BOOK II|CHAPTER 36

DANIEL:

He was busy about picking mangoes but he couldn’t concentrate at all. He was distracted on Julia being here at the same time. He didn’t want to talk to Julia at all because they had nothing to talk about. He just couldn’t refuse all the time every time Julia offers to help. Sa sobrang tigas ng ulo kasi ni Jamila ay nakahanap ng paraan si Julia na maapitan siya at ito na ang tumulong sa kanyang pagkuha ng mga hinog n mangga. Hindi pa man sila nakakdalawang 4 na oras ay pagod na ang maarteng si Jamila.

No, He wasn’t avoiding Julia because they had a past. In fact, He was refusing to start another conversation with her dahil ayaw niyang mamis-interpret na naman nito ang pagiging close nila noon. Julia had confessed her feeling for him years back. When they were still in teenage years.

Every quarterly vaction noong highschool ay madalas siya pumunta kasama ang kanyang lolo Demetrio sa famr upang makapagpahinga sa mausok at maingay nakamynilaan. It became their tradition. Mas pinipi