Alice felt as if her whole world has fallen apart when she heard those words from Ophelia. Para siyang pinagsakluban ng langit at lupa. She doesn’t know what to answer to that, tears instantly formed on her eyes and she felt a lump in her throat making her unable to utter a single word—no, even without that lump, she really cannot utter a single word out of shock. She couldn’t do anything but listen to the other line as Ophelia started crying; she heard her say a lot of things, they were crystal clear but for some reason, she couldn’t understand even a word from it. Napalunok nang maigi si Alice, hindi niya alam kung ano ang kanyang gagawin. A tear fell from her eye and she was immediately snapped back to reality, at kahit na nagsasalita pa rin at umiiyak si Ophelia sa kabilang linya,