Chapter 178

KAGAN, ANAK, are you busy?”

After a few months since Shanta’s death, my mother would always enter my room to check on me. At sa tuwing papasok siya, she would oftenly see me working on my office table in front of a laptop. At sa tuwing itatanong niya ang bagay na iyan, pare-pareho lang ang sagot ko.

“Yes, I am,” I said, pushing my eyeglasses up to look at her. Ngunit maling tiningnan ko pa siya, because the way she smiled at me was something I wouldn’t agree upon. “What else do you need, Ma?”

“Well…” She made those puppy eyes.

Bumalik ako sa laptop because I wasn’t really interested. “Are you gonna encourage me again to give her a chance, huh?”

“She’s outside, Anak. Why don’t you stand up there and welcome her?” Mama suggested, then walked towards me. Nang tumabi ay niyakap niya ang kanang braso ko. “Please, Kagan. Lagi ka na lang nasa harap ng laptop mo. Hindi ka na umaalis diyan. Come on… It’s time that you relax from work.”

I rolled my eyes. There she goes again, stopping me t