Pagkabigay ng sulat sa kapatid ay lumabas na si Angel ng silid ni Alex. Dahan-dahan niyang isinara ang pintuan, pero imbes na maglakad palayo ay sumandal siya dito.
Isang buntong-hininga ang pinakawalan niya.
"Please, Dear God, please po. Sana magkaayos na silang dalawa," bulong niya.
Ilang segundo din siyang nanatili sa ganoong pwesto bago naisipang umalis na at pumasok sa sariling silid.
Samantala, ilang sandali ding tinitigan lamang ni Alex ang puting sobreng ibinigay ng kanyang ate. Nagtatalo ang kanyang damdamin kung babasahin nga ba niya ito, o hindi. Sa huli ay naisipan niyang huwag na lang.
Walang anumang inihagis niya ito sa may study table niya. Tsaka siya humiga sa kama patalikod sa nasabing sulat.
Pumikit siya at pinilit mag-isip ng ibang bagay. Pero kahit anong gawin niya ay hindi niya maiwasang maisip ang sulat na nasa pink niyang mesa. Naiinis siyang napabangon. Napatingin siya sa sulat, at ilang saglit pa'y kinuha na rin niya ito.
Gusto niyang isiping naiinis lamang siya, pero hindi niya mapigilan ang sariling ma-excite na mabasa ang nilalaman ng sulat. Pagkatapos bumuntong-hininga ay binuksan niya ang sulat na hindi naman selyado. Tsaka niya binasa ang nakasulat doon.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง.
๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ข. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต...
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Ilang patak ng luha ang dumaloy mula sa mga mata ni Alex.
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต? ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ข, ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ด๐ช ๐๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข.
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฐ? ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข๐ณ๐ช ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ? ๐๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ? ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฐ? ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น?
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข, ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ, ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ.
๐๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น, ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ป ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด๐ข'๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ข? ๐๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ข, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ธ๐ข๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ. ๐๐ช๐จ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช.
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. '๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ
Hindi na makahinga si Alex dahil sa pag-iyak. Parang pinipiga ang puso niya sa binasa. Sa bawat salitang nakasulat sa papel na iyon, ramdam niya ang paghihirap ng kalooban ni Richard. Ramdam niya ang sakit na naidulot niya sa lalaki. At lalo lamang siyang nasasaktan dahil doon.
He doesn't deserve her. He doesn't deserve her jealousy. He deserves someone better. Someone like Kim Agustin who never gets insecure and thus never gets jealous. Her heart was crushed with the thought.
Ayaw niyang pahirapan pa si Richard. Ayaw niyang mahirapan pa ito sa pagkakaroon ng minamahal na masyadong selosa. Pero kaya ba niyang tuluyang isuko ang lahat? Kaya ba niyang balewalain ang katotohanang handa siyang ipaglaban ni Richard kahit gaano pa ito kahirap gawin?
Akala niya naiiyak na niya ang lahat ng luha niya, pero nang mga sandaling iyon, ibayong bugso ng mga luha ang umagos kasabay ng pag-agos din ng mabigat na pakiramdam sa kanyang dibdib.