Dying Stranger

We were friends but what do we make of this? Nagbago ang lahat, our friendship got thrown under the bus. Nagrereply parin naman s'ya sa mga text ko but something is off... 3 days earlier. "Maki, rest day mo?" tanong ni Wilson sa akin over the phone. Si Wilson na secretly naging crush ko sa aking circle of friends. He's a young achiever and I've known him since our high school days. Hindi takaw pansin ang looks pero yung kabaitan, intelligence at dedication n'ya sa studies nya ang lalong nagpapagwapo sa kanya. He had a string of bad relationsips. Ganun siguro 'pag mabait ka, everyone just takes advantage of you.  "Don't tell me wala na kayo ni Aurora?" I jested.  "GAGO! Pano mo alam?" He confirmed it.  "Di nga? Seryoso?" kunwari gulat ako. Sabi na, that girl was only using him since finals was up, and now na tapos na ang finals goodbye na. "Rest day ko bukas pa. Papunta na akong work."

I was 18 nang naisipan ng nanay kong magkaron ulit ng partner. For years she's been single since namatay ang tatay ko whenI was 10 years old. She took care of me and my older brothers as a working single parent. Sa RTW shop n'ya sa isang kilalang mall, she came through and napagtapos n'ya ang dalawa kong kuya. Ako na lamang ang kasama ni mama sa bahay. Ang mga kuya ko ay may sari-sarili nang buhay. Since nakakatulong na sila sa pag-aaral ko magkaron ng time ang nanay ko to meet new people at yun nga one day she brought home Brian.  Brian is much younger than my mom by 5 years, but that didnt matter as long as mom is happy. They met via Tinder and decided to live together after a couple of dates. He works as a consultant para sa isang firm sa Makati and he mostly do home based work. So most of the time nasa bahay s'ya. He usually spends the day inside ng kwarto ni mama to work. Si mama naman ay gabi na umuuwi from our shop kaya every night lang sila nagkikita.