Kaagad kong sinagot ang tawag. "If this is not an emer–"
"Kuya! Come here, si Brent!" She is panicking from the other line.
I know that this is indeed an emergency so I apologized to Mr. Clemente and told him we could meet some other time. I wasn’t able to finish my lunch, nagmadali akong pumunta sa school nila Bria.
“What happened?” Hinihingal kong tanong.
“Kuya, nasa principal’s office si Brent…” Bria and Brent went to the same school, kung saan ako nag college, ‘yon nga lang ay nasa High School campus sila.
And just like that, I went to the president’s office.
“Have a seat Mr. Salvador.” Saad sa akin ng Principal.
Umupo ako sa tabi ni Brent, kumunot ang noo ko nang makitang mayroong pasa ang mukha n’ya at dumudugo ang labi.
“What the heck is happening here?” Hindi maiwasan na
