Kissing The Wind
impossible for the kitten to die. We ate in the same lunchb
ave, but the man grabbed my
tared deeply at me. "
ten was
guess it is f
aid that it
ven more at what he j
d. "Be c
ed, but I guess it sounded like a nervou
ead. I could not think of a reason why someone's after my
way his hand that was holding my wrist. "I don't even
ony Bermeda, the new teache
him with my gaze as he walked a
nape. I hope he won't be my
She was selfish and could not do her job as a mother. The only thing tha
nch?" she asked as I
her and no
from head to toe, and the
r in my mind. I do not want to raise a suspicion to my mother,
ask about me e
pack to get the lunchbox. Surely, I did not want to b
at the kitchen sink. "Is i
of soup at the center of the tabl
y mom. "When I feed the kitten at the school, that same
aised her brow. "Ar
want to ask you if you had
. "Did you eat your
e question again. I no
ou're
again. "I
to me. She picked up the empty glass at the kitchen counter and stepped closer to
om
us, and you did not even think that maybe the kitten ate a po
the floor. "I-
do well in class, but I expect you
rry,
nd looked scornfully at me. "Throw your lunchbox away. If th
y, M
imals, Sydnee. Those are dirty, an
kay," I said and pi
years now. I had kept it a secret to my parents because I
rst time that an animal died after I feed it. In the past, there
t. And maybe it was just a coincidence that the kitten had die
instructed me to do. I threw away
over the years. My stomach churned. Even though I had li
back to the humble nipa hut, just kilom
not steal someth
e nipa hut. I knew that my mother was waiting i
was dreaming of a big and fancy house where someday she and her parents will live in. But all o
of fraud. He was put to jail, but my mother bargained to the boss to fr
have enough savings. My mother did not have a wo
t of Consolacion. I still remember how I got so fascinated by the city l