Broken Strings – Chapter 41

WRIGHT AGONCILLO

“Looks like we’ve reaped a lot today, huh?” Mang Heronimo asked me while adjusting his hat.

“One hundred ark, Mang Geronimo.”

weat dripping do

son. We harvest until nightfall and tomorrow we will sundry the rice.”

I took a deep breath. “Thank

poso (poso is an old-style water pump). I just took a quick bath so that I don’t get sick.

rby store to buy sardines for my food tonight. I paid for it and went home to my hut. I ate and then lay on the pallet.

as well,” I whispered to m

hoto of my wife and son. Another day passed without them in my side. I miss them so damn much. It’s been a year since I left them and chose to go to an unknown province here in the Visayas to prove t

“Wright! Wake up!”

back hurt I still got up and opened the door. “Pucha, Yulo! It’s still morning.” (Putcha is a Tagalog curse word

. Have you forgotten?”

t.” I could only say and massage my aching sho

on. We’ll run out late.” He authoritatively said and turned his back on me.

You look wide awake, a. Who did you eat last night?” Yulo told me when we were in the boat

ronimo and I were busy harvesting grains ’till nightfall, and we will sundry all of it later.”

. You can stop helping them sundry the grain and jus

o the sea.

ave come to the province.”

g.”

able to build a stone house.

Geronimo. His jeep was about to leave with only sacks of rice that going to be sundry.

.

ing with Yulo.” I said in betwee

his wife could not have children, he treated me as his child. “Come inside and eat first. Grace! Serve Wright breakfast.”

onimo, we’ll be late for sun-drying t

insisted that I should eat first. After I had breakfast, we got in the jeep and went to a basketbal

one through all the hardships in just one year. I go to a store and buy ice water. I heard the accented scream of the tw

one of them to me.

nk some water.

d with a smile. “Hi, I’m Margarett

ight.” I have no appe

“Ah.”

er you sundried the rice?” It says seductively.

o, thank you.”

no one can beat her. I love that woman, dearly.

ay my sweat and s

nt.” I looked at Geronimo.

ky the woman you lov

t him. We went back to what we are working on because it looked like it was going to rain.

h. They maybe want to ask for directions..” I looked at Mang Geronimo.

to reflect who was there.