LUNA TOOK A DEEP BREATH before she stepped out of the cab. Napatitig siya sa malaki at magarang bahay na nasa kaniyang harapan. This was the house that she once called home. The walls looked the same, but everything felt different now. Ramdam niyang mabigat ang dibdib niya. Like the air itself remembered the silence she’d been forced to live in.
She exhaled slowly, her spine straightening with each step forward. Her footsteps echoed as she approached the front door. Hindi na siya nag-atubiling itulak ang pinto pabukas. Pumasok siya sa loob at hindi niya maiwasang iikot ang paningin sa kabuuan nito na parang bago lamang siya sa bahay na ‘yon.
The soft sound of heels came tapping against the floor.
“Luna?” Lumitaw ang kaniyang ina sa hallway. Elegante itong nakadamit kahit nasa bahay l
