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ELISE
Gian was right. He was here. He was doing his best to make me feel taken care of. I didn’t know what I would have done tonight if not for him. I would still be in the hospital, drugged and asleep, having a nightmare. Granted that it was his Ex’d who did this to me, but I was sure that if I had been hurt another way, he would still be here taking care of me. Even if I tried his patience to the point that I even unintentionally reminded him of his ex-girlfriend Trina, he still would not leave me alone to fend for myself.The first sob escaped my lips.We were almost on the second floor and he was grumbling about stupid non-existent elevators and stubbornly living in apartments when I could live in a condo tower nearer work that had a freaking elevator. He paused when he heard me. He moved a shoulder so it would push my face out and he could see me. And the more I turned my face towards his chest to hide.“Elise...”Related chapters
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ELISE“No, no… please… Itay…!”“Elise? Elise, wake up. Wake up, baby.”I was again in that nightmare. Like the first ones, I was just a presence here, a spectator who couldn’t escape from the scene. I could see what was happening but I couldn’t feel the coldness of the pit, nor smell the smell of the earth. I wasn’t the one who was imprisoned there. But I might as well be.I wanted to escape, but I wasn’t the one who must escape. It was very dark, and inside that casket was a man. It was very dark, but I could see him as if there was moonlight inside the airless, cramped space. I could see the shadows on the plane and the curves of his face. I could see the pain and the fear. He was pushing at the wooden board on top of him, scratching at it with his fingers. Dirt was starting to
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ELISEWhen I opened my eyes again, it was morning. Heavy drapes still covered the windows but a few slivers of morning light had slipped through the corners.I remembered what happened the night before from getting beaten up to my nightmare, and Gian’s comforting words before I went back to sleep. I tried to feel if I still have the heavy emotions I carried last night. Everytime I had that nightmare, I would wake up depressed. There would be a very heavy feeling in my chest, and I couldn’t get up or eat. I would cry until I could stop myself because Inay would see and worry. Then it would be dodging here until I could get to school.But the heaviness was missing. I just wished it ran away with my injuries, because I hurt like hell. My head was throbbing like crazy, and my eyes felt bloated and on fire. It was time I took my next batch of meds.“Uungh…” I moaned in both complaint and frustration. It wasn&rsqu
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ELISEI started eating as soon as Alia landed steaming plates on the table, and I took my meds as soon as I had a few mouthfuls of food in my stomach so pretty soon, the pain I suffered from my injuries started to get dull, too. I told her what happened in between the bites and chews of my breakfast, but I didn’t tell her how the bitch ripped my dress and exposed my boobsies to Gian. I didn’t know why she often teased me about him. Okay, I knew. It was because Gian was hot and delicious. She would just gloss over the fact that Gian’s type were statuesque, beautiful women, not diminutive and small-boned like me. The fact that I was in proximity to someone like him was all that was enough for my romantic friend to dream that Gian would suddenly forget all his preferences and fall in love with me.So, even before I finished telling almost all of it, my poor friend was mad as hell. She was so angry that she waved her spoon and fork in the
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ELISEBut of course, she’s not yet done. “Wait. What did Brandon say?” she suddenly asked.I looked at her in surprise.“I knew it. He doesn’t even know,” she exclaimed. Alia had been disappointed with Brandon since a century ago. “When was the last time he even called?”“Last week. Gian actually asked for him last night and only then did I even remember him,” I confessed. And I couldn’t even hide my sadness about this.“Son of a fairy queer…”“Alia!” I exclaimed again, shocked.“Do you really even have a boyfriend?” she demanded skeptically.I slumped further into my seat. “I don’t really even know anymore.”She sat back down in her seat. “Do you still love him?”I stopped and tried to really feel what I still feel for Brandon. “I still care for him. I a
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ELISEShe laughed. Loud. Between the two of us, she seemed to know—smell was what we called it—if a guy was closet gay. I wouldn’t know unless someone outed himself already or the person was a crossdresser. I didn’t have what they call a ’radar’ for it. “Yes, he smelled straight.”I sighed, relieved. “That’s a relief,” I even said. “And it’s not because I wanted him to be, but because his father is going to kill him. And I can’t believe we’re actually talking about this.” I just couldn’t picture Brandon, who exuded all-manliness, a homosexual.But as I thought more about it, I got more depressed.“So… we’re not in love with each other anymore?”She was done and the wet dishes were on the drain dish. She pulled a towel and dried her hands as she turned towards me. “Don’t be sad. It is a very good
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ELISEAlia was already asleep in her bedroom when Brandon called. As I put the phone to my ear, I was distracted. I just had the call from the family, and I could still hear my mother’s frustrated crying after finding out about my beating last night. Of course, Gian felt obligated to report. It was something he thought my parents had a right to know, and he would do the right thing even if it would make him look bad.Classic Gian!But there it went, and I felt as distraught as my mother, sister, and my stepfather were as I assured them all that what they could see on the video call wasn’t as painful as it looked. I was grateful… well, it wasn’t a deadly sickness, that Anna had the flu and she acted nauseous (maybe she was indeed that after the shock of seeing my black eye?) so it wasn’t a long call. I also told them my meds had made me sleepy and that I needed to rest. Also, Anna being sick meant my mother would not catch the first ferry ride from the beach resort to get to my side.M
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ELISE“Elise?”“I think we should talk,” I said quietly.There was a distinct pause there that told me he caught on to what I wanted to talk about. “What do you mean? We’re already talking.” His voice went an octave higher.“Brandon, it’s like—”“Don’t do this to me, Elise. Please,” he pushed in, voice stricken.My heart thudded in surprise. That was too fast a reaction for someone I think was just acting. Did he not want to break up?Who was going to break up with whom? I thought it was going to be you? argued the voice in my head, which again sounded like Alia’s voice.I know! Shut up and stop distracting me.“Brandon, this isn’t working out. I can’t do this any—”Then he jerked around. “I have to go. We have guests for brunch and everything is busy around here but I missed you so much I can’t not call. I miss hearing your voice, baby.”“What? Wait—”“I love you. I’ll be there when I can. Please, baby. Don’t do this.”What? No time even for a breakup? Alia-voice was dripping with sa
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ELISE“Elise...” Of course, Gian looked as guilty as hell.“How did you surviveyourcall?” I asked him sarcastically.His eyes opened and closed like a fish trying to gulp in more water, and I felt vindicated. I didn’t want to know what my mother told him. The shame and guilt on his face were enough. I knew my mother was his first crush when he was barely ten or something. Well, my mom was a petite woman and went against the tall and beautiful woman he went to now, but he was very young and my mom might have been tall in his eyes during the time. My Inay could get really scary even if she wasn’t trying.I snorted, glad I wasn’t the only one who suffered my mother’s wrath.“Why are you even here?”“Mom wants me to drive you to Tagaytay. She still feels horrible that she wants to do something for you.”
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