Chapter XXXIV: Opportunity

Adjusting to the new house took time. Unlike our house before, I don’t seem to see my mom that often now. The house is too big to fill like a home. In order to divert my attention I often stay behind at the university just to get some time away from the house. I almost didn’t even go home when we were preparing for the anniversary of the university.

“Sav, Dr. Apu is looking for you. Punta ka daw sa office n’ya,” Francine, one of our volunteers, said on my first day back at the campus.Iniwan ko ang finafinalize kong powerpoint presentation at dinampot ang phone bago ako nagtungo sa may elevator. Our org room is on the fifth floor while Dr. Apu’s office is on the ground floor, so it will be more convenient to take the elevator rather than the stairs.

I knocked at the door before I entered. Dr. Apu was in his usual attire. White dress shirt, navy blue blazer,black slacks, sleek-back hair, and rounded glasses. People always mistaken him for a bachelor when in fact he’s already happily mar