Language: Taglish
Started in Nov 2011 | Revamped in July 2018 | Finished in March 2019
Published in Paperback (Popfiction) in October 2018
Blurb:
Miala's ex, Lenard is coming back to her life after 3 years. How dare he? After cheating with her, he l...
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Bumilis ang tibok ng puso ni Miala. Sumakit ang dibdib niya na parang may ilang ibong tambol ang pinapalo sa loob. She suddenly felt her mouth dry as if she can already taste sand in her mouth. Para siyang nalulunod sa hangin.
Nangyayari ang lahat ng ito as memories flash in her head.
Lahat ng akala niya naibon niya na sa limot.
Lahat ng akala niya, hindi na ulit niya kailangang ungkatin pa.
Para siyang sugat na bago pa lang gumagaling. 'Yung sakit na ilang taon niyang pilit na ginagamot na akala niya, tuluyan nang nagsara nang nakita at nakasama niya si Lenard sa iisang bagay.
Pero hindi pa pala.
Nang makita niya si Angeli na nakatingin sa kanya, halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kamay niya at ang mga paa niya. Kasabay ng pagkawala niya ng lakas, ay ang pagkawala ng pakiramdam niya.
Napaupo na lang si Miala sa sahig dahil bumigay ang lahat ng bigat niya. Her whole body is shaking as she cries. She started to wheeze.
"Mia!" Ayaw man mageskandalo ni Jane sa lamay ng sariling asawa, hindi niya puwedeng pabayaan si Mia. "Mia, I'm here."
"She's hyperventilating." Somebody in the crowd suggests.
"No. No. No. No." Hindi alam ni Jane ang gagawin. "Mia. Mia listen to me. Calm down, okay?"
Dito lang ulit dumating ang humahangos na si Lenard. Ang una niyang nakita ay si Graciella and wasn't able to deduce the severity of the case.
"Graciella!" Sigaw niya habang papalapit sa dating kasintahan na bakas na rin ang panic sa mukha. "What the hell?!"
"I didn't—"
Doon lang napansin ni Lenard ang nagaganap.
Mia was on the floor.
"Somebody get a brown bag!" May isang babae ang nagsalita. "Get a brown bag and let her breathe in it. She's losing too much carbon dioxide."
"Kumuha kayo ng brown bag!" Sigaw ni Jane.
Gagalaw sana si Lenard but Jane mouthed something towards him. "Get her out."
Hindi pa muna maintindihan ni Lenard ang sinasabi ng kaibigan. He was too worried and concerned on what happened to Miala that he forgot to wonder why she is in this state. But he looked at the direction where Jane was motioning, he suddenly understand.
Kahit siya, napako sa kinatatayuan.
It's been years since he has seen this person.
Kung hindi lang dumating si Riley ay hindi siguro siya matatauhan.
Everything blurs. As most of the people assisted Miala papasok sa loob ng bahay nila as the people disperses. Only Lenard knows that the girl in front of here was the cause of the very scene.
