ANG BABAENG HINDI DAPAT BINITAWAN
“Can’t. Everytime I close my eyes, I still see her face — Lucid, Vicky, all of it. Parang kahit tapos na, may natira pa rin.”
Lumapit si Billie, huminto sa likod niya.
Tila nag-aalangan muna, bago marahang ipinatong ang kamay sa balikat niya.
Mainit. Mabigat. Totoo.
“She’s gone, Mariel. You saw me shut it down. It’s over.”
“Maybe,” sagot niya, mahina. “But trauma doesn’t end when the fight ends. It stays… like a ghost.”