Kabanata 68

DAMON

There's really something in me that I couldn't grasp at all. Sobrang daming tumatakbo sa aking isipan. I want to hold her closer to me but I'm a afraid that I might hurt her again. I admit that ever since we met, I never make her happy... I never did something good for her.

"Anong sabi ni Lolo? Pinagalitan ka ba niya? Huwag mong masyadong isipin ang sinabi niya, gano'n talaga ang mga matatanda."

I can't see cleared her face but I know she's smiling right now.

"The conversation went well," I simply answered.

Akala ko galit pa rin siya sa akin dahil sa nangyari, pero heto siya at kinakausap ako na para bang walang nangyari. I should be the one comforting her right now because she's the one cheering me up instead.

"How do you feel? Does those people who keep staring at you makes you uncomfortable?"

She doesn't want attention at all, and I know she doesn't like the situation she's experiencing right now. Ibang-iba siya sa mga taong nakilala ko, well, she's been like that ever s