Twenty
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Twenty
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Hindi mapakali si joshua. Ilang oras nang walang malay si Kaliyah, halos paliparin niya ang kotse niya kaninang nawalan ng malay ito sa bahay ng mga magulang niya.
Napatakbo siya pabalik sa loob ng bahay nila ng marinig na nagsisisigaw ang mama niya dahil sa nangyari sa babae.
Paroo't parito siya sa Loob ng pribadong silid ng hospital ni Thadeius.
"tumigil ka nas! Nahihilo na ako sa'yo e!" Thadeius hissed at him. Na sinundan naman ng tango nina Adrian at Roderick habang nakapikit ang mga matang nakatingala sa ceiling si Geoffrey. "tatlong oras ka nang ganyan, for f*****g damn sake Clinthon Joshua! Tumayo ka na lang!" dagdag ni Roderick na kakapasok lang—nakabalik na ito galing sa cafeteria sa loob ng hospital. Lumabi siya dito at lumakad ng lumakad na para bang naiibsan ang kaba niya sa ganoong paraan.
Si RR naman at Jake ay naglalaro ng pitik bulag—na nakasalampak sa sahig. Samantalang nakikinig ng music sa cellphone nito na may headset na nakakabit sa tainga si Mark Neil. —music o ano pa man iyon, wala ni isa sa kanila ang nagtanong.
"how can i? Can't you see that she's still unconscious?" he hissed back at them. "of course we can see idiot! May mga mata kaming gago ka, ang sa'min lang, umupo ka o 'di nama' y humilata ka diyan sa sahig mas maganda pa!" jake snapped.
Magpapasalamat ba siya at nandito ang mga ito o palayasin na lang kaya niya?!
"f*****g idiot! Natutulog nga lang daw sabi ng doktor!" Thadeius said. He looked at him, "how sure she is?!" he said in irritated voice—he's referring to the beautiful doctor who examined Kaliyah.
Everybody look at him. Kapagkuwa'y nagtinginan ang mga ito na para bang iisa ang laman ng isip.
Thadeius stand up and put a syringe in his wrist na para bang tumutusok lng ng kahoy at hindi kamay.!
"the f**k thad!, w-wait! W-what are you doing to me?!" unti unting umikot ang paningin niya.
The last thing he knew, he heard someone spoke. " i sedate him, ang kulit niya, nakakahilo" he's sure it's Thadeius.
Kaliyah slowly opened her eyes. She saw Joshua beside her, nakaupo ito na halatang pagod na pagod nag itsura.
Nakamata siya dito habang titig na titig ito sa kamay nilang magkahugpong. "how are you feeling baby? May masakit ba sa' yo? Teka lang tatawag ako nga doktor!" sunod sunod na turan nito ng maramdaman nitong gising na siya. Tumayo ito at napatigil sa paghakbang ng magsalita siya.
"Cj Bautista, that's you, right?" she asked him, she didn't expect her voice to be cracked like that.. She wanted to be act cool, but then she failed.
Joshua turned around and sit down again. "allow me to introduce myself to you, it's a bit late but, please allow me to do so—he look at her straight to her eyes —" I am Clinthon Joshua Bautista, CJ for short"
Hindi alam ni Kaliyah pero parang nalulon niya ang kanyang dila, gusto niyang sumigaw ng sumigaw. Gusto niyang magwala.. Be careful what you wish for, that's true—because she wished that Joshua and the guy that night three years ago, was only one, the same man.. But not to the extent that will come true—because God knows how she tried to forget her past and moving on to her future.—with the big help of Joshua.. But now? She doesn't know anymore what to think.
But sometimes, tadhana ang magdidikta. Kung hindi ka paglalaruan, bibitayin ka naman.
"baby? May masakit ba sa'yo? Saang parte?" hinahaplos nito ang pisngi niya. Umiling siya. Hindi niya napigilang napahikbi. Nataranta si Joshua at akmang tatayo ng pingilan niya ito.
"tell me more about yourself" she said—no, she beg.. She wants to know what exactly happened to him. To his life.
