Chapter Twenty-Seven

JENNA

I AM so much in trouble.

It had been a full three hours since I parted with Topher.

I still didn’t know what happened, because we just didn’t fuck inside that office – thank you very much.

Kasi, kung iyon lang iyon, bakit ayoko nang tumuloy sa date ko tonight?

I lied to Topher.

Or, it was a half lie.

Totoong nasa parehong dinner si Uncle Markus, pero hindi sila lang kundi ang date na in-arrange ni Auntie Claudine para sa akin.

Hindi ko alam kung bakit napahiya pa akong umamin kahit alam ko namang nakakarating sa kanya ang pagpa-party ko at ibang mga kabulastugang pinaggagagawa ko nitong nakaraang mga araw.

If only canceling wouldn’t make Auntie Claudine think that me and Topher had a secret relationship ay nagkansela na ako talaga.

Ganito kasi ang nangyari.

Iyong pagkukunwari namin ni Topher sa kanyang Mommy at stepfather at Maxine na iyon bilang magkasintahan, nagkaroon ng consequence.

His mother asked questions and it reached my Auntie’s ear.

Ipinaliwanag ko sa dalawa