iMessage

SUN | 8:12 PM

Milly:
Clea?
Did you know?
About my mom and dad?
Was that why?

My Clea:
Yes, ate :(

Milly:
Since when?

My Clea:
A few days ago po.

Milly:
How?

My Clea:
I heard him talking to her on the phone.

Milly:
What did he say?

My Clea:
That leaving her was a mistake.
That if he could turn it all back, he wouldn't leave.
That he's planning to divorce Mama na.

Milly:
Fuck.
Does your mom know?

My Clea:
Nauna pa sakin, ate. She's known for a while.

Milly:
Fuck.

Milly:
Fuck.
How did you know that she knows na?

My Clea:
Daddy left last friday. Business meeting daw po.
I had a gut feeling that he won't be going out for business lang so I tried warning Mama.

Milly:
And she already knows???

My Clea:
She asked me not to say anything. That they'll talk muna raw, ate.

Milly:
Fuck.

My Clea:
I'm sorry, ate.
If we didn't get in the way, your family would still be complete.
Maybe this is just the universe fixing what we ruined.

Milly:
No, Clea. Don't say that.
I'm sorry we were born to a shitty father who doesn't care about us.
It was never your fault.

Milly:
Nor was it mine.

iMessage

SUN | 9:20 PM

Milly:
I can't go to your mom tomorrow, Kai. Can you let her know for me?

Kairos:
What's wrong?
What's going on?

Milly:
My parents are cheating.
And I'm
Fuck
I don't know what to do.
They're going to do to my brothers and sisters what they did to me. Fuck.

Kairos:
Pano mo nalaman?
Nasan ka?
Pupuntahan kita.

Kairos:
Milly.
Ayos ka lang ba?

Kairos:
Nasan ka?