Chapter 28

"Mom, bakit ang hirap?" 

I asked mommy when she sat beside me. Nasa harap namin ang kabaong na kinalalagyan ni Daddy. Halos magmukha kaming lutang lahat. Kung wala siguro ang mga tito ko na nag-asikaso ng lahat, walang mangyayari. We've been too lost. We can't accept the fact that we can't see Daddy anymore.

"It's because we love him," she answered me while wiping her tears. 

Ilang beses ko nang narinig ang linyang iyan. Ilang araw na din akong walang ginawa kundi magluksa. I've been into a lot of painful things but this one keeps on breaking me. It's as if my love for him was quite strong to the point that I can't imagine myself waking up the other day without him. 

"Kara, condolence," one of my friends told me. 

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