Chapter 10: Bruise

Chapter 10

Bruise

Lihim kong ipinalangin na sana, hindi na lang ako umuwi. I could be anywhere but not inside this devil's lair.

Pinapaso ako ng nagbabagang init kahit wala namang literal na patotoo iyon sa totoong buhay. Or maybe, it's my emotions taking over. Maybe, it's the tons of emotions assaulting me inside all of once, burning me alive... along with my sins.

I just stood there like a lifeless woman struggling to get her past life back... behind her facade of indifference. I badly want to jump over the railings and escape but I don't know how. I don't know when to start. I don't know why there's still a tiny impulse within me telling me to stay in my place and never hear my long hidden pleas.

Sobrang... magulo. Magulo ang lahat..

Maybe... it's those emotions. They became grueling and exhausting... for so long. They were different... contradicting. They were suppressed and faked... for so many times.

That... it already came to this. That everything doesn't seem... right