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Chapter 26

“Salamat sa paghatid. Uh, hindi na pala kita iintayin sa tuwing uuwi ako ah. Alam ko naman namarami kang ginagawa at syempre pagod ka na, ipahinga mo na lang ‘yon kaysa sinduin ako. Mas lalo ka lang mapapagod.” Tinignan ko diretso ang kaniyang mga mata at iniintay ang magiging reaksyon niya.

“Aicelle, kaya ko naman. I don’t mind picking you out every day,” he insists.

Umiling naman ako sa kaniya at bumuntong hininga. “No, you can’t Laurence. I know you’re already tired because you came from your work. You keep insisting that you’re not tired yet your eyes screaming tiredness.”

“I’m fine Aicelle.”

“Your rest is more important. I can go home alone; I’m already grown up. I can handle myself.”

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