KABANATA 28

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"Bakit walang mga tao?" takang tanong ni Lyra saakin ng makarating kami sa restaurant na sinasabi ko.

Ngumisi ako.

FLASHBACK

"So serious Mike Charls," Lee said. I'm thinking of going on a date with Lyra and he suddenly appears and interrupts my thoughts. "What are you thinking?" he asked when he noticed my serious face.

"You don't need to know, you're not my Wife to ask that," I simply said to him. He laughed and pointed his two fingers at me.

"Coming from you?" he said in a sarcastic way. Alam ko ang inisip niya ngayon, inisip niya parin na hindi ako seryoso kay Lyra. Hindi ko siya masisisi.

"Shut up Lee, what are you doing here? you don't have an appointment," I said. He laughed again.

"I'm visiting a friend," nakangising sabi niya.

"You're not my friend," sabi ko. Tumawa ulit siya.

"You're not my friend either," agad niyang sagot.

We're not friends but we're brothers, not by b