Kabanata 53

Why do you want to be an attorney?

That was the question I have been thinking for a while now and I still doesn't have a concrete answer to it.

Bakit nga ba?

Is it because I wanted to help those who are accused but are actually innocent?

Is it because of my mother and the fate she experienced?

Is it because I was afraid that someone might experience the same ill fate as me.

Hindi ko alam.

I wasn't sure either.

Basta ang alam ko, gusto kong maging abogado.

"I heard your grandmother is throwing a party. Uuwi ka ba?" Franco said while giving me a cup of coffee.

Kinuha ko iyon. "Oo," tipid na sagot ko. "Salamat. Hindi lang naman dahil sa party kaya ako uuwi," dagdag ko pa matapos amuyin ang aroma niyon.

Umaga at nakaupo lamang ako sa veranda ng villa na pagmamay-ari ni lola. My father's mother. Hindi ko alam kung paano niya ako nahanap noon, but I was fortunate that she found me. Hindi na rin ako nagtanong. Masyadong maraming nangyari na kinailangan kong iwan ang lahat at magpak