HOW I ACTED earlier after kissing her was undeniably wrong. Inis na inis ako sa sarili ko. Ang unang pumasok sa isip ko noong makita kami ni Dad ay ang protektahan siya pero kahit ’yon ay pumalpak ako. I didn’t want my father to think she was just one those women I flirt with. She had something that drew me to her. Hindi ko iyon matukoy. I had seen her back in high school pero wala naman akong naramdaman nang katulad nito. She was pretty but I wasn’t attracted to her. Kung ano’ng nangyari ngayon ay daig ko pa ang nakulam. Her eyes—there’s something in it. Parang hindi natural ang pagka-brown. At ngayon, at thirty-one para akong tanga na hindi makatulog sa gabi sa pag-iisip sa kaniya. One, she didn’t like me very much. Mas masaya pa nga siyang kausap si Andrew kaysa sa akin. Then the ki