CHAPTER THIRTY

DUNCAN:

" OH! here,"Napalingon si Duncan kay elena ng may ipatong itong strawberry shortcake sa ibabaw ng kanyang desk sa kanyang private office. Nasa kalagitnaan kasi siya ng tawag dahil mi-monitor niya ang pinapagawang bahay na titirhan nila ni Marion.

" Why are you so pissed off?" Takang tanong niya pagkatapos ibaba ang phone at kinuha ang kahon ng cake. " Why did you bring you this here? ilagay mo sa pantry. " Sabi pa niya.

" The cake is from Hannah, she told me to give it to you since hindi mo daw siya hinaharap dahil busy ka, she made it for you, its your favorite.di'ba?" maktol pa nito habang nagk-kwento ng history ng cake.

Tumikhim naman siya habang isinara ang kahon. He remembered that Hannah used to bake him a cake kapag busy siya sa mga bagay-bagay. Ito ang way nitong ipakita na naiintindihan siya nito kapag hindi niya nakakasama ang dalaga and now she was still doing this trying to remind him what thay had.

He wasn't stupid to not notice every effort she was doing. Simul