CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

FOUR YEARS LATER. . .

I put on my coin purse inside my bag and get ready to go to work. I still work at the Walton’s Law firm as a secretary under Kelvin’s supervision. It’s been four long years when I started working there. It’s been four long years that I have raised my child alone. Apat na taon na at itinigil ko na ang pag-asa na uuwian pa kami ni Maximo. On what ever that had happened to him? Hindi ko na alam. Hindi namin alam. Dahil kasabay ng pag-alis niya ay ang hindi na rin pagpapakita ni Mr. Maximilio. I wonder where they were all these f*cking years but I won’t care anymore. Ang tanging pinagtutuunan ko na lang ng pansin ay ang anak ko.

If you would ask me if I still love him?

Hindi naman nagbago ang pagmamahal ko. Siya pa rin. Siya lang.

Nadatnan ko si Kai na kumakain ng breakfast na ako rin naman ang nag-prepare. We ‘re still staying at her condo. Nagpaalam rin naman ako sa kanya noon na lilipat na lang kami at maghahanap ng sarili naming malilipatan pero hindi siya pumay