Enemies Turned into Lovers (Good Girls Series #3)

Chapter 40: Sacrifices

Her Side

Hindi ako mapakali. I rolled over my bed as I tried to make myself sleepy but I can't. I just couldn't.

9:36 pm, mamayang 10 ang alis niya. The tears built up in my eyes as I stared at the ceiling. Bakit ba halos lahat na lang iniiwan ako? Marra left without even bidding goodbye to us. Xyle and Eycee left to make their careers go well. Mommy and Daddy left... Permanently and I can't even do anything with it. I can't stop their death.

Tuluyang lumaglag ang luha ko. Kinuha ko ang comforter at pinampunas yun sa luha ko. I just miss them both.

And now... Ryle's going away to achieve his dreams. Wala akong karapatang hadlangan siya sa pagtupad noon dahil girlfriend niya lang ako. Alam ko rin at tanggap ko na ginagawa niya 'yun para rin sa aming dalawa at higit sa lahat, para sa kanya. 'Yun nga lang, I will definitely miss him. I wiped off my tears as I closed my eyes.

I'm so tired of being left alone so I decided to stay at home. I am so tired of watching everybody turning their backs on me. It pains me to see them leaving me behind. I understand them, but I just couldn't stop myself from hurting so bad.

Someone knocked on my door. I didn't speak, it just opened. I saw Ate Sharly there. She came inside and sat on my bed.

"May news ako sa 'yo." she said, I looked at her with a questioning look. She smiled, "Naibenta ko na ang kalahati ng hospital natin." I smiled as I nodded, we almost got bankrupted because of that. We know nothing about hospital, Shanel is too young to manage Cortez's Hospital so we decided to sell half of it. Kalahati lang dahil bilin nila Mommy ang karapatan ni Shanel doon.

"Who bought it?" I asked,

"Well actually, dalawa ang bumili noon. So 1/4 of the hospital would be by Mr. Buenavista's and the other quarter would be Austin's family's." she answered, tumango ako. "Pareho silang interested and they both agreed with the terms and conditions of the hospital."

"Paano ang kapatid natin? What's exactly left on her?" Tanong ko, I'm pertaining to Shanel.

"She will not be a surgeon, pediatrician, neurologist or what. She's a dentist, so the dental clinic would be hers. Pero sa kanya pa rin babagsak ang pharmacy at iba." bumuntong-hininga ako, kung alam ko lang na magkakaganito sana pala ay nag-doctor na lang ako.

"Nakailang buntong-hininga ka na, okay ka lang ba?" she asked with concern, I nodded and sat down. "Ayy, alam ko na! Aalis nga pala si Ryle ngayon. Bakit ka nandito at hindi mo siya hinahatid?" again and again, I sighed.

"I'm so sick of being left alone. Ayoko nang ihatid siya paalis, magmumukha lang akong miserable." natatawang sabi ko, she looked sternly at me. Pero hindi ako tumigil sa pagngiti. I don't want to look pathetic in their eyes. Wala akong pakialam kung magmukha pa akong lunatic, basta hindi lang pathetic.

"Sometimes, being left alone is not a bad thing." sabi niya at sumandal din sa head rest ng bed ko. "Sending someone off wouldn't always be wrong." namuo na naman ang luha sa mata ko habang nakikinig sa kanya. "Because sending someone off is the most courageous deed you can do. I know you, mami-miss at mami-miss mo si Ryle. That's natural for a lover, especially that you became so dependent with each other these past few months---years rather. Isipin mo 'yun, magkababata kayo, magkaaway, nagligawan, naging magkaibigan and then nagkatuluyan. Who wouldn't be sad because of it?

"Letting go is more powerful than holding on. You have to put this in your mind, people come and people go, it's a process and all you have to do is to accept that.