I Found Love at Thirty Two

my nakedness. I found my belt, necktie, and pant

to wake up at six in the morning to meet a cli

ing someone in my unit but I let my guard down and succumb to th

loved, important, appreciated. It is as if I have a skill to make wome

number. Aaron is my business partn

nary parents. I always have questioned my identity until I found out that I am a Filipino, abandoned by my father when I was still in my mom's womb. My mom died while givin

ld always play and study together. He taught me how to speak and un

t now that he is engaged to the lady he fell head over heels with, it is just me alone bar hopping, checking out woman I'd

is not helping you at all. Man, you missed an important meeting

ed papers randomly. I know he is mad and every time he

ng okay for the past 3 days with th

now you'd fail. Man, your hormones are always ready, but common,

Just, just give m

business to fly. If not, just forget about it and yeah, waste the

aring blankly at my ceiling. I combed m

i naming negosyo. Mahirap kasi sa Australia lalo at mataas ang kompetisyon. Isa pa, gusto ko ring taka

ast night but I di

ld for 3 days and yeah, we were not even in a bar. We were at a grocery story, a

o kaming nasa canned goods section nang mahagip siya ng mga mata ko. She wa

kay siguro kung ako na lang

etrayed me. When I saw her moving to the Noodles

wa ko dahil kung hindi

a sa standee at naramdaman ko na lang an

ne niya at nagtalsikan ang mga parts nito. I l

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ou oka

swer but just

okay k

or the help.

ean can we grab a cup

uh

ent for being a

mmm

onting konti na lang tala

eng tumakbo papalapit sa amin at nalungkot ako na isiping ma

atol sa may asawa. Mali na nga ang ginagawa ko, ayoko ng dagdagan pa.

s he p

umukas ng bahagya ang butones ng dress niya. I didn't stare b

-Pinilit kong magpakasaya para hindi h

u my mama's

ngiti. Her daughter i

ve. Thank you

abbed her child a

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kapag gusto ako ng babae at alam kong gusto niya ko. I just had to release the tensi

uwing nagagawa ko yun, malaya ako. All my life I grew up being told what to do and what not to do. Restricted ang lahat n

baguhin ang buhay ko lalo at hindi na ako bata. I turned 29 last month. Naisip ko

, last night

pa pala ang babaeng to

ng my polo? Get yo

uotin niya ang damit niya, lumapit siya sa akin a

e with every woma

sweet

our things and leave or I can call th

ot her things, i

e keep this

ft me alone. I closed my e

ll a way out