CHAPTER 6

Sa tingin palang niya ay parang alam ko na ang possibleng mangyari. It's going to be bad news and I know Lily feels it too because of her shaky and cold hand I am holding right now.

"Hindi ko alam kong paano ako magsisimula Mrs. Alster, I want you to ready yourself." panimula nito. Hinawakan ko ang kamay ni Lily ng mahigpit bilang suporta sa maaaring sabihin ni Dr. Sanchez. Tiningnan niya kami tsaka lumunok at bumuntong hininga.

"Your brother has a brain tumor." malungkot na sabi ng doctor. Naramdaman ko biglang panghihina ni Lily kaya sinuporta ko agad sa likod niya ang isa ko pang kamay. I was right, but I didn't expect this worst. She can't accept it and I'm sure it'll be the worse news she could ever heard. Sino ba ang makakatanggap na may brain tumor ang kaanak mo? No one, definitely no one.

"Brain tumor is an abnormal mass of tissue in which cells grow and multiply uncontrollably, seemingly unchecked by the mechanisms that control normal cells. 'Yung mga abnormal cells ay nakak