Chapter 29: Left

“To be with each other. To plan our future. To get married someday.”

Nagpaulit-ulit iyon sa pandinig ko na parang sirang plaka. Unlike the usual days where I feel my head pounding, hindi ko matukoy kung bakit ngayon… puso ko ang kumikirot dahil sa pamilyar na pakiramdam. There were flashes coming before my eyes as I was in that particular scenario. It was as if it was real.

No… it was real. It ain’t that clear pero nararamdaman kong totoo iyon!

And it’s making me question everything. How is this possible? How is it possible for him to hide these from me all these years?!

“Is this a joke?” I asked, trying to gaslight myself that this is not real. Na baka paraan niya lang ‘to para mapabalik ako sa kaniya. But more than half of me believes on what he’s saying!

Dahil ako mismo, nararamdamang totoo iyon!

Pero hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit kailangan, at paano niya kinayang itago?! This is not just a mere information… this is a huge part of my life!

And the way his eyes glimmered with sad