Chapter 47.2

"You're..." Paulit-ulit na huminga nang malalim si Gideon. "I-I thought you're a believer..."

"Believer?" Naalala niya ang sinabi ni Sean. Napapitik siya ng daliri. "Believer of the gospel of Christ?" Natawa siya. "Hindi ko alam kung ano 'yan. Care to share it to me?"

Napabuntong-hinga si Gideon. Parang nakahinga nang maluwag. Nagbaba ito ng tingin at huminga na naman ng malalim. "The gospel is the burial, death and resurrection of Christ.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)"

Umayos ng upo si Gideon at tumingala sa kalangitan. Walang masyadong ulap. Isang kumpul ang nando'n sa itaas at dahan-dahan 'yong gumagalaw tungo sa isang direksyon. Napatingala na rin siya. Hindi direktang tumatama ang sinag ng araw