The world outside the window looked blurred as if binura ang buong paligid. Maybe because I was tired. Maybe because I was angry. Maybe because everything inside me was collapsing and I didn’t know how to hold any of it together anymore.
We were already halfway to the hospital.
But this… this suffocating drive… this silent war between us was just a start.
Kaya buong byahe, hindi ko alam kung ano bang mas gusto ko: ang magsigawan kami, o ang ganitong katahimikan na parang may nakadagan sa dibdib ko.
Timothy kept glancing at me at every stoplight, checking if I was breathing. If I was shaking. If I was holding on.
“Tine,” he finally said. “I wasn’t trying to embarrass you.”
I didn’t look at him. “You didn’t have to fetch me in front of everyone.”
“You were shaking,” he repeated softly
