NAGGUGURANG NA SI MANOY...


...alagad lalong nagbabagsik an ang kaniyang mga sinusurat. Tagay para sa mas dakol pang surat!
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(Beinte-tres na si Kristian, nagselebrar ku ika-24 sa Abril. Kadtung alduw na adto, iminundag man su bago kong pamangkin, si Yuan Andrei, igin ni Loth, unica ija sa kanamong magrungod.)
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