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NINE

Author: deadofwrites
last update publish date: 2026-01-13 08:49:58
Sumakit ang ulo sa kaiisip at biglang pumalipit na naman ang tiyan ko. Sinuka ko lahat ang laman ng tiyan ko hanggang sa wala na akong maisuka kung hindi tubig na lang. Hindi ako natunawan?

Nag hilamos ako at pinagmasdan ang mukha sa salamin. Tumulo ang luha ko. Nanginginig ang kamay ko habang dinadampot ang bigay na pregnancy test ni Thalia sa 'kin. Huminga ako ng malalim bago ko sinubukang gamitin 'yon.

Sinunod ko ang instruction sa pregnancy test. Kabadong-kabado ako habang ginagawa iyon. N
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  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   SPECIAL CHAPTER: ALDRICH

    I learned very early that loving Catalina Alverez meant learning how to disappear.Sean was always the center of gravity. Even as children, rooms seemed to tilt toward him—teachers listened more closely, adults forgave him faster, strangers smiled longer. I stood beside him often, close enough to be mistaken for important, far enough to never matter.Catalina noticed him immediately.She didn’t notice me at all.The first time I saw her was at that playground—the one with rusted swings and chipped paint, the one that smelled like heat and metal. Sean intervened the way he always did: decisively, heroically, as if the world was something he could correct with his hands.Catalina looked at him like he’d just rewritten the laws of existence.I watched from the bench, knees pulled to my chest, pretending I didn’t care.But I did.She smiled at Sean like he was something worth believing in. She laughed too loudly. She followed him everywhere after that day. And when she laughed, something

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   SPECIAL CHAPTER: CATALINA'S PAST

    Catalina used to believe that memories were soft things.She believed they faded gently, like chalk washed away by rain, like the distant echo of laughter that once lived in a playground but never truly stayed. She was wrong. Memories were sharp. They waited. They cut deepest when you thought you were safe.Her earliest memory of Sean Castrello lived in a playground that smelled of rusted iron and sun-warmed rubber mats. Catalina was seven—skinny knees scraped raw, hair tied in uneven pigtails her nanny had rushed through that morning. She had been crying, fat tears dripping onto her pink dress because a group of older kids had taken her jump rope and laughed as if her sadness were entertainment.Sean appeared like a quiet storm.He was sitting alone on the swing set, legs dragging through gravel, hands wrapped tightly around the chains as if grounding himself. He didn’t say anything at first. He just watched her cry, dark eyes calculating, thoughtful—too serious for a boy his age. Th

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   SPECIAL CHAPTER: WEDDING CELEBRATION

    THIS IS PURE ENGLISH.The house smelled like citrus and steam—the kind of bright, clean scent that made mornings feel ritualized. Samarah lay very still for a moment, listening to her breath and the distant clink of a spoon against a mug. Light sifted through the curtains and painted a gold stripe across the bedroom wall; somewhere down the hall, Thalia and Arthur were already talking in the softened, excited timbre reserved for weddings.She reached for the small velvet box on the bedside table out of habit, not because she needed to check its contents. When she opened her fingers, the familiar weight of the ring felt like the steadying pulse of a promise. Sean had left it with her the night before—an impulse, a joke, a gentling of nerves—and the memory unfurled like the warmest thing in her chest. She kissed her palm and let the ring sit there, a bright coin of possibility, before tucking it back under the pillow where, logically, it would be safest.Below, the kitchen had become a

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   EPILOGUE

    When I was really young, like grade-school, I never understood why all of the other children were so happy and carefree. 'Yong kasama nila parents nila at nag-eenjoy. Habang ako mukmok sa gilid at nag-iisip, bakit hindi kami gano'n? And everyone else seemed great at making friends and enjoyed being a child, but I couldn’t enjoy anything. I felt an overwhelming sense of sadness even at a young age. Nothing was enjoyable, I couldn’t make or keep friends, I was constantly doubting myself and worrying about every little thing. I questioned my existence on a daily basis, I just couldn’t be happy, but was too young to understand what depression was.I cried a lot and wasn’t as happy as the other kids. I was unmotivated and didn’t want to shower; my room was a mess and I would stay inside and play games all day. I had trouble making friends because I was super shy, kaya tanging si Khalil at Aldrich lang ang naging kaibigan ko simula noon.For me it was never feeling good enough, like no matt

