"I will be yours, Dad, in a week........"
"Lando! Lando!" bigla akong napadilat. Mukha ni Ruben ang nakita ko. "Okay ka lang, pinsan? Binabangungot ka yata."
Muli akong pumikit at idinilat ang mga mata ko. Nakita ko ang pag-aalala niya. Napahawak ako sa dibdib ko. It's beating so fast.
"I.......I had a dream......" napatuwid siya ng upo. "Babae. She's so beautiful........She has curly hair and calling me Dad."
"Anak mo?" napatawa ako at umiling. "Kung ganoon, baka girlfriend mo......or asawa?"
I looked at my ring finger. Wala namang bakas iyon na may isinusuot akong singsing doon. "I don't think that I was married to her. Because the only thing that I remembered is when she told me that she will be mine in a week's time."
"So.......ibig sabihin, dapa
