Mario's POV
“Nakita mo na ba ang anak ni Ninong Anton mo? Si Emerald?” Dad asked, halata ang masaya at excited na boses.
“Yes, Dad,” sagor ko sa kanya na nasa kabilang linya ng telepono.
Nasa daanan lang ang paningin ko habang binabaybay ang daan pauwi sa bahay namin.
“I want you to get closer to her because I want her to be my daughter-in-law,” Dad said. Natahimik ako dahil sa sinabi niya. I’m 20 years old when Dad started to find a girl for me, a girl to be my wife someday and now I’m 22 years old, Emerald is the third one.
“Dad, don’t you think it’s too early to find a girl for me to marry?” I asked him because honestly, I don’t want to get married soon, I want to enjoy my life, I want to choose a girl to marry. Gusto ko ‘yong mahal ko at mahal ako, ‘yong babae na gusto ko talagang
