JULIAN WY
“Daddy!” Jade yells from her bedroom. “Help me!”
Agad ko siyang pinuntahan para alamin kung ano’ng kailangan niya. ‘Yung sigaw niya, hindi naman kasi sigaw nang isang napapahamak. She needs something.
Pagdating ko sa kwarto niya, she’s on her knees in her closet, digging around. “I can’t find my other heel—I need it.” Hawak niya ang isang pares ng sandals niya na may two inches na takong and she’s rummaging around for the other.
“Why do you need your heels, sweetheart? ‘Yung ballet slippers mo ang kailangan mo,” I tell her.
Three weeks ago kasi, sinabi sa ‘kin ni Kim na gusto raw ni Jade matutong mag-ballet dahil may kaklase raw ito sa kindergarten na nag-ba-ballet class. Mukhang naiinggit daw si Jade kaya tinanong niya ‘ko kung gusto kong i-enroll si Jade do’n.
I was hes
