Parang saglit na nabingi si Hendell sa narinig. Hindi niya alam kung anong sasabihin, o kahit na gagawin sa balita ni Marcio.  Babalik si Harken?  Bakit? At para ano pa?  Itinikom niya ng maiigi ang kaniyang labi. Wala siyang maapuhap na sagot sa kaniyang sariling katanungan.  "Okay ka lang Henny?" tanong ni Tres, nag-aalala. Hindi siya makasagot. Ang tanging alam lang niya ay may mga maliliit na kirot sa puso niya. Parang bubog, parang tinutusok ng karayom, parang unti-unting hinihiwa ng patalim. Paunti-unti ang sakit.  Rinig niya ang padabog na pagtayo ni Marcio mula sa pagkakakupo. Hindi niya mabasa ang reaksyon nito. "Are you still hurting, H? Akala ko ba kinamumuhian mo siya?" Huminga siya ng malalim, biglang bumigat ang pakiramdam niya. "I hate him. Totoo 'yon. I hate him for hurting me and ruining my dreams for us. I hate him for leaving me behind." "Iyon naman

Mabilis ang paglakad ng mga araw, ngunit para kay Hendell ang anim na buwan na nakalipas ay ang pinakamatagal at pinakanakakapagod. Maraming bagay ang unti-unting nagbabalik sa dati. Alejandro finally woke up from sleeping so long after that accident, but the bad news is that he didn't remember nor recognize the culprit. But the investigation of his case is still ongoing along with Alejandro's recovery. Nagbukas na rin ang bar at nagpatuloy ang buhay bago nangyari ang lahat ng iyon. Harken didn't come home. Hindi raw ito makakauwi dahil ayon kay Marcio, he is doing good in Australia. Of course, the first thing she felt about it was, she was disappointed. Not because she's expecting something from him, but she's looking forward to see him suffer. Tough luck. Maybe that time will come and she will wait for it.Ipinilig niya ang kaniyang ulo para makalimutan pansamantala si Harken at ang delubyong ibinigay nito sa buhay niya. Kailangan niya munang magtra

It is hard to turn the page when you know someone won't be in the next chapter, but the story must go on. The story must go on with or without that someone. You need to live your life the same way you live it before that someone came. You have to restart and regain yourself, again and again, kahit sobrang hirap.But seeing that someone who walks out of your life, once again trying to make you feel left behind, is another level of pain and anger. Pain because of their presence and anger because of that pain of their presence. She clenched her fist and keep a straight face. He, on the other hand, projects a boring look. Ilang segundo rin silang nagtitigan nang may umalingawngaw na malakas na tunog mula sa gate ng bahay niya. Nilingon niya ito at nakitang nakakunot ang noo ni Tres habang sapo-sapo ang ulo nito. Nabangga nito ang gate niya at mukhang napalakas ang impact. She swallowed the lump on her throat and decided to walk away from Harken. Hindi pa

Hendell fixes herself. After so many pushes and pulls, she decided to go out and pretend everything's fine. Kailangan niyang ipakita ang bagong katauhan na binuo niya magmula noong araw na dinurog siya ng paglisan nito. Ang bagong Hendell na walang pakialam sa mga bagay bagay, matapang, at masaya. Masaya. What a word. Though it's a lie, she needs to put on a good show. Maisalba man lang niya ang inapak-apakang pride. Malapad ang ngiting bumalik siya sa pwesto nila. She shrugged off all the negative emotions and sat as if nothing happened. "Where were we?" tanong niya at maingat na inangat ang baso ng caramel macchiato na inorder sa kaniya ni Harken. When she tasted it, she felt the sudden urge to hark back to the past but she immediately shut it off. Walang dahilan para gawin niya iyon.Tres answered her, "Ang layo na ng topic, Henny. Baka hindi ka na makahabol.""Ano nga kasi?" pangungulit niya. 

Slip of the tongue.Or maybe it came from her insides. But good thing, hindi nito narinig. Dapat ba siyang malungkot dahil hindi nito narinig ang sinabi niya? O maging masaya dahil hindi siya tuluyang isinuplong ng sarili niyang bibig?"What? Hindi ko masiyadong narinig 'yong sinabi mo," sabi ni Harken at unti-unting lumapit sa kaniya. Bigla siyang nanigas sa kaniyang kinatatayuan. Something's pulling her closer to him but her body refuses. She doesn't want another propinquity situation that might lead her to do something stupid that she surely will regret. She gathered everything she has before she totally lost all of it. "Wala. Just never mind," she said while trying to convince herself that the noblest thing to do is to draw a distance between the two of them. Because he changed. He seemed like an entirely different person all of a sudden.  Harken doesn't love her anymore. If he still does,