Desiring Her

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2

THE HOSPITAL ROOM SHE WAS currently in, turned into a normal room in just a matter of hours after Dr. Jacobe announced that she was officially okay after two weeks since she woke up. Pinalabas lang siya ng kwarto sa loob ng tatlong oras at nang pabalikin siya ay isa na iyong simpleng kwarto. The medical equipments are now gone, but her uncomfortableness did not go away because it was replaced by two guards outside her room

Magdadalawang linggo na siya sa bahay na 'yon mula nang gumaling siya pero para siyang preso. Lahat ng galaw niya ay dapat naayon sa gusto ng may-ari ng bahay. She cannot leave her room without the company of the guards and she was not allowed to roam around the house. She cannot eat without his permission and she will not be stunned if he told her. She was not allowed to breath without his consent.

Dr. Jacobe already said that she was completely healed, but the man of the house, that man who has a commanding aura around him, did not even let her set off outside the household.

She planned to beg him to let her go and explain that there must be a misunderstanding, but he haven't been home for weeks now. She tried asking around, but no one would answer her. Palaging umiiwas sa kanya ang mga tao sa bahay na 'yon na para bang mayroon siyang nakakahawang sakit.

Hindi rin nakatakas sa paningin niya ang mga tingin nito sa kanya na para bang may kasalanan siya sa mga ito.

The woman who looked like her—that man's wife must've done something bad in this household. Akala niya pinaglalaruan siya ng mga taong naroon, lalo na ng lalaking 'yon, pero nang makita niya ang larawan ng babae sa salas na nasa ikalawang palapag ng bahay. Halos nanlamig ang buong niyang katawan.

They were alike in every angle. Physically. Wala silang pagkakaiba. Magkamukhang-magkamukha sila.

And her desperation to escape from this house—from that man—only grows. Kailangan niyang makaalis sa bahay na 'to. Houses like this was uncomfortable for her. It made think about an old and ugly memory from her past and nightmares plague her sleep.

Every night that she spent in that house, she shivers in fear. She trembled in her sleep. Her feet and hands were cold because of fear whenever she heard a creak on the floor. And no amount of expensive duvet can calm her nerves.

All she wanted was to stay in a rundown small hotel so, she could do what was needed to be done.

Berry nearly jumped out of her skin when the door opened.

It was one of the nurses, Clara. "Bumaba ka na. Kakain na raw."

Halata ang iritasyon sa boses ng babae pero hindi niya pinansin iyon. Sanay na siyang gano'n ang pakikitungo sa kanya ng lahat ng tao sa bahay na 'yon.

Walang imik siyang tumayo at maingat ang mga hakbang na lumabas ng kwarto.

Nakahinga siya ng maluwang nang makitang wala doon ang dalawang bantay sa labas ng kwarto niya.

Napatigil siya sa paglalakad nang biglang humarang sa daraanan niya si Nurse Clara.

"I'm not buying this act of yours, Bitch," wika nito habang tinitingnan siya mula ulo hanggang paa na parang diring-diri sa kanya. "Ang kapal din ng mukha mo, 'no? Wala akong pakialam kung magalit ka. You have no power in this house. Sana namatay ka na lang at hindi ka na bumalik pa."

Hindi niya mapigilan ang matawa sa huling tinuran nito. If this woman only knew that she wanted that too.

Mas lalong nairita sa kanya si Clara dahil sa pagtawa niya. "At anong nakakatawa sa sinabi ko?" Sikmat nito sa kanya.