THE REST of the day was entirely spent inside my room. I didn’t go out for lunch and dinner knowing that Alas was there. It wasn’t because he blamed me or he shouted at me, it was because of the old’s man words. It got stuck in my mind like a permanent tattoo. I could not erase a single letter of it.
Ang daming tanong na naglalaro sa isip ko, nababagabag ang puso ko pero kahit anong pilit kong intindihin at bigyan ng konteksto, hindi ko talaga mabigyan ng kasagutan lahat. I knew I should confront Alas himself or better yet, ask Tita Alice and Tito Jad but I didn’t really know where to start.
There was also a part of me that was scared of the truth. What if everything that the old man said was true? How could I handle the truth when the family he told me was an enemy already occupied a
