I could not speak. He hesitated whether to tell her what had happened or to just ignore her question.
"Just .. just forget about it." that's all I said. I think it would be too embarrassing if I continued to spread the rudeness I suffered.
"Tell me Amara."
I sighed. "Fine." because the way he looked at me was like he was saying he wouldn't stop me if I didn't tell him anything.
"It's like that, one of our customers at the karenderia is Mang Albert. I gave him his order and then when I was about to leave he suddenly grabbed me. It was too tight ..."
The darkness of his gaze on me did not disappear. "And then? He insulted you?" his jaw tightened and obviously suppressed anger.
I nodded slowly. I saw how his eyes blazed with anger and disgust because of my confirmation.
