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Chapter 2

Michael Benedicto

I went to Sandoval around 8:30 am just like we agreed. He told me he

is a morning person and he is always busy. Nevertheless, he ushered

me into his clean and modest house with lots of plants, some vegetables

like eggplants and bitter gourd which hangs on its vine. He has some

fruit trees like Jackfruit, some mango trees, and caimito. I was amazed

because he has lots of orchids and different kinds of flowers. He even

has a rose. He said it was his favorite flower, and that each flower in

his garden represents a woman in his life. So I asked, how many

flowers do you have? He said 36. But my favorite is my first

flower- Jasmin. I asked him why. He laughed a bit. My being inquisitive

reminded him of a woman he calls his rose, his 36th. He offered me

coffee and hot pandesal or salt bread which at first I declined. Due to

his insistence, I accepted his offer and I have to admit, I enjoyed it. He

said that he baked the pandesal himself. Eleven years ago, the g
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