“I want you to stay still. Let me deal with the press and the people involved. ‘Wag na ‘wag kang magbibitiw ng statement about it unless I told you so. Are we clear on that?”
“Yes,” Conny replied, his eyes never leaving her.
“Good.” Kina sighed, the weight of their predicament pressing heavily on her shoulders. She turned to leave, but his grip on her arm stopped her.
“Anything else?” kunot ang noong tanong ko.
“Nothing . . . I’m really sorry for this,” aniya na.
“I won’t say it’s okay, ‘cause it’s really not,” she replied, her determination hardening. “But we’ll fix this.”
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