Chapter 38

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In My Blood
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Nathalia's POV

"Calm down, Nathalia..."

Napailing ako kasabay naman nito ang sunod sunod na pagtulo ng mga luha ko.

Adrian didn't wake up for a few hours and I blamed myself for what happened. Hindi namin alam kung anong nangyare sa kanya.


'Nalason ba siya sa dugo ko? Pero paano nangyare?'

My mind is totally in a mess now with what happened, no matter what Tita Gwen does and says I can't calm down.

"It's not your fault, calm down, Ija..."

"I'm sorry, Tita." I apologized for the nth time.

"We're not blaming you, Nathalia."

Even though I didn't like what happened, no matter how many times she says those things, the guilt I feel won't go away.

While we were in that scenario when we heard footsteps coming our way, we both turned around.

"How is he?" mabilis na tanong ni Tita Gwen sa kanyang asawa.

"He's fine, but still unconscious."

"How can you say he's fine when he's not yet awake?" si Tita.

"Let's talk about it later, wife." sagot ng asawa niya saka siya bumaling sa akin. "Come on, I'll send you home, Nathalia." mabilis naman akong napa-iling.


Hindi ako mapapakali hanggat hindi ko siya nakitang gising na.

"Please? We will just call you once he's awake. We just need to discuss something."

Wala na akong nagawa kundi pumayag nalang, dahil halatang ayaw nila iparinig sa akin pag uusapan nila.

Gwyneth's POV

"Bakit kailangan mo pa siyang pauwiin?"

"Because this conversation is just for us." he replied before he sat across me.

"She deserves to know, alam mo ba kung gaano siya ka-guilty sa nangyare? She's blaming herself." hindi ko na maiwasang magtaas ng boses sa inis ko.

Hindi ko alam kung paano ko pakakalmahin si Nathalia kanina, sinisisi niya ang sarili niya na hindi naman dapat.

'Mom, help, I can't stop and I felt something strange.'

Muling bumalik sa ala ala ko ang nangyare kanina bago mawalan ng malay si Adrian.

Nag uusap kami about sa naganap na pagsabog sa parking lot ng school nang biglang narinig ko ang anak ko sa isip ko. Noong una iniisip kong guni guni ko lang, ngunit ilang beses niya akong tinawag na para bang nanghihingi ng tulong.

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