CHAPTER 12.2

"Alice, t-ell me, M-om's g-oing to be fine, right?" I repeated.

"M-ayu," she murmured with difficulty, "I t-old you not to leave. Why did you l-eave?" I can sense the pain in her voice.

My heart seems to be torn apart by a million pieces because of that. She sobbed louder as I could no longer speak out of the pain.

"M-om is already d-ead, Mayu. M-om has l-eft us. Mayu, it h-urts! It hurts so damn much!"

I felt deaf to what I heard and felt coldness all over my body. My heart continues to be torn into smaller pieces. Quiet but painful tears fell on my cheeks. I felt like I was smitten and just didn't want to live.

I silently wept and felt her loss. I absentmindedly held my stomach after remembering that I was pregnant but that my Mother Rosario would never know about it. I will never see her again. I would never come home and see her smile as she waited for me.

Pain and remorse again attacked my heart. Another batch of rich tears flowed down my cheeks.

Alice fell quiet, but I could fee