Because, she's half on hell right now!
She needs to know.
She needs an explanation.
Si Joshua ay nagtataka sa mga nangyayari, pero gano'n pa man ay nagsimula itong mag kwento.
"three years ago, I had a girlfriend, binalak ko na siyang alukin ng kasal, binihisan at pinag aral ko siya dahil galing siya sa mahirap na pamilya, i fell inlove with her" parang pinipiga ang puso ni Kaliyah sa naririnig niya. " then, i found out that, she has another man, who is living with her in the same apartment—nalaman ko ilang araw bago ko gawin ang mag propose sa kanya" he smiled bitterly.
"that night, i went to the club, hanging around, drinks after drinks, i even tried to smoke some stuff, and then everything went blanc, but i do remember some random scenes, i had a girl that night but i don't even know her name, maybe i can remember her when i see her face to face, she has a big mole in her cheek right below her left eyes" sabi nito na para bang pilit na ina alala ang nakaraan. —nakaraang ayaw niyang alalahanin pa.
"w-what happened next?" she said.. Hoping that she'll find out the truth. Umiling ito " hindi ko na siya nakita kinabukasan, gusto ko man siyang hanapin, pero paano? I don't know anything about her, except her face and her mole.. and then, three months later, i got into trouble, i did use drugs. Liquor. Everyday, that makes my family send me to rehabilitation center. " tumawa ito ng mahina. Naguguluhan siya sa tinuran nito." i stayed there, one year and three months, kasi hindi lang naman about sa drugs ang pina rehab ko, pati na din ang sugatan kong puso " sumeryoso ito na tumitig sa kanya.
Napapikit siya.. If Joshua stayed there in that long period of time, how that happened? She went back to the condo unit where they spent the night together, three months after she gave birth—hoping that she would see him there.
"Naguguluhan ka pa din ba? May gusto ka pang malaman?" kumunot ang noo nito" oh, by the way, the beach where we stayed was mine" sambit nito na parang bale wala lang. In fairness of him, she doesn't even hear any boasting in his voice.
But she was shocked. Small world.. Kung doon pa lang sana ay nagtaka na siya, di sana hindi siya nagmukhang tanga sa loob ng ilang buwan na nakasama niya ang binata.
"Nagugutom ka ba? Tubig? Ano ngang masakit sa'yo? Baby please, stop crying.. Please baby?" pakiusap nito na para bang takot na takot. However she tries, she can't talk.
She gave birth to twins. Kali Joshua and Calvin Clinthon. Calvin was died because of his weak heart. He needs to be operated, he needed blood also, but they didn't share thesame blood-type.
She went to that condo, to ask help from CJ Bautista, only to find out that there is a woman in that unit—who said that Mr Bautista is her fiancé and they're about to be married in few months that time.
She got rejected—In so many ways. Rejected by the father of her children. And most painful rejection was from her Calvin —who died, not even a single procedure of the operation was given to him.
She was denied. Devastated. Broken.
Imagine her life, who just want to ask some money,some kindness, some small help, some blood to her son —even just for her son, but nobody gave her. They don't have enough money to do the operation, they don't have enough blood to donate.
Nothing to do but to hold your child in your arms in his last moment of life.. Nothing you can do but to cry and ask so many why's to God. Why?.. Why He took his child so soon?.. Why he didn't let her meet the father of her child?.. Why He didn't let her son grow with his brother?.. Why He didn't let her watch him growing everyday?.. Why He didn't let her son enjoy the life on his own?
So many why's. Frustrating questions—that can kill her any moment. It hurts. Suffocating. Her sufferings is too much. She can't hold it..
If only, she did not do that f*****g one night stand, she would have been in that stage of her life!
But she has no choice that time. She has one more son who needs her.. Her attention.. Her love and affection —which she did not fulfill too, because of one accident that nearly took her life.
And now, she look at Joshua. With bitter heart, bitter eyes and bitter smile.
How the destiny played them, she doesn't know.. All she know right now is, her life is at half way in hell..
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