Prologue

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"Ava"


I slowly opened my eyes when I heard someone's calling my name. As my vision begins to clear, I heard someone's crying.


"Giching ka na!" Sigaw ni Mackey, a friend of mine, at niyakap ako ng mahigpit. Then our parents started to walk towards me.


Anong nangyayari?


Binuhat ni Ninang Marielle si Mackey at inilayo muna siya saakin. Lumapit sila mama at papa saakin tsaka ako biglang niyakap ni mama sabay hagulgol.


"Thank God, you're alive" she said while caressing my hair.


"Ano pong nangyari?" I confusingly asked. They're all acting weird, like someone just died.


Wait. Napatingin ako sa paligid ng isang hospital room kung nasan kami at nakitang may kulang na tao dito.


"Where's kuya?" I asked again. My mom started to cry louder and I saw my dad bitting his lowerlip trying to contain his tears while comforting my mom.


They started to explain slowly and gently what happened since I'm still a kid and I just got into an accident, but that didn't get any better. Unti unting nagsibagsakan yung mga luha sa pisngi ko habang unti unti kong naalala yung nangyari.


"Kuya died?" I concluded, even though they didn't directly said it to me. 


Kahit hindi pa sila sumasagot humagulgol na ako. He said he wouldn't leave me, he promised that! We made a pinky swear!


"Mama!"


Tumakbo ako papunta sa mama ko pagkauwi ko sa bahay galing school. Niyakap ko siya ng mahigpit at naramdaman kong niyakap niya rin ako pabalik.


It's been a year since my brother died and we're all somehow got back to our lives.


"Hi dear. Musta school?"


I looked up at her while hugging her. 


"Okay naman po!  Look! I have a star!" I proudly said and showed her my star on my arm. 


She bend infront of me and looked at it, "Wow. Great job, Ava. Dapat mas marami yan next time ah? Anong gusto mong prize?"


I excitedly nodded but when I was about to speak someone called on her cellphone, she answered it for a moment and when she returned to me, she looked at me with an apologetic look.


"Dear, sorry ah? How about next time?"


I pouted but nod eventually, lagi naman ganito eh. 


Nagbilin na si mama kay yaya habang ako pumasok na nang tuluyan sa bahay ng mag-isa dahil nasa trabaho din si papa. 

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