Last Love

Chapter 1

"Hi, I'm Dani..." she said to me while holding out her hand towards me. I was too stunned, too numbed and too emotional parang gusto kong sumabog! The noise around me all went silent, everything is like in slow-mo, ang labo ng paligid and all I could see is the woman standing infront of me. Why does she resembles her? Shivers running through mythe woman who took everything away from me and shattered me into pieces...

Hours earlier...

"Hi, love....don't worry as this will be my last message, I won't bother you anymore and ever again. Wherever you are, I hope you are happy. It has been 3 fucking years and now, I have finally allowed myself to let go of you. You will always have a special place in my heart, but I have decided to move on so you can do too. I just hoped you didn't disappear just like that..." Tears started to fall from my eyes at parang huminto na sa pagtibok ang puso ko while saying my goodbyes to her. I don't even know the words to say to her anymore. I have sent her hundreds of messages everyday in the last 3 years, pero kahit tuldok wala akong nakuhang reply. Wala din makapagsabi saken kung nasaan siya.

"Ang sakit sobra, kung kelan pinili kong magmahal at tsaka naman ako iniwan nalang sa ere...hindi ka na ba talaga babalik? Sabihin mo naman please?! Kaya naman kitang hintayin pero please sabihin mo sakin kung meron ba akong hihintayin?! Chance, parang awa mo na please?! Wala lang ba talaga ako sayo o yung pagmamahalan natin kaya ganon lang kadali sayo na iwan ako sa ere?" Tang-ina! Nababaliw nako! Tatlong taon na akong nababaliw kakahintay sayo, Chance!"

"I wish you could have just told me that I was not enough for you! my love wasn't enough...or if you have found someone else. Tatanggapin ko naman Chance, wag yung ganito na bigla ka nalang mawawala sa buhay ko." Gago ko. Kung anu-ano na nasasabi ko. Tama na gago! Magmove-on ka na.

"Sorry Chance, anu-ano na nasabi ko. I guess it's time for me not to burden you anymore with my selfish love. For the last time, Happy Anniversary, love. I hope and pray you are in a happy place. Goodbye, Chance"
Tama na to...hindi rin naman yun matutuwa kapag nalaman nyang nagkaroon siya ng boyfriend na tanga at baliw na baliw sakanya. Huminga akong malamim and daydreamed while staring at the heart cut butterfly shaped cluster diamond ring that I personally handcrafted for Chance as our engagement ring.

"Jason? Hoy! gago andyan ka ba? Lumabas ka dyan, tigil mo na yan. Magmove-on ka na" Migs, my dumb and foolish cousin shouting behind my bedroom door.

Miguel Madrigal - my cousin from mom's side. Dito din sya nakatira kay Gandma kasi nasa abroad both parents nya. Matinik sa mga babae pero never nagseryoso. He kept me sane though and helped get through this pain. He took me to clubs, umiinom hanggang mamatay at para makatulog ako sa gabi. Kung wala si Migs, baka hindi na ako nakakapagkwento ngaun.

"Jason, lumabas ka na dyan. Iinom mo nalang yan bro. Hindi na babalik yon" he kept shouting kaya pinagbuksan ko na sya ng pinto.

"Ano ba kailangan mo? Hindi kita masasamahan ngaun dahil marami akong gagawin" I told Migs.

"Bro, wag kang magpanggap. Mamamatay ka kapag nagmukmok ka nanaman dito sa kwarto mo, mauuna ka pa kay grandma"

"Gago! Si Tim at Coting nalang isama mo"

"Oh si tanga, alam mo naman papayag lang si grandma sa mga ganito ko kapag kasama ka. Alam mo naman kontra ermats ko sa bisyo ko na to. Kaya sa ayaw at sa gusto mo? Well, wala ka namang choice dito kundi ang samahan ako lagi tutal ikaw naman ang pumili na iwan yung buhay mo sa Manila at magpakaermetanyo dito"

"Dami mo naman sinasabi, magbibihis lang ako" sabay sara ng pinto kay Migs.

"Wag ka na magpapogi kasi mas lamang parin ako sayo" hirit nya.

Pagkalabas ko ng kwarto, nakasalubong ko si Grandma. Grandma is the beautiful and loving mother of my dad, she asked me to stay with her when she knew I was so lost when Chance was gone. I have lived with her when mom and dad died when I was seven because of a car accident. However, I had to leave her at sixteen when I went to college in Manila. Grandma has been living here since in Bantangas because she can't leave the memories of the love her life.