KAHIT hatinggabi na ng gabing ’yon ay binantayan pa rin ni Felix ang stepbrother na si Thaddeus nang aksidente itong makitang umiinom sa loob ng isang bar.
He didn’t approach him. He stayed where he couldn’t be seen, letting time stretch while Thaddeus drank in silence. There was something heavy in the way he held his glass, something wrong.
Felix couldn’t stop watching, trying to understand. Napupuno siya ng katanungan habang pinapanood si Thaddeus. Dahil ba kay Roxy kaya ito nagpapakalasing? Was he looking for her too? Pero hindi naman ito ang klase ng lalaki na mas pipiliin na lang magpakalasing kaysa maghanap sa babaeng minamahal. Or had something already gone terribly wrong?
A quiet dread settled in Felix’s chest. He couldn’t explain it, but he felt it in his bones, Roxy was with T
