"Po?" gulat na gulat na tanong ni Brea sa ginang. Pati si Brealle ay nagulat din sa biglaang sinabi nito."We're not homeless po, we have a house." dagdag aniya pa kasi baka iniisip nito na wala silang bahay kaya inalok sila nito na bibilhan ng bahay."No, I'm not saying you're homeless. I'm sorry again I told you naman diba na pina-imbestigahan kita at ang pamilya mo just recently. The moment that I found na nahanap ka ng anak ko and you two are together, I immediately did what I had to do para matahimik ang utak ko. Pina imbestigahan kita, I'm sorry if I invaded your privacy but I just want to know you kasi seven years ago I didn't got the chance to do that because I was so focus with your family that I don't even want to know about you because of what I found out about you parents." mas lalong nagtaka si Brea at Brealle sa sinabi ng ginang."But I'm not gonna say anything about that, all that I'm trying to say is that alam ko ang status ng buhay n'yo. You're living in a slums where
"Mag-iingat ka, okay? alagaan mo yung mga kapatid natin habang hindi pa ako nakakauwi." nasa airport na sila ngayon at inihahatid ang mga magulang ni Edward kasama ang kapatid n'ya na sabay sa mga ito.Hindi alam ni Bre kung anong pinag-uusapan nila Edward at magulang nito but as she can see, it's an intense talk because of how Edward's forehead move."Ate, you don't have to tell me that, you know na aalagaan ko yung mga bulilit na iyon kahit anong mangyari. And don't worry, I'll tell them kung gaano mo sila kamiss." ngumiti si Brea sa kapatid. "Ikaw, mag-iingat ka dito. Teka, kailan ba kayo uuwi?" tanong pa nito.Nagkibit-balikat si Brea at tumingin kay Edward, "hindi ko pa alam. Baka sa makalawa and knowing Edward, hindi pa ako papauwiin n'yan sa bahay natin." aniya at binaling ulit ang tingin sa kapatid."Well, maybe I should let the kids talk to your boss. Maybe he'll give you a day off just like how they want." natawa si Brea dahil alam n'yang ang tinutukoy nito ay ang mga kapati
"Bibili ka ng ano?" tanong ni Vilma sakanya pagkarating nila sa mall."two piece, wala kasi akong bikini and sabi ni Edward na we'll gonna go to a beach so kailangan ko ng two piece or any kinds of bikini." aniya pa dito na nakasunod sakanya habang naglalakad sila sa isang shop mall na nagtitinda ng bikini."pumayag si Sir? papayag si Sir na mag bikini ka?" concern pa nito na ikinatawa ni Brea."Hindi, kapag nagpaalam akong bibili ako ng bikini hindi ako papayagan nun kaya ang paalam ko sakanya ay bibili ako ng street foods." aniya pa dito at pumalakpak pa."eh paano pag sinuot mo iyan, paniguradong magagalit iyon." nakarating na sila sa pakay nila at dali-daling namimili si Brea.Hindi na n'ya iso-sukat ang mga iyon dahil baka matagalan pa sila, alam naman n'ya ang sarili n'yang size kaya kumuha siya ng apat na pares. Buti nalang may pera siya, hindi n'ya kailangan gamitin ang credit card ni Edward na binigay nito sakanya. Hindi n'ya pa iyon naga-gamit at kung ga-gamitin n'ya ito doo
"Let's go?" she's done packing his and her clothes for their out of town vacation at ngayon ay she's packing some clothes na babaunin nila kasi gustong-gusto ni Emily magdala ng ibang pagkaing binili n'ya. She's still craving for it."Wait lang, taposin ko lang itong pagkaing babaonin natin." aniya pa at kumuha ng takip ng Tupperware para sa fries and donuts and something like a cup para sa mga street foods and it's sauce."magdadala ka nito? I think meron namang ganito sa pupuntahan natin." natigil sa pag galaw si Brea at tumingin sa binata."you think? so hindi ka sure? alright, makes me wanna bring these more." narinig n'ya na tumawa si Edward sa sinabi n'ya. "come on, don't laugh at me. Besides, if meron naman ng ganito doon, pwede pa naman akong bumili rin but my main goal is to eat these on the airplane." aniya pa at wala nang nagawa ang binata kundi tumango-tango nalang sakanya. Nasa baba na ang mga bagahe nila, nagpatulong siya kay Vilma na ibaba ang mga bagahe nila matapos n
