Ngumuso siya. "I'm tired."
Mabilis niyang binuksan ang tarangkahan at naglakad papasok sa main entrance ng bahay. Nakasunod lang sa kaniya si Gideon na panay ang tanong sa kaniya.
"Can you stop asking?" pagod niyang turan at nilingon ito. "I said I'm tired. There's nothing wrong with being tired, right?"
"Not after you've made a scene with Elise."
"So what?" Tumaas ang kilay niya. "So what if that friend of yours is stealing your time? So what if that Professor Elise is hugging you more like a bestfriend? As if I care, Hernandez."
"That's what I'm asking, Jewel. Hindi mo dapat sinaboy ang wine sa mukha ni Elise. You're being scandalous."
"Am I?" Umismid siya at nangunot ang noo. "She made a scene first. Pinahiya niya ako, Gideon. Don't tell me na wala ka pa ring pakialam kung mapahiy
