“A-AUNTIE, do you know about me and Daddy Ramil?” nahihiyang tanong ni Stephanie sa long time nanny nilang mag-ina.
Nais tuloy niyang batukan ang sarili dahil naging bubuyog na nga siya ay may nakarinig pa. She can not even look at her straight to her eyes. She is caught in action that makes her feel ashamed.
“Yes, Senyorita. It’s been a long time since I have known about that fact. I guess you were just twenty-one years old at that time. But because of what had happened to you or when you were abducted during your final years in college, I promised to myself that I will take to my grave that secret,” tugon nito na mas nagpalaki sa bilugan niyang mata.
Buong akala niya! All those years! Inakala niyang wala itong kamalay-malay. Ngunit iyon pala ay nagpadala siya sa maling akala!
“But wh
