14. TALK 2

ZENO

Pabulong lang ang pagkakasabi ko na nami-miss ko ang asawa ko. Si Althea. Siya.

Siya, na ang akala ay Delphi ang pangalan niya.

Then she asked me if it was Althea I was talking about. I glanced at her. Smiled bitterly. I hope she remembers me.

“Yes. Althea is the name of my wife,” I said. Sighed.

And yes… I am truly hoping that she will remember… hoping that she still has me in her heart, for her to easily remember me. Pero sa ilang ulit na kaming nagtagpo at nagkausap, ay kahit yata puso niya ay nakalimot na sa akin.

Where did I watched or heard before na nakakalimot ang isip pero hindi ang puso? That’s not true. There is no guarantee on that. Dahil sa sitwasyon nitong si Althea, na Delphi na… kung siguro hindi ko tinutulungan si Daphne ay baka puro iwas pa rin ang ginagawa hanggang ngayon sa akin. Even her heart doesn’t even remember the love she had for me before.

I tsked. Naalala ko ang pinag-usapan namin ni Tatay Raffy. At ang nalaman ko kung paano napunta sa kanil