Faith’s POV

After my encounter with Austin, I made an effort to avoid him every time he returned to school. Until eventually, he stopped showing up altogether. I figured he must have gone back to Manila, to his real world.

The days passed quickly. The first day of classes was a success. Everyone was thrilled with the new classroom building—the children, the parents, and most of all, us teachers, whose only desire was the well-being of our students. No more half-day classes, no more coming ...