borrowed time: an aids memoir

Mahal kong ama't ina,
                     
                  Nais ko pong malaman nyo ang tunay kong damdamin. Dahil nung nagkaisip po ako nararamdaman ko po sa aking damdamin at isipan na merong kakaiba. Kaya naisip ko ilahad ang saloobin at sana po ay hindi kayo mabigla, sana po ay inyong maintindihan na ang damdamin ko ay may pagka-babae. Hinihiling ko po na sana maintindihan nyo at matanggap. Tay, alam ko po na masakit sa inyo na tanggapin ang katotohanan na ang kaisa-isa nyong anak na lalake ay ngayon po ay isa nang bading. Matagal na pong panahon na itinago ko ito at ngayon lang ako nagkalakas ng loob dahil hindi ko po kayang itago ng matagal at magsinungaling sa inyo ni ina. Nay, alam ko pong maiintindihan nyo at tulungan nyo po ako na ipaliwanag kay itay ang tunay kong nararamdaman. Umaasa po ako na matanggap nyo  po ako ng buong-buo katulad ng pagmamahal nyo sa akin nung ako'y bata pa.            

the boarding house

Mr.Doran felt not so happy, because he married polly without love. He married polly not because of love but because polly is getting pregnant. He have no way to refuse it because he is afraid of losing his dignity and because of polly's mother. He should accept the reality that he will be a part of mooney's family,and he became a father of polly's baby. He find strength to marry polly and that strength coming from the child inside the womb of polly. Because Mr. Doran want to clean his image from other people.  Maybe after the long time of living in one home, he will be learning of  loving polly. That is the time that he will be realize even without love a man can marry woman that is because of big responsibility as a father.