I pace around Nathan’s unit. Apprehensive of his reaction once I tell him that I need to end my friendship with him so that Luis will feel more secure of my love–so much that he won’t force me to marry him this soon. I need to tell him that I choose to end my friendship with him because I can’t leave my family here, while I am Luis’s Luna in Sierra Madre.
Gerald and Nathan go out to swim in the pool. It’s been more than an hour and soon, they will be here. As if a trigger, the door opens and the two enter, laughing at each other about a wrong stroke that made Gerald swallow the pool water.
“Hey,” Nathan greets, a smile reaching his eyes.
“Sis! Did you cook for us? I am hungry!” Gerald interjects.
“I did,” I answer.
Gerald makes a victorious yell and runs towards the bathroom, as if he
