When we left the shop, August took his travel bag with him. He left some instructions to Lauren and Wax. I caught the worried look on their faces as I kept my face buried in August's face, embarrassed to show my face to them, glad that August didn’t take his hands off me as he informed them of his sudden leave. And how it would be indefinite. I couldn’t even give them a smile as we left the shop.
On our way to Pasay, August called several numbers on our way. I watched there in silence as he kept pinching my hand every chance he got.
“But I… I do not have any ID with me,” I said in a low, hesitant voice when I realized he called a travel agent to get us a same-day ticket to Mactan.
His driving slowed down a bit. We pulled on the side road and we were already near the airport. He must
