PAULA
GAYA ng usapan namin ni Teresa, nagkita kami during dinner time.
We went to another restaurant na medyo may kalayuan at private.
We were eating nang mapansin niyang hindi ako masyadong kumikibo.
“What’s wrong?” tanong niya.
“Ha?”
“What’s wrong with you? May problema ka ba? You know you can always share it with me, ‘di ba?” Teresa said.
“Oh, I am sorry. May iniisip lang ako…” sabi ko.
Hindi agad umimik si Teresa but she was staring at me. “Okay. Pero kung kailangan mo ng kausap, nandito lang ako, ha…”
Payak akong ngumiti kasabay ng pagtango ko.
Nagpatuloy kami sa pagkain. Hindi rin naman nagsasalita si Teresa pero hindi na rin ako nakatiis sa katahimikan. I really need to let this out of my chest as well. Hindi ko kayang magtago ng sekreto rito.
“I-I need to tell you some
