HECTOR
"TATAY, what do you mean by going far?"
While waiting for Martha, I am talking to my son about something, about my plan to stay away for a while and I'll be back to get him and to win him back.
"I will just go to somewhere for a while and then I'll be back soon." Niyakap ko siya mula sa kanyang likuran.
"How far? Can I go with you?"
"It's just miles a way, and I'll be back, I promise," malumanay kong wika.
"But why can't I go with you tatay?"
"Because I will just fix something."
"What's broken?"
"Nothing."
"So, what will you fix then?"
"Myself, big man."
"Why? Are you broken tatay?"
Mas lalo ko siyang niyakap ng mahigpit mula sa kanyang likuran.
"You have to promise me something, big man," wika ko habang nasa balikan niya ang ulo ko.
Hawak ko ang maliliit niyang mga
