Phone conversation
11 APR 2018, 10:00 AM
AGU:
(reprimanding tone) Amartya...(Silence.)
AGU:
(sighs) Pa-overcut ka na raw sa Philo sabi ng prof mo....(Silence.)
AGU:
Magse-schedule na ng orals sa Lunes. Pumasok ka na raw.(Silence.)
AGU:
(softly) Marty..AMARTYA:
(hoarse) (low voice) Hindi ba pwedeng i-schedule mo na lang ako? Alam naman ni Doc na friends tayo.AGU:
Baka gusto mo akong mawalan ng trabaho? (chuckles) Gusto mo tayo naman machismis ngayon?(Silence.)
AMARTYA:
I-schedule mo na lang ako, please? (heavy breathing) Unless na gusto mo na mamatay ako diyan sa Favre?AGU:
(swallows) Fine. I'll see what I can do.(Long silence.)
AGU:
Amartya..AMARTYA:
(annoyed) Ano?AGU:
(softly) Hindi naman pwedeng ganyan, Marts. The world is still moving... hindi ka puwedeng stuck diyan. (short pause) Sa tingin mo ba ganito ang gustong mangyari ni Father sa 'yo?AMARTYA:
(broken voice) What do I do, then?(Sounds of sniffling can be heard on Amartya's end)
AMARTYA:
(hoarse) (sniffling) What do I do? (soft crying)AGU:
Marty—AMARTYA:
(sniffling) Anong gagawin ko? It's almost a week since the assault happened and I can't find Ia... (heavy breathing) Papa's telling me she has work in Marawi but I don't buy that shit.... Daigo's telling me that I can't tell anyone what I know... but he doesn't want to tell me what the hell is happening—(Silence.)
AMARTYA:
(swallows) And Emilio's still in a coma... and Father Deo's gone...(Hard crying on Amartya's end)
AGU:
(softly) Marty.... uy...AMARTYA:
(broken voice) Wala na si Father Deo... wala na talaga..(Amartya continues to wail.)
AMARTYA:
(sniffling) Anong gagawin ko? Anong gagawin ko, Agu? (short pause) I'm not convinced that it's an act of robbery... (swallows) I'm sure my sister did it... I'm sure.
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Ang Kwento ni Amartya
General FictionAmartya's goal for her senior year is straightforward: to finish her senior thesis in Nueva Castallon, graduate, and dip. Constantly crossing paths with a young clergyman named Emilio was out of the list... and so is discovering that her sister is h...