"I've never saw that dress before? did I bought that? I don't remember buying that." titig na titig si Edward sa dresss n'ya habang naglalakad sila palabas ng hotel. That's the thing about buying things in secret, Edward do remember everything he bought for her.lumunok si Brea at saka hinila nalang si Edward para kunwari hindi n'ya ito narinig pero paglabas nila ng hotel, naging sentro naman sila ng atensyon. Maraming foreigner sa paligid and even locals."oh I hate them." she heard Edward mumbles."Let them be, they have eyes, let them stare." sabi n'ya pa dito pero sobrang sama na ng templa ng mukha nito. "And besides, okay lang naman sa'kin na titigan ka nila. Wala naman ng bago na tinititigan ka ng mga babae." dagdag aniya pa.tumingin sakanya ang binata. "I'm not mad of girls staring at me, I don't care about them, heck, I don't even know they're staring. I was pertaining to the guys who was staring at you and still staring at you. I get it, you're pretty, but hindi naman kaila
Brea is just looking at the sunset, the way it showed so beautifully and was about to end it's appearance from their part of the earth is just fascinating. She can't take away her eyes off the beautiful orange sky just at the end of ocean."That's all, I guess." narinig n'ya pang ani ni Edward sa waiter na nasa table nila. She was so invested in watching the sunset that she couldn't look at anything else but it."You like it that much huh? you didn't even order a food for yourself or I order one for you, I hope you'll like it." tumango si Brea dito nang hindi ito tinatapunan ng tingin."I'll like the food that you ordered for me, I'm sure." tugon n'ya dito kasi gusto n'yang pagmasdan ng husto ang sunset. Gusto n'yang makita ang simula at huli nitong pakita sakanila sa araw na iyon.Hindi na n'ya narinig na nagsalita si Edward sa harap n'ya kaya pinatong n'ya ang mukha n'ya sa dalawang kamay n'yang nakapatong din sa lamesa nila.Almost done....almost done and it will be gone. Almost do
"You're so shock to know that she's a lawyer, doesn't she look like one?" hindi makapaniwalang tumitig si Brea sa binata."are you serious? after all the crazy things that she did to me and to you? after everything that she said to me? after what she has done that I don't have any idea what kasi ayaw mong sabihin sa'kin? you're really gonna ask me kung bakit gulat na gulat akong malaman na lawyer siya?" tumawa pang muli si Edward sakanya."well, the way she brings herself really shouts as a lawyer. Yung tayo n'ya, makikita mo talagang abogado siya and that's what I'm talking about." pagtatanggol pa nito sa dalaga."Well, she doesn't to me. She looks like a crazy old lady with her zero sense in fashion and always grumpy and angry look on me. You can't change my mind on that because the first time I saw her, she left an impression to me of being distracted because she looks like she's the one who will gonna kill me one day if things gets bad." aniya pa ulit dito na ikinailing-iling nito
"Who's he?" tanong ni Edward sakanya na sobrang sama ng loob sa lalaking kasama n'ya.Without minding the looks he's giving, tumingin siya sa lalaki. "What's your name? I never had the chance to ask what's your name earlier." aniya pa at tumawa ito sakanya for unknown reason."I'm Bryan Lancaster, and what's your name?" kung titingnan mo, mukha silang lasing pero ang totoo hindi dahil hindi naman sila uminom. Tawa lang kasi sila talaga ng tawa dahil sa napagkwentohan nila."I'm Brea, just Brea." aniya pa din dito at akmang makikipag kamay dito nang bigla siyang hinila ni Edward papunta sa tabi nito that caught both of them off guard."Are you drunk? did you drink with a stranger? what were you thinking?" galit na galit na tanong nito. Inagaw ni Brea ang kamay n'ya mula dito."I'm not drunk, pwede ba. Nag kwentohan lang kami doon and hindi kami uminom." sinamaan n'ya din ng tingin ang binata at saka binaling pang muli ang tingin kay Bryan na nakikinig lang sakanila."I'm sorry about th