Kabanata 41

Tatlong araw na ang lumipas simula ng magising ako. Katulad ng ipinangako ko kay Kito, I focused on my recovery to avoid worrying the kids. Sa tatlong araw na iyon ay umasa ako, umasa na kahit sandali ay makita ko ang mukha ni Juancho. I was hoping, but it was meaningless.

“Kailan ako pwedeng ma discharge?” tanong ko kay Kito habang nagbabalat ng saging para kay Sato.

“In two days’ time.”

“That’s too long, ayos na naman ako ha, ano pa ba ang problema?”

Wala na akong nararamdamang sakit sa aking likod, the burns were almost all healed maliban sa isang malalang parte sa bandang taas ng balikat. Pero sigurado akong kaya ko na, being in the hospital is just too stuffy. Plus the bills.

“If you’re worrying about the bills stop it. You know perfectly well that there’s still something wrong. Makinig ka muna okay Rel? Just put up with it.”

When he said to put up with it, it felt like it was directed to my other worry. Ang inaalala kong walang koneksiyon sa ospital. Kit