sentences:  This emboldened him to approach Don Alejandro Roces, Sr., a patient of his father and husband of a close friend of his mother.Having heard Guerrero's proposal in his office at the Manila Tribune, Don Alejandro readily agreed, thereby paying Guerrero's tuition for his last two years in high school and ostensibly freeing him from daily Mass.It was Guerrero's favorite aunt, Maria Araceli, who discovered his writing ability.