Part Two: Not Like the Movies

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Lumpia Babe

9:34 am
Napakaraming nakasunod sa akin!?????

9:35 am
I saw Zy's Xpander and Peyton's car! And your Vespa too!

9:37 am
It's just a threat, Anthony. Sanay ako. Akala mo ba hindi delikado ang trabaho ko?

9:39 am
It's not a threat if she already attempted!

9:40 am
Paano kung sandali kang mawala sa paningin ko tapos totohanin niya!? Tingin mo kaya ko 'yon, Rafaela!?

9:42 am
Kaya kong mawalan! Noon! No'ng wala ka pa! No'ng akala ko hindi ako magaling kumapit. No'ng akala ko kaya kong ilayo ang sarili ko sa paghahangad! No'ng akala ko kaya kong magtapon kahit ano pang halaga!

9:43 am
But I'm so scared. Because I now have something that I can't lose and that's you.

9:44 am
So fuck it, Rafaela. Kahit mag-prusisyon lahat ng pwedeng sumunod sa'yo, gagawin ko! Because I want you safe! I want you with me!

9:45 am
At pagbabayaran ko lahat ng gustong singilin sa akin ng mundo! 'Wag lang ikaw. Hindi pwedeng ikaw.

9:46 am
You're not losing me.

9:47 am
I won't let that happen.

9:48 am
Hindi ako takot dahil nand'yan ka. Sinabi ko naman 'yon sa'yo, 'di ba?

9:49 am
Pero hindi mo ako pwedeng sundan palagi. Hindi mo ako pwedeng gawing buhay mo. Kailangan umusad 'yong mundo mo. So I won't allow you to live in fear. Kasi paano 'yong firm mo? 'Yong mga naka-line up mong prototypes?

9:50 am
None of those things will matter if I can't keep you safe.

9:51 am
You are my every heartbeat, Rafaela. Paano ako tutuloy huminga kapag tumigil ang sa'yo?

9:52 am
Before you, I could. But if after you, I wouldn't know how. At hindi ko na kayang mabuhay sa kahapon. Kasi wala ka do'n.

9:53 am
So I'm keeping you safe, even if it would me cost me everything. Because what would that everything mean for me, if not you?