A LONE TEAR escaped from my eye as I stared at my father’s coffin that was being placed in my mother’s garden. Everything happened fast. In a blur, he also left me too. The pain still remained inside my heart, especially that he died, because of the stress caused by the betrayal of the people around him. He was dead on arrival, because of cardiac arrest. Now, I’m all alone in the darkness. Sobrang sakit na iniwan na ako ni Tatay at ang hirap tanggapin. Ni-hindi man lang inabutan ni Tatay na tuparin ko ang aking mga pangarap. Dapat magkasama pa rin kami dahil ipinangako niya sa akin na hindi niya ako iiwan pero hindi rin niya natupad iyon. “Ka-tol, kumain ka na muna. Ilang mga araw ka na rin na nakatulala habang tahimik na umiiyak. Sobrang nag-aalala na ako sa iyo,” pagtawag pansin sa akin ni Cindy. Hindi ko inalis ang tingin ko sa ataol ni Tatay. “Wala akong gana. Iwanan mo muna ako rito at mamaya na lang ako kakain kapag gutom na ako.” She sighed heavily. “Please, kumain ka n
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