Chapter 36

"A-ay, Sir, wala pa pong wedding."

I have always told him that I'm still not ready yet, knowing how much he wanted to have his own family.

We met in Bataan. Doon ako lumipat no'ng kailangan kong ipakalma ang sarili. Because somehow… even my family's hometown was a lie. I grew up there, Tito said.

Lumipat kami nina Lolo nang namatay si Ate, we tried to begin again in Manila.

Alala ko pa ang sinabi ni Tito na nakapangilabot sa 'kin, "we would constantly tell you about the truth, but would forget and believe something that isn't true. We gave up and let it be, thinking it would be best for you."

Ever since that day, I started remembering more. Until I found myself, one day, knowing all of the answers to my questions before. The hows and whys.

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'"That's what happens if you let greed get into you," Tito said, driving. Hindi ko siya sinagot at hinayaan ang atensyon mapunta sa blanko.

I should've shouted at him, I should've confronted him