"MOMMA! THERE YOU ARE!" The cute little girl shouted. Bigla itong nagpabuhat sa akin habang nalilibang siya sa pagyakap sa akin. Ang ganda-ganda niya, hindi ko nga lang kamukha.
"I can't miss your birthday, baby." Hinalikan ko ito sa tungki ng ilong niya. She tousled my hair as the wind blew.
"Tita said your hair won't grow, why is it mahaba now, Momma?"
Her question memorialized me.
It was cold, but snow wasn't the cause. There was a sun, yet it still felt cold. I kept walking and walking until I realized I wasn't moving at all. I searched for someone I could ask why I was alone here in a cold desert.
Where was my family?
"Mommy? Daddy? Ate Tin? Harry? Hay? Than?" I kept shouting but no one heard me. Their ears were all shut, I ran. I ran but I couldn't move. I ran as long as I could.
"They're not here." A man whispered from behind. I looked at him.
That was when I realized his features were familiar. I creased my forehead as questions flooded my mind.
"Sino ka?" Tanong ko ngunit pinagtaasan ako nito ng kilay. Hindi niya naintindihan ang sinabi ko kung gayon?
"This place is far away from where you live. They wouldn't hear you." He told me. He glanced at the bench beside him, signaling me to come and sit with him.
Ginawa ko ang nais niya at nang maupo ay hinintay ko siyang ipaliwanag sa akin kung bakit ako narito. All I could see was white, and white, and light.
"Where are we?"
"I know you already know where we are," He lifted his hand, presenting the whole place as though he lived here for a long time. Natakot ako. Gusto kong tumakbo palayo ngunit baka gaya kanina ay mapagod lamang ako dahil wala namang saysay ang pagtakbo ko.
"A-are you connected to him?" I hopefully asked.
"I'm his father," He stared at me for a moment. "You're his girlfriend."
Nanuyot ang lalamunan ko sa nareyalisa.
Napalunok ako at napasinghap sa hangin.
If I could see his father, it means...
"Why am I here?" Hopelessly asking, my tears rolled down. I didn't want to assume I was dead.
"I was also going to ask you the same thing, why are you here?"
And in a split of second, I remembered why I was here.
Mataas ang sikat ng araw kahit pa malamig ang klima.
Puro luha.
Tumatakbo ako.
Palayo.
Naroon siya.
Alam kong nasasaktan ako sa mga oras na iyon.
Dumating si Thea.
Naguluhan ako lalo kahit malinaw naman ang pangyayari.
I learned that day they were engaged, and parents of unborn child.
I ran again.
Hoping I could escape from reality.
Within a second, I felt paralyzed.
"HAZEL? HONEY!?"
I closed my eyes.
Finally, the pain was now released.
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