"What's with your parents?"
"What?"
Nagtatakang nilingon ni Farrah ang kasama na si Liza nang marinig ang tanong nito. Sinulyapan n'ya ang natahimik din na best friend n'yang si Lore. Umawang ang bibig nito at kagaya n'ya, hindi rin nito inasahan ang naging tanong ng kasama.
"What do you mean, what's with her parents, Liz?" Si Lore ang nag-follow up ng tanong.
"Nothing wrong," agad na agap ng kasama. Mukhang napansin yata nito ang biglang pag-iba ng magkaibigan. "Wala naman, it's just that, when I told them you are the best at school that you are acing in everything, the vice president — your mom said, we should not make that our bases to pass this internship. I mean, why can't they just be proud parents that I am complimenting their daughter? If ----"
"That's fine, Liz, really."
