Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Forgot Myself : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

I found myself in a dark place like the dream I had last time and this time I was all alone, no voices of people around me, the darkness was so quiet, not terrifying like the first one and I looked around and there was the light that I saw in my first dream. This one felt too real, like I departed my own body and went somewhere where humans don’t know, something like astral projections. Deep down inside of me there was so much peace and no fights at all.I walked towards the light; as I was walking, pictures of everyone I knew appeared and they surrounded me like people were at the place that I was in and they were looking for some help. The silence still continued but the pictures followed me as I was still walking towards the light and at a certain point, the pictures disappeared. I got to the light; the strange lady appeared to be seating in that light like she was in the first dream that I had. I realized that it was her and I went closer, this time I was less terri

The following morning…‘I survived the first gun shot and then these guys came out looking to finish up what they started and I miraculously escaped. I really have to be one lucky bustard’ I thought to myself.As I was in deep thought, there was a knock on the door.“Come in” I said.Christine walked into the room.“Hey, how you feeling?” she asked as she closed the door behind her.“I’m better” I said as I sat up on the bed.“Okay, I’ll be out for a few hours and uhm I will send my neighbor’s son to come check up on you” she said.The fact that she was living the house and they previous day we were dodging bullets didn’t sit well with me, I felt like she was putting life in danger since everybody who got involved with me had possibilities of catching a bullet or two and this time I had to be concerned.“Are you sure that you

The next morning…Still worried about what happened the previous night and what was it that the counselor held this neighborhood by, I woke up early in the morning fixing the broken window. Christine came looking for me.“Oh, I checked in your room and you weren’t there” she said.“How did you sleep?” I asked.“With one eye open” she sighed.I understood what she meant by that; I also didn’t sleep because of the counselor’s guys. I kept on feeling like they were going to come back again. Deep down I still felt that I needed to do something about this counselor and I had to come up with a solution that was going to make him back off.“Can I make you tea?” she asked.“please” I replied.She went back to the house as I followed her.“Hey so what are you doing today?” Christine asked.“I promised to assist Johnny wit

Christine and I were still sitting in the sitting room, with me waiting for her response. It was very much clear that whatever the counselor did to her had a severe impact on her. We never had a deep conversation about this counselor and what he actually did to her in the past and this time I had to ask. I gave Christine a concerned stare.“Look, I don’t want you to agree helping me out because I forced you” I cleared my throat “can you please decide? I will respect whatever decision you take” I said.“The truth is I hate that man and he had put my family through hell, since I was a kid, he has been terrorizing this community especially my family” a tear fell from one eye “this man killed my parents and nothing was done about it. So, if this is how justice is to come and if this is how I get to avenge my parents, then I’m in” Christine wiped her tears with the palm of her hand.I nodded “Okay then

The next morning…I woke up to Christine’s sounds in the kitchen and I decided to wake up and greet her. I walked out of my room, knowing that the awkwardness was not yet over I went all the way to the kitchen where she was preparing breakfast for Sophie so that she could eat before going to her soccer practice. I walked into the kitchen and Christine was right there waiting for the water to boil, she gave me a shy look.“Morning” I greeted her as I grabbed a cup.“Morning” she replied.“Can you please make me some?” I pleaded with her.“Okay” she replied as she took the cup from me.“Look…” I couldn’t finish the sentence as I was interrupted by the door.Sophie and Johnny who seemed to be in a very good mood walked into the house without knocking, seeing Sophie smiling and laughing, Christine and I glanced at each other wondering why she was this ex