Hinampas ni Riza ang mesa at namewang sa harap ni Dean Jonah. “You can't fool me, dean. I'm a lawyer for almost three years now, and I work as a legal counsel, so I know how a criminal works. If I were a criminal, and I am very knowledgeable that I can just run away from the eyes of law that should be prosecuting me for the very heinous crime that I once did, there's no reason for me to hide what I have done by deforming the face of my victim. I know if I can just scoot away, they'll have a difficult time figuring out which part of the world the victim's killer is in. So beating the face of my victim would be the last thing I would do if the person is dead anyway. Now, stop lying to me ma'am, just this once, spare me from all the bullshit I have heard for the past eight years.
Hanggang friends lang. Subukan mo for the last time, for closure. Malaman ko lang na pinipilit mong makipagbalikan sa kanya, babarilin kita." Pinunasan ni Riza ang mukha, tinali ang buhok at nagbuntong-hininga. "Okay. For friends lang. Got that." "Siguraduhin mo lang. Malaman ko lang na pinagmukha ka nilang tanga, don't expect me to do nothing."