Chapter Sixteen (i)

“YES. She’s gaslighting you now sa kanyang Facebook account and using the victim card. She’s not mentioning your name, but to us who knew about that night, it was pretty obvious she was talking about you. Hindi rin niya direktang kinukumpirma pa sa public na buntis siya pero nagpo-project na siya so pretty soon, she would be talking about it. It’s not as if she can actually hide a tummy that’s getting bigger every month.”

“So she’s setting me up as the fall guy,” naiirita niyang dagdag.

He was washing the veggies to roast with the steak that was ready to go to the oven now as soon as it got the required heat.

Naiirita niyang tinapos hugasan ang cherry tomatoes at peppers para ilagay sa drainer.

Humugot muna siya nang malalim na buntonghininga bago siya nagsalita sa mas kalmadong tinig.

“She’ll stop when she realizes I’m not buying her bluff nor am I worried about what she could do. And you shouldn’t worry about it, too, O.”

“No. I…” Narinig din niya ang pagbuntong-hininga nito. “I