Denise's POV
Di pa rin ako makapaniwala sa nangyari kagabi.
Pagkahatid sakin ni Joshua, nagbihis na ako at humiga.
Hanggang sa pag-idlip ko, iniisip ko pa rin yung lalaking nakasuot ng Black Mask. Hindi ko siya namukhaan at di ko rin natanong ang pangalan niya. But he sounded familiar.
Nakatunganga ako ngayon dito sa bahay habang lumalamon ng junk food. Wala kasing pasok kaya wala akong magawa.
Nakakapagod lumabas dahil ang hot ko... I mean sobrang init.
#KRIIINGG!#
Sino namang istorbo ang tumatawag sakin ngayon?
"Hello?" bungad ko habang nanonood ng bagong movie sa Netflix.
Ba't walang nagsasalita sa kabilang linya?
"Hello?" tanong ko ulit. I can only hear someone breathing.
"If you're pranking me, screw yourself! I'm gonna end―"
"WAIT! Don't hang up. Please."
O_O
That voice.
That voice that tortured me every night when I'm in the States.
That voice I cursed to forget for making me miserable.
And now... He's going to ruin the new life I began to make.
"Abby..."
Fvck that name.
"P-Please, Abby. Don't hang up." pagmamakaawa niya.
"Who's this?" pagsisinungaling ko. I badly wanted to end the call but I couldn't. Something in me wanted to hear him first.
"Don't be like that. I know I hurt you, but please listen―"
"I'm sorry sir but I don't know who Abby is."
"Abby, I'm really sorry. I regret what I've done and I want to prove to you that I'm sincere."
"Sir, maybe you dialed the wrong number. I'm not Abby, my name is Cheska."
Nagamit ko pa yung name ni Chessy.
"Please! Just give me another chance to make things right."
Ugh. Ngayon niya pa naisip yan?
Every emotion I've kept in myself for years, biglang na lang lumabas.
"Right? Do you know how much I sacrificed my friends just to choose? Do you know how I felt being betrayed by your love and my sister? Do you know how I planned my future with you but it turned into nothing? You don't know because you didn't care to know! All you did was hurt me and tell me how loser I was back then!"
Humagulgol na ako sa sobrang frustration na nararamdaman ko sa kanya.
"A-Abby..."
"But thanks, anyway. You made me realize my deepest fear. You made me realize that when people walk away from you, let them go. It doesn't mean that they're bad, it's just that their part is over."
I hung up the phone and buried my face in the pillow.
I thought I already moved on, but what's happening now? Ba't ako nagkakaganito ng marinig ulit ang boses niya?
Kailangan kong kalimutan lahat ng mga alaalang kasama siya. Kahit masakit, sisikapin kong mawala kung ito lang ang paraan para mapanatag ang kalooban ko.
I was beginning to feel normal nang wala siya. I put my past away so I can start living. And I can do it again.
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