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Chapter 35
The next couple of days was the same. My routine would be waking up at five to cook breakfast, then prepare to go to Morning Dew, eat lunch and catch up with Mav, go home and cook lunch, proceed to the convenience store and go home at 8 to cook dinner before going to bed.
Ngunit isa lang ang inaalala ko nitong mga araw. Hindi pa rin kasi nakauwi ang dalawa kong kapatid. Si ate Kheana ay umuwi daw noong isang araw sabi ni bunso pero hindi rin nagtagal. Kahapon ko lang din naisipang buksan ang kwarto niya at wala na ang ilan sa mga damit niya. Wala na rin ang maleta niya kaya isa lang ang ibig sabihin noon. Lumayas siya. Hindi ko alam kung saan siya hahanapin. Hindi ko rin kilala ang mga kaibigan niya. At higit sa lahat, hindi rin siya nagrereply sa mga texts ko.
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