The Apartment We Won't Share (Epistolary)

11

Ashley Salvador
07:00 PM

Dave:
What's taking so long bub

Naka-uwi na ako

Ash:
Hi sorry

Wait pauwi na

Dave:
Okay ka lang?

Ash:
Yes

Dave:
??

Ash:
I know wait lang

Dave:
Sunduin na kita?

What's happening?

Ash:
You'll get mad

Dave:
Just be safe

I don't even know what to think

Ash:
NO I'M SAFEE

DON'T WORRYYY

Dave:
Ano ba kasi nangyayari

Ash:
I met your Dad

Dave:
And?

Ash:
He waited pala outside ng office ko tapos gusto daw mag talk so we talked

Dave:
Ano sinabi?

Ash:
He's sick

Dave:
He's been there

Ash:
He needs money for his operation

Dave:
Ash no

Ash:
He's really sick. He looks sick.

Pumayat sya.

Dave:
Maybe it's his karma

Ash:
Dave, listen

He's now weak and his eyes are gentle. He's almost pleading just to get that operation

Dave:
Ash please

He's supposed to have money. He's a general, diba? Dapat may pera sya. He has the power. Pinagmamalaki nya pa dati.

Ash:
He's changed

Dave:
How can you say that?

You didn't even witness how it's
like being under the same roof as him

It's like stepping on eggshells, Ash. One wrong move and we're all doomed. One wrong decision and we'll hear him cursing and shouting like we're under the fucking martial law.

Ash:
DAVID

Dave:
It's true

No one gets the rage of it if
one never experienced it

Ash:
We'll talk again

I feel like I can communicate this well when I can see you

Dave:
No

Let's not talk about this again

Ash:
Bub we need to

Dave:
I'll sleep

Please just don't push it

Ash:
What if he dies?

Dave:
I guess it's karma

Ash:
DAVID WHAT THE HELL

Dave:
I'm sorry but I'm just being honest