TAHIMIK NA NAKASANDAL si Dashiell sa kaniyang swivel chair habang pinaglalaruan ang ballpen na nasa lamesa.
"So, she came back?"
Dashiell exhaled. "Yes," maikli niyang sagot pero sapat na para magngalit ang puso niya. "She came back for Pete's sake!" aniya pa bago ibinato sa malayo ang ballpen na kanina niya pang pinaglalaruan.
"Natanong mo ba kung bakit siya bumalik?"
Silence.
"Dashiell, I'm talking to you!"
No response. Silence.
"She came back for what?"
Silence.
"I'm talking to you, Dash—"
"Fück!" Dashiell cursed and faced his mother, who was currently sitting on the couch a few steps away from him. "Isn't it obvious, mom? She came back to mend the relationship she had broken!" he said angrily.
"At bakit ka nagagalit sa akin?" Tumayo ang mommy niya at lumapit sa kaniya. "I'
