Chapter 41

STREET LAMPS were lit, glowing like the sun at night. The front lights of the car showered the road with white reflecting fragments. Houses were even no ordinary here. They were built from bricks and there was no one-storey house, but all with higher elevation. Blue, green, and pink Christmas lights were also displayed in front of their lawns, which made the town one with the sky.

Dala-dala ang bouquet of roses sa kanang kamay ko na binili ko sa isa sa mga flower shops at ang bughaw na trench coat sa kaliwa, nilandas ko ang hardin ng isang malaking bahay. 

I used the steel bar to knock on the door when I got there. Huminga ako nang malalim. Nakita ko ang usok na lumabas sa aking bibig dahil sa matinding lamig.

I was standing on a porch while watching the first sno