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   SIXTY

    Ilang beses akong napalunok at napa-hagulgol sa mga nangyari. Gano'n na lamang ba ka-desperada si Mrs. Castrello para sirain ako? Na idadamay niya pa si Catalina para pag-mukhain din siyang makitid ang utak?Nagka-tinginan kami ni Sean, ngumiti ako sa kaniya at pinunasan ang mga luha ko. Grabe na 'tong kahihiyan na 'to. Kung ayaw sa 'kin ni Mrs. Castrello hindi ko pagpipilitan ang sarili ko na tanggapin niya.Huminga ako ng malalim at tumayo sa higaan, may suot na akong saplot ngayon at baka isiniuot sa 'kin ni Sean noong gabing matapos naming gawin iyon. Tumayo ako at naglakad.“Samarah..” ani Sean. Huminto ako sa paglalakad nang tawagin niya ko. Hinintay ko ang susunod niyang sasabihin kahit na hindi ako bunaling sa kaniya. Alam kong ma-aawa lang siya sa 'kin dahil sa pang-aalipusta ni Mrs. Castrello sa 'kin.He sighed heavily. “I'm sorry, hindi dapat ganito ang nangyayari. Maybe I need to fix this mess. Hindi mo deserve 'yong ganitong sitwasyon, you deserve better. I know you're up

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   FIFTY NINE

    Iniwan ako ni Catalina na tulala ro'n. Hindi ko talaga lubos maisip na gano'n siya kabilis mag let go? O baka naman gusto niya pa si Sean at may binabalak lang talaga silang dalawang ni Mrs. Castrello? Gano'n ang kutob ko, malakas ang kutob ko na gano'n nga.“Hey..” Natigil ako sa pagmumuni nang umupo sa tabi ko si Sean. May dala itong wine glass at iniikot-ikot kaya naririnig ko ang kalansing ng yelo ro'n. “Is there something wrong?” tanong nito kaya umiling ako.Napabuga ako nang hangin. “May balak ka ba talagang makipag-annul kay Catalina?”Tumango siya at sumandal sa kaniyang kinauupuan. “Yeah. Why?”“Baka nabibigla ka lang sa mga desisyon mo. Huwag kang mag-desisyon agad-agad.” Tinikom ko ang bibig ko at nag-iwas ng tingin.“Sigurado ako sa gagawin ko. Matagal ko ng kinikimkim ang mga bagay na 'to. This time, hindi ko na ulit hahayaan na mamanipula nila ako. Magagawa kong patakbuhin ang kumpanya nang wala sila,” aniya.Tumahimik kaming dalawa. Pinakinggan lang namin ang mga piani

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   FORTY SIX

    Naging masaya ang tatlong araw na pamamalagi namin nila Thalia, Arthur at Trevor dito sa Baguio. Maraming katarantaduhan na ginawa ang pinsan ni Thalia na siyang nagpa-sakit sa ulo namin.Dinaig pa si Arthur aa sobrang kakulitan niya.Huling araw na namin 'to, babalik na kami sa Manila mamaya at ip

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   FORTY FIVE

    Napamulat ako ng mga mata nang maramdaman kong huminto ang sasakyan. Nag palinga-linga ako at nakita kong nasa isang bahay kami na kamukha nang bahay ni Sean na nakita ko.Gawa ito sa kahoy, at parang mukha itong tree house dahil may naka paloob na puno sa loob ng bahay kaya nag mukha itong presko.

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   FORTY FOUR

    Ilang oras pa akong nag hintay ro'n, hindi ko pinansin ang lamig at pag patak ng ulan. Ang nararamdaman ko lang ngayon ay ang masakit na nararamdaman ko sa aking puso. Do I deserve this kind of pain? Hindi tumutugma ang sinasabi ni Sean sa ipinakikita niya. Kung mahal niya talaga ako, sana pinig

  • A ONE NIGHT WITH HIM   FORTY THREE

    Nagising ako nang maramdaman angkiliti sa leeg ko. I smiled as I saw Sean na sinusuksok ang mukha nya sa leeg ko. His hands are on my waist.Biglang uminit ang pisngi ko nang mapagtantong nakahubad kaming dalawa. I can feel his shaft on my lap for Goodness Sake!Dahan dahan kong kinalas ang kamay

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