TAHIMIK lang akong nakatingin kay Mr. Silvestre matapos niyang sabihin ang kondisyon niya. For a moment, I almost laughed at it.
Marriage? That was his price? A man like him who is calm, deep, calculating? Surely he was just joking.
Pero mabilis ding pumasok sa isip ko ang isang katotohanan. Domingo Silvestre wouldn’t joke something like that. He never has, he never will. Bawat salita niya ay may bigat kaya naman maraming interesadong makinig parati. And marriage to him wasn’t just a family matter. It's business, power and legacy.
Napatitig ako sa kanya, trying to read his face, pero wala. Hindi mo siya mababasa. And for the first time in a long while, I felt unsure.
“You heard me right, young man,” ulit niya, this time mababa, pero mas matalim ang tono. “Kung nais mong manatili sa pu
