Forbidden
"Hindi mo na kailangan mahirapan pang iwasan ako at tapunan ng cold treatment. You don't have to stress yourself over grids, structures, or my scholarship anymore, Dr. Montgomery."
Bago pa man makasagot si Anne, Lauren turned on her heel. Her sneakers made a sharp, echoing swipe against the concrete floor as she walked away, her silhouette fading into the shadows of the exit ramp without a single backward glance.
Left standing by her car, Anne could only watch the heavy metal exit door swing shut, the clinical mask she fought so hard to keep suddenly feeling suffocatingly heavy.
At sa mga sumunod na araw, ay ganoon nga ang ginawa ni Lauren.