Marie and Joshua relentlessly dragged me all the way to the innermost part of the Montalvo residence— the kubo. The subdivision itself is situated in a hill so it's only natural to see the mountain range of Sierra Madre at the farthest back of our hacienda. Technically, it was referred to as a hacienda but I labeled it our family's private compound because I never really thought about it as a property but a home to our clan.
Habang naglalakad sa lawak no'n ay mas nagsi-sink in na sa'kin kung ga'no kalaking utang ang kailangang bayaran ni Papá sa pamamagitan ko. Hindi lang bahay namin ang sinangla niya, itong buong lupain pa talaga mismo. We cannot afford to lose this landholdings. Saan na lang kaming lahat pupulutin? Isang dosenang pamilya kaming nakatira rito.
Napabuntong hininga ako.
