Fake to Forever
Hindi ako nagkamali nang itabi niya ang libro sa side table at hinarap ako.
“So you’re a senator’s son, huh?” Pinisil niya ang ilong ko. I smiled sheepishly at her.
“Illegitimate son, but yes. I am Pavlo’s firstborn.” Sa totoo lang, hindi ko ikinahihiya ’yon. When my father learned about me, he cried. Pavlo actually did. Alam niyang mahirap ang buhay ni Nanay at kung nalaman lang daw niya kaagad, he could have provided for us. But that’s water under the bridge for so many years at naging maayos naman ang buhay namin ng aking ina. They are not just meant to be.
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