I didn’t care about fate. I grew up believing that everything I did was because of my doings, and I’m the one who was responsible for my actions. Fate? It never came to my mind. But when something happened that I never expected, I blamed it all on that word.
Hindi ganitong kapalaran ang gusto ko.
“Seatiel, I’m pregnant.”
Kumunot ang noo ko at bahagyang inilapit ang sarili sa lamesang inuupuan. Kanina ay nakasandal ako sa inuupuan ko. “What?”
Pinakatitigan ko ang babaeng nasa harapan ko. Kilala ko siya dahil sa Burlington University din siya nag-aaral noon. Hindi kami naging magkaklase dahil iba ang kursong kinuha niya pero madalas ko siyang makita sa building ni Marga sa tuwing pumupunta ako roon.
“Why did you call me? And how did you get my number?”
After she called and asked me to
