INILAHAD ni Jackson ang papel ngunit hindi niya iyon agad tinanggap. He was staring at the papers like it was a bomb ready to explode. Kapag tinanggap niya ito ay wala nang urungan pa. Marahil nakapansin si Jackson sa kanyang bigilang pag-alangan kaya ibinalik nito ang papel sa bag.
“I’m sorry, that was insensitive of me, Gonzales. I shouldn't have shown it to you today,” ani Jackson para mag-iwas siya ng tingin.
Tumayo siya at isinuot niya ang ibinigay ni jacket ni Elijah. Pumunta siya sa counter at doon nag-isip nang malalim. His friends must got the sign that he need his time alone so no one tried to confront him. Nanatili lamang siyang nakaupo sa stool at nag-isip. He was so determine to do it yet after seeing the paper, he wanted to take it back.
It wasn't easy. Mas mahirap ito sa
