Chapter 118

KITANG-KITA ng dalawang mata ni Karen ang pagdating ni Sahara nang gabing iyon, ang pag-uusap ng dalawa, lalo na ang pag-iyak ni Baste sa balikat ng dating kasintahan. It shouldn’t really bother her but it did. Big time. It felt like a part of her was crushed inside while watching the two reunite.

“I’ve never seen you cry like that since your Mom died,” she commented, almost in a whisper.

It took her a while before she was able to talk to Sebastian about it and now, she almost regrets it. Tinapunan siya ng tingin ni Sebastian matapos humigop ng kape. Nang muli lamang itong tumungo, alam na ni Karen ang ibig no’ng sabihin - na ayaw na nitong pag-usapan pa ang tungkol doon.

“I’m sorry, it’s just that...” Dahan-dahan niyang hinawakan ang kamay nito. “Ngayon lang kita nakitang umiyak nang gano’n in front of your Mom’s coffin. All along, I thought you were holding up just fi