Halos isang oras nang nakaupo si Belle sa natumbang puno ng niyog. Umiinit na ang sinag ng araw at alam niyang malapit nang magtanghali. But she cannot bring herself to go back to the house. Not when she knows that what they’ll have for lunch was the same chicken who was fighting for her life when she left.
She gathered her knees closer to her chest and rested her head on it sideways. She gently played with the sand—trying to take her mind off her immediate cares for the day.
Maya-maya pa, nakarinig siya ng mga yabag na papalapit sa kanya. Agad siyang nag-angat ng tingin. And there she saw Zyrone walking towards her.
“It’s lunch. Nagtatawag na si Lila,” pahayag nito.
Hindi siya umimik, itinuloy lang ang ginagawa niya. Kung ‘yong manok lang din ang ulam, hindi na siya kakain. She’d rath
