Bad For You

Chapter 13

#ChasingAfterYouWP

Chapter 13

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My eyes felt so heavy when I tried to open it. I looked around and it's white everywhere, where am I?

"Li..." I heard a very familiar voice that sounds so heavenly. "H-how are you feeling?"

"Nasa langit na ba ako?" tanong ko at hindi pa maibukas ng maayos ang mga mata.

I heard a chuckle. "Ospital lang. Assumera talaga."

Alam na alam ko ang banat na iyon kaya naman pinilit kong makadilat nang tuluyan. "Maka-assumera naman." mahina kong sabi, kahit gusto ko lakasan ay parang nanghihina pa ako.

Napangiti ako nang makita si Mac. Pero unti-unti rin napawi iyon nang maalala ang lahat ng nangyari.

We are inside the van when a group of masked men fired at us. They keep on firing until our van lost its control. We had to get out and run as fast we can. I'm with Mac and Stephanie. Stephanie got lost while Mac and I found a hiding spot. Then Mac needed to find her. I'm alone and got shot... By a man...  Under my father's order.

His words are still in my head. It's still here.

"Just a little scratch so no one will suspect her." Dad said.

He asked the person to shoot me. To shoot his own daughter. And now I'm in the hospital because of it.

Mabilis na nagsibagsakan ang luha sa mga mata ko. My heart hurts so much. I just really can't believe that he would go this far.

"Hey..." Mac called and immediately held my hand. "Are you okay? Are you hurt? What's wrong?"

Ni hindi ako makapagsalitqa. I just cried... Because what will I tell him? That my Dad, the mastermind behind the ambushes, ordered someone to shoot me? I can't tell him that. I can't tell him anything about my Dad and that's the worst thing.

"I'll call a nurse, okay? Wait–" he said and I held on his hand.

"I'm okay." I told him while tears are flowing down my face.

"You don't look like you're okay, Li." Mac said and held me tighter.

"I'm just scared..." I told him. The world suddenly stopped when he went near me and then he hugged me softly.

"I'm so sorry..." Mac said. "Hindi dapat kita iniwan. Hindi na dapat ako umalis. I-I'm really sorry."

I shook my head. "It's not your fault."

Walang may kasalanan dito kung hindi ang Daddy.

"You scared the shit out of me." aniya at ibinaon ang mukha sa leeg ko. "I thought I'd lose you."

"Sa binti lang naman ang tama ko." saad ko. "Can I still walk?"

Hinarap ako ni Mac at bahagyang ginulo ang buhok ko. "Yes, but you need to undergo therapy."

Tumango-tang ako sa kanya tapos ay inalalayan niya akong makabangon.

"What happened, Li? Did you see the person who shot you?" magkasunod na tanong ni Mac.

Tila ba nagkatinik ako sa lalamunan. Nahihirapan akong magsalita. "I-I don't clearly remember. So-someone came and... And asked me to drop my gun and..."

Napahinto ako. Hindi ko na alam kung paano pa itutuloy.

Mac held both of my hands this time. "It's okay... Everything will be okay." he said and that calmed every bit of me.