Chapter 34 - Azalea

Deal

That night, my mom stayed with me in my room. We couldn’t fall asleep. She just sat beside me as I lay down in the bed. Mom softly brushed my hair with her hand. It was soothing. I almost forgot about Kahel. Thankfully, Manang Maria is taking care of him for the night.

“I knew for sure something bad happened to you. But I’m not forcing you to tell me. Take your time, anak. And when you’re ready, we’ll make sure they get punished.” She promised.

I can already taste wrath in her words. But I did not speak. I want to but I don’t know where to start. Besides we don’t exactly have that kind of relationship where I can easily tell her things like these. 

But the way we cried and hugged earlier comforted me a little. It felt as if I have a mom for the first time in years. 

And we stayed like that until morning.

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“Anong balak mo?” tanong niya nang bumangon