RS#1: Product Of A Mistake (COMPLETED)

|CHAPTER 29|

"Wayeth!" I was not able to count how many times I screamed as I kept on shaking his body.

Pero wala talaga.

He wasn't answering nor was his body responding with how I shook him.

"Tangina.." Ramdam ko ang pagbagsak ni Rhia sa tabi ko saka sinuri ang kaibigan niyang nakalatay sa harapan ko.

The medics arrived and checked for a pulse ngunit hindi nila ito mahanap. Wala silang marinig.

How ironic that I, myself, is a doctor and yet I couldn't even function the way I was designed to.

They even made him wear an oxygen counter but it won't detect any pulse.

"Cha!" Rhia held my shoulder and made me face her harshly. Duguan ang kanyang suot pero mukha naman siyang walang sugat. "Doctor ka! Anong gagawin?!"

I cursed.

I cursed again and again and again and again kasi hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko.

I looked at him again and did that one thing I can think of.

I kissed him, giving him stored oxygen in my mouth.

Hindi ko siya pwedeng i-cpr dahil sa likod ng dibdib ang tama niya.

Who knows if his spine was hi— no. Please.

Baka hindi ko kayanin.

I was crying while I continued on giving him oxygen.

Hindi pa siya pwedeng mawala.

We haven't talked yet.

At... At kailangan ko pa siya.

Kailangan ko pa si Wayeth.

I need him.

I fucking still need him with me in this life—

"A pulse!" My heart almost jumped after the medic assigned on the oxymeter shouted. "But it's decreasing once more! The speed is slowly getting slower—"

"The suspect escaped."

Literal na nahati ang isipan ko.

My hearing turned its back on me, making me watch at the scene I never thought I'd see.

Wayeth was being revived in front of me kasabay ng mga paghiyaw sa akin nung mga medic.

Sa kabilang gilid ko naman ay ang mga pulis na namomroblema.

They were on their comms, talking about Daddy na siyang nagawa pang makatakas.

And then a slap touched my cheek.

"Cha!" Rhia was now crying as she looked at me with her darkened eyes.

"H-hospital.. Bring him to the hospital." Sabay pilit kong pagtayo. "He needs to be admitted to the intensive care unit—"

"Ikaw? Saan ka pupunta?"

"I need to find my Dad Rhia. Bitiwan mo ako." I tried to shove her hand pero di ko kaya.

"Wayeth needs you—"

"But I can't let his sacrifice be in vain. Hindi matatahimik ang buhay namin kung makakatakas muli si Daddy."

"What if Wayeth dies? What if he dies without you beside him during his last seconds?"

I smiled bitterly saka tuluyan ng tinanggal ang pagkakahawak nito sa akin.

"Then at least we know that his death did not go in vain." She was about to say something else but I placed my finger on her mouth. "I can't cry and grieve now Rhia. Not until my Dad is caught. So please, threaten the doctor assigned in there if it means saving the guy I love."