words easily without breaking a sweat. “And
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