Chapter 67

STRUGGLES

Chelsea

As soon as Kuya Roy and Maris woke up, we sat down to a meal together with everyone else. What Redemonyo said earlier continues to bother me despite the fact that I have moved on. What exactly does he mean when he tells me to do whatever it is that I want to do? What if I'm interested in spending time with him? What if I want to have a private conversation with him in which I ask him to confess all the wrong things he has done and if it is true that Maxine's child who passed away was his?

"Hija!" yelled Manang Fe in an angry tone. I couldn't help but look at her with a bewildered expression on my face as soon as I turned to face her. She approached me with a question along these lines: "I've been talking to you for a while now, but you haven't been responding... Is there a problem?"

"Ah- no, Manang... What was it you were saying again?" I asked Manang Fe.

"I was asking you ear