#1 Sidewalk Sidekick
12:30am.
Drained from overtime work, we wait for the Uber driver who probably got lost. Whoever thought of naming their building in Salcedo Street “Legaspi Suites” clearly never anticipated the confusion it would create. Salcedo Street is in Legaspi Village and, coincidentally, Salcedo Village and Legaspi Street are different spaces altogether.
At least the heavy rains finally stopped. The ground feels cool with the roads wiped clean. You sit on the sidewalk, light a cigarette and take a long drag that could pass off as a sigh of relief. Without checking, I take the seat beside you, only to be jolted awake by the puddle of water coming into contact with my butt.
There is a brief silence, and then laughter fills the whole stretch of Salcedo Street.
