On the other end of the call, Gloria had already been crying so hard that she could hardly speak. “Sabbie, I only have one request. Don’t end your own life. You have to stay alive. You have to live on, alright, my child?”

Sabrina was speechless. ‘Mom! Do you know how hard it is to stay alive?’

She was all choked up. “Mom, I…”

“Stay alive! You have to stay alive! Don’t let Aino be without a mother, don’t me, an elderly woman, be without a daughter! I only have one daughter.”

“Mom…” Sabrina sa