Chapter 36
"Boss!" bulalas ni Valdez at gumilid kaunti. "Sensiya na, boss. Order ka na." Sabay lahad niya ng kamay sa counter.
Tumikhim ako at ngumiti sa bagong dating. His expression was stoic and adamant, though, as he enunciated his usual order before placing a yellow paper bill over the counter. I repeated his order and he jerked his chin up lightly.
Suplado as always.
I got his coffee ready and returned behind the counter. Inabot ko agad iyon sa kanya nang nakangiti pa rin.
Tinanggap niyo iyon bago nilingon si Valdez na nakatingin pa sa akin. Tinapik niya ang braso nito kaya napatingin na sa kanya.
"Nakakatakot ka. Huwag mong titigan," Lt. Jace Montealegre, one of Zain's cousins, declared with supremacy on his voice.
"Sinong hindi tititig, e, ang ganda niya?" Tumawa si Valdez
