Dapat masaya siya ngayon dahil birthday niya. Pero heto at masama ang loob niya. And it was because of him, the man she thought would always choose her, always reach for her first. The man she believed would never make her feel second.
But right now, she didn’t even feel chosen.
She felt . . . replaced.
“W-Why . . . why would you do this to me?” paghikbi niya nang mag-isa sa loob ng elevator. “I hate you. I really hate you now, Thaddeus.”
When the elevator doors opened, she rushed out, wiping her tears, trying to steady herself, but she couldn’t. The pain was too much, it's suffocating.
Then a hand grabbed her wrist.
Nagulat pa siya dahil akala niya si Thaddeus na naabutan siya. Pero paglingon niya ay mukha ni Felix ang bumungad sa kaniya.
“Let's go, ihahatid na kita pauwi.” Hinila
