ALEJANDRO’S POV
It was six in the morning when I woke up to cook breakfast for Beatrix and me. I made fried eggs and fried chicken because those are Beatrix’s favorites. After cooking, I cleaned her condo. This was my dream when we were dating. I wanted to cook her favorite foods. While cleaning her room, I found a man’s brief by the bed and an ashtray full of cigarette butts in her dresser.
“Kaninong brief ‘to?”
It couldn’t be mine because it’s too big. I picked it up and put it in a plastic bag. Hinintay kong dumating si Beatrix, ngunit ala una ng hapon ay hindi pa siya dumarating. Ang breakfast na niluto ko ay kainan ko na lang.
“Where are you?” tanong ko nang sagutin niya ang tawag ko.
“Malapit na akong labasan.”
Kumunot ang noo ko. “What?”
“Malapit na akong lumabas sa building
