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Tem heard our mother’s phone received a text.

She grabbed it and read it out loud, “Nay, sino tong nag-text sa inyo? Padala raw ng pera nasa hospital daw.”
Nanay, who is used to this type of modus operandi messages, replied to Tem casually, “Sabihin mo ‘Tangina mo, mamatay ka na, bisitahin ka namin sa morge.'”