PAYNE IRENE FABILA-ABELLERA
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Sumama si Cyden kina Kuya Paolo na mag-igib ng tubig. I was hesitant dahil hindi naman siya sanay na gawin iyon pero gusto niya talagang tumulong kaya hinayaan ko na.
Mukhang nag-i-enjoy naman siya.
Pinapanuod ko lang sila sa bintana nang maramdaman kong tumabi sa akin si Nanay. Hinaplos nito ang braso ko.
"Napaka-bait talaga niyang si Cyden. Suwerte ng mga magulang niya sa kaniya... at siyempre ikaw."
Napangiti ako nang mapakla. "Suwerte po lahat ng tao sa paligid niya. He's so... selfless."
And maybe that was what I didn’t like about him. He was used to putting others before himself, believing it was all out of love. It wasn't— it was a trauma response, rooted in the fact that he had no one to rely on while growing up.
Yet, he never failed to make
