Chapter 9

My forehead is leaning against the wooden door. Ang mga kamay ko ay nanghihinang nakasandal rin sa pintuan sa magkabilang gilid ng aking ulo. 

I felt hopeless. Wala na ba 'kong magagawa para sa kapatid? Puros nalang kasi palpak and I felt really bad.

My mind were having a clash, questioning myself when suddenly, I felt Rose's hand resting at my back. Mararahang haplos ang naramdaman ko na para bang may gustong iparating. Her touch feels like she wants to tell me something. There was a consolation which is good yet strange.

I gasped as if to help my tears go back and never fall.

Sa totoo lang ay gusto kong mapag-isa ngayon, that way I could freely cry for as long as I wanted, that way I will never disappoint someone, that way I could be vulnerable like what I truly am, that way I will never dare putting a fight because I want to be gone, anyways. 

But as I felt my sister's hands behind me, all of my bad though