CHAPTER 48

Nanlumo ako sa narinig. Mabuti na lamang at yakap niya ako ng mahigpit kaya hindi ako tuluyang bumagsak. Dahan-dahan niya akong inalalayan papunta sa gilid ng kama at doon ay pinaupo. Nakatulala lang ako habang namumuo ang mga luha sa mata. Lumuhod siya sa harapan ko, hawak ang dalawang kamay ko na tila ba sinusuportahan ako.

I couldn't even talk. I couldn't even utter a single word.

I'm shock. I'm in rigid right now. I want to shout, but still couldn't.

"Why . . . why didn't tell me about this earlier?" I asked in a weak voice.

He sighed heavily. "Like what I said earlier, I still can't afford to hurt you by this. Hindi ko pa kaya." Tiningnan ko ang mga mata niyang nagsusumamong nakatingin sa akin. "When I was investigating to your foster parents, a day before you left me in my mansion, I found out those information. My private investigator told me this isn't new that Mr. de Guzman has those illegal doings. But what caught in my attention was . . . that accident. Siya ang itinuturo k