CHAPTER 36: Glimpse
Are secrets supposed to make us feel better? Is it better for us to not know anything that can badly affect us? Does hiding them save us from misery and pain? I don’t know the answers myself. Aminado akong naging masikreto rin akong tao, at napakaraming bagay ang hindi alam ng iba patungkol sa akin. Hindi naman sa obligado akong sabihin sa kanila bawat galaw sa buhay ko. Ngayong matanda na ako, hindi ko na gustong magtago ng mga lihim.
First of all, I don’t want to feel burdened. Secondly, it hurts to be kept in the dark. I hate secrets.
“Can you tell me who Terra is?”
He wasn’t able to speak upon me repeating my question.
I forced a smile. “You know, I’m curious. Why did you react that way? Who is she really in your life?”
“Terra was,” he trailed off, “the firs
