CHAPTER 42
ALINA TESORO
REALIZATION, TRUTH, AND PAIN. These are the things I've always faced when confronted with the truth. Things I usually dismiss because I know they will cause me a lot of sorrow. But we can't run away forever, and there will always be an issue in our lives that will seek us no matter how far we hide or flee.
I assumed that if I ignored what was going on around me, everything would be alright. I merely believed that, oblivious to the fact that everything around me was deteriorating.
Isang tipid na ngiti ang binigay ko sa sarili ko habang nakatingin sa salamin. May ilang mga pasa pa na naiwan sa mukha ko at muling tinapalan ito ng foundation. Habang nasa kwarto ko ay naririnig ko ang mahihinang hikbi ni Mama. Hindi ko alam kung para sa akin o para sa mga apo niyan
