(S2) 15. FIFTEEN 4

March 30, 2007

TRACE

“Trace!” Tumatakbo palapit sa akin si Logan at kasunod niya si Paige. Hindi ko alam saan sila galing at nakipaglaro.

Nasa ampunan kami, ayaw ko sana sumama pero nami-miss ko si Mama at sa ampunan na ito na napamahal sa kaniya ay parang kasama ko na rin siya. Hindi ko maunawaan si Mama noong lagi kami rito dati, pero ngayon ay alam ko na ang pakiramdam niya, naunawaan ko na.

Oo nga naman, looking at the kids that have no family aside from the people here in the orphanage makes anyone know that family is not about blood, it’s about the bond we created with anyone.

“Saan kayo galing?” I asked Paige and Logan.

“We played with the kids there,” kwento agad ni Paige na nagpakalong pa sa akin sabay turo kung saan sila naglaro. “And there was a girl I am playing with that Kuya Logan kissed, Kuya Trace. Eww… Kuya Logan, you are so disgusting! I will tell Tita Mommy that you wanna kiss all the girls here.”

Natawa ako dahil doon. Pasaway na Logan talaga. At age ten