Kabanata 16
Tinaasan ko lamang ng kilay si Maximo dahil sa kanyang tanong. Was he seriously asking me that? “No. I’m not. I don’t have any kind of disorder.” Hindi ko alam kung mao-offend ba ako pero natawa ako nang mag-sink in ang kanyang tanong sa aking utak. I just can’t seem to care anymore whether I’m a murderer or not because of all the things happening to me. It feels like I’ve greatly changed because of my encounter with him.
Ngumisi si Maximo bilang sagot, “okay, you said so. Let’s go back to the auction hall.”
I nodded in response, we walked side by side. I would steal glances at him while we head to the basement where the event is being held. Papasok na sana kami nang biglang bumukas ang pinto, bumungad ang isang babaeng puti ang maikling buhok. Nakakunot ang kanyang noo. “Yo
