Christina thinks she is so beautiful that men find her irresistible, and so she tries to get Tim's attention.
What is Christina doing here?!
2 DAYS LATER...
Dear Minda, I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to see you today. I was hoping I could speak with you before I went away but they told me you wouldn’t be home till later. I’m leaving early this evening on the M/V Maria Carmela to go to Lucena and on to Manila. I wasn’t planning on leaving until Saturday but your friend Christina begged me to escort her to Manila. She said the trip always terrified her and I couldn’t refuse.
Package from Tim?
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You have been my best friend on this island and I’ll never forget you. I’m giving you my sunglasses and this book of poems by Louise Glückthat I have been reading during this trip. I hope you’ll like them, but more than that I hope they will remind you of a friend. You have been very nice to me and I wish to thank you for all the nice times I’ve spent with you. I wish you all the success you deserve as you go on to college. I’m sure you’ll make your parents proud.
Your friend, Tim
Tim does’t know that Christina wasn’t Minda’s friend. She was a shameless witch who would do all kinds of tricks to get men to like her.
On that day, Minda make her day a normal day for herself. She went out wearing Tim's sunglasses and started listening news on the radio for her to know what's happening outside her world.
APRIL 11, 2002
I hardly slept last night. Perhaps, Tim will find a way to write me. Maybe John can tell him how to get in touch with me. But inside me is a terrible feeling that he will never write and that I will never see him again.
THE END
Tim does’t know that Christina wasn’t Minda’s friend. She was a shameless witch who would do all kinds of tricks to get men to like her.