Nagising ako dahil sa lakas ng ring ng cellphone ko. Agad kong inabot ang salamin ko para tingnan kung sino ang tumatawag at nakita ang pangalan ni Max sa screen. "Hello?" sagot ko.
"Good morning," matamis na bati niya. "How was your sleep?"
"Good morning, Max. Why did you call me so early in the morning?" inaantok kong tanong at napahikab pa.
"Oh, did I disturb you?" tanong niya.
"Yes, somehow," sagot ko. "But it's fine," bawi ko at baka masamain niya. "What made you call so early?" ulit ko sa tanong ko.
"I just want to ask you out today," direktang sambit niya. "It's your day off, right? So I'm wondering if we could go out—just the two of us."
"But we just went out yesterday." Bumangon na ako at nag-unat ng katawan.
"That wasn't counted," aniya. "Sullivan was there. We weren't re
