All I Ask
I shook my head.
"I wanna be here for Mariake." Sabi ko sa kanya.
"Ate!"
"Hindi ako nagpapakatanga pero alam mo iyon! No one was with me while I am enduring all the pain. I felt alone, crushed and lonely, but I was able to stand up, si Mariake, she's feeling exactly what I felt and no one even dared to stay beside her."
"Asawa siya ni Kairos. Iyong nananakit sa'yo, hello?"