“Do you want to know why he hates Calix so much?” Tumango ako habang kagat-kagat ang labi para masiil ang ingay at marinig nang malinaw ang mga sasabihin niya.
“Before me, there was Calix. Bago kami naging malapit sa isa’t isa noong bata pa, sila ang halos hindi mapaghiwalay ni Calix. But every time Alejandro hurts mom, Calix was only there watching. Kami lang ni Hendrix ang dumedepensa kay Mommy, kami lang yung kumakampi sa kaniya at nagagalit kay Alejandro. That’s when they started to grow apart. Until we decided to move out of the house.”
“Bakit?”
“Calix was only just a kid like us that time. Dependent, helpless and a coward. Magkaiba kami ng nanay and because of that, he grew up believing that Alejandro is the only family left for him. Kaya hindi niya ito pwedeng suwayin, k
