Sparkle

CHAPTER 16

It's Saturday our last day in this vacation dahil tommorow morning ay aalis na kami

Nang magising ako ay agad kong napansin si Lexi na nakahawak sa dibdib niya na parang nahihirapang huminga

“Lex?okay ka lang?”pagtatanong ko

Nakita ko na nagulat siya dahil sa agarang pagsulpot ko.“Im fine Ron nothing to worry”sabi niya na ngiting ngiti kaya nang pagkakasabi niya noon ay ngumiti lang ako sakanya

“By the way,it's almost your debut,what's the plan?”tanong ko

“i don't really know I don't have an Idea on what to do”sabi pa niya na hingal na hingal na

Nakita ko na naman siya ulit na habol parin ang paghinga

“are you sure you're okay?”sabi ko na

Huminga siya nang malalamim at nagsimulang magsalita.“Look,I'm not really okay.i have this disease called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy it's the rarest form of cardiomyopathy, a group of conditions which affect the heart muscle, meaning it cannot effectively pump blood around the body. This often leads to heart failure. In restrictive cardiomyopathy, the walls of the heart chambers become rigid and prevent proper filling”seryosong pagpapaliwanag niya

“what?kailan mo pa nakuha ang sakit na yan?alam ba to ng family mo?”natatarantang sagot ko

“I only trusted my kuya,Lolo and Lola in this one cause they're the one who knows me very well,that time sinabayan ako ni Kuya  magpa check up because of the sudden difficulty breathing,then we find that I have a Restrictive Cardiomyopathy”naluluhang sabi niya

“nagka restrictive cardiomyopathy ako two years ago I was 14 that time and Kuya is 15 Kuya is brave enough para samahan ako sa hospital kasi nahihirapan na kong huminga non at walang tao sa bahay at si kuya ang unang nakaalam na may cardiomyopathy na pala ako nagpanic siya kaya tinawagan niya sina Lola at nakiusap ako na wag sabihin sainyo”mahinangbsabi niya pero unti unti nang bumabalik na ang lakas niya

“pero bakit?”confussed na tanong ko

“Im afraid,natakot ako kasi baka hindi niyo ako matanggap baka pagtawanan nyo lang ako.Im afraid to loose friends lalo nat kayo lang naman  ang mga kaibigan ko kaya please Roni wag mong sabihin sa kahit sino ito Roni please please”pagmamakaawa niya

“pero Lexi w-what if l-lumala yang sakit mo anong gagawin namin?”natatarantang pagtugon ko

“I guess they will have to know if that happens”pagwawalang bahala niya

“P-pero Lexi you're our friend I can't keep a secret like this”nauutal na sabi ko

“kayanin mo limatado na lang ang buhay ko kasi paglumala to iiwan ko na kayo”sabi niya at nagpakita nang pilit n ngiti

“Lexi don't say that it has cure naman”sabi ko

“the doctor said that I don't have that much time”sabi niya habang naluluha pero nakangiti parin

“Lexi please we need to tell everyo-"

“Roni I'm begging you,I have reasons”pagmamakaawa niya

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“Roni anong nangyari sayo?”tanong ni mommy nang mapansing medjo maga ang mata ko