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29. Final Chapter
I can see the reflection of the moon on the water, the beautiful and fascinating light reflects on the shore. I raise my thumb, closing my one eyes as I aim it at the moon I smiled as I can see that they're right, everywhere you go the moon will never be bigger than your thumb. I shiver as I feel the cold breeze of night brushes off my skin, inhaling it as I rub myself, warming my arms the ease the coldness, breathing in and out, closing my eyes.
After what happened I left everyone, no one knows where I was or where I would go. I caress my belly feeling the bump there-- weeks after I went here in Sta. Ana, a miles away from home and alone I found out I am pregnant I thought of who was the father-- and when I realized I cried for days but Nana Milan the caretaker of the house and old widowed lady said I should calm myself and give
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