BROWN EYED QUEEN

Chapter 19: Need You Now

Damn it Vera! Asaan ka na ba?!

"You know, this is hopeless! We've been tracking her down for a week but any sign of Vera? None!" I groaned in disbelief.

"Dude chill. Walang magagawa pagiging mainitin mo ng ulo." -JD

"Tama. And we just hope na maayos ang lagay nya kung nasaan man sya." -Axel

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I went to the bar. Yeah, I like to sober up kapag may problema ako. It's my escape. Buong week na rin kami—ako namomoroblema kung saan namin sya hahanapin. For pete's sake! She's been missing for a week! And she didn't even attending class since that happened.

Pagkapasok na pagkapasok ko sa loob, I saw a familiar figure on the bar counter. I narrowed my eyes at her just to make sure then she turned around. Hindi ko alam kung anong reaction ko nang makita ko sya.

"Vera.."

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Vera's POV

It's been a week since my Dada died but for me, it seem's like forever. I was just in my room, crying all day night thinking why this is happening to me. All of my love ones always took away from me. Am I not deserve to be happy just for once?

I promise myself that I will not cry—no, not ever cry again but here I am. My life was took away from me again.

Because of what happened, hindi na din ako ginanahan pumasok. almost a week na akong hindi pumapasok. Infact, hindi na rin ako ginaganahang mabuhay. Paano pa ako mabubuhay kung lahat ng mahal ko sa buhay wala na? I don't have any relatives anymore or someone to lean on. So basically I'm all alone. Even my friends, ayoko silang kausapin. I just want to isolate myself to them.

Now, I'm her at a bar. Trying to forget everything once and for all. Sena's been trying to call me but I always left it ringing. Just like I said, I don't want to talk to anyone. Even her, my best friend.

And some unknown numbers trying to call me too. I bet they're just some my random friends na naalala lang ako dahil may nangyari sa akin pero on the second thought, I don't have any friends except for Sena.

Inubos ko na yung basong alak ko saka dumukmo sa bar counter. I feel so hopeless now. I always asking myself that why is this happening to me? Why the world is just that cruel to me? Seconds or minutes had passed at ganun lang ang pwesto ko. Inangat ko na yung ulo ko at nagpunas ng luha. I turned my stool around when I saw an unexpected person.