“I CAN’T tell you that,” sagot ni Xavier para bumagsak ang kanyang mga balikat. “That’s a sensitive topic that you don't need to hear from me. You have to ask that to Kyron and not me, Mik.”
“Xavi, please...” pagsusumamo ni Mika gamit ang mga kuryus na mga mata.
“Mika, don’t be stubborn,” saway ni Xavier para mapapikit si Mika pagkatapos ay magmartsa palapit dito.
“No buts, Mik. I have always favored you with anything because I treat you as my sister but when it comes to my friends’ past, that is the only thing I can disclose to anyone even if it will cost me my life,” wika ni Xavier, bakas sa tono ang determinasyon.
Natahimik nang sandali si Mika at hindi na nagsalita upang mag-isip. Nalingunan niya si Heather na bahagya nang umiling-iling senyas bilang pagpigil sa kanya at pagsang-ay
