Barely Survived Novels & Stories

Only the faint rhythm of her breathing and the hum of the machines proved she was still alive. According to the doctors, her survival was nothing short of a miracle. The Range Rover she and Eleanora Zobel had been riding in exploded after crashing into a highway barrier in Tagaytay. Wasak, nagliyab, at natagpuang halos abo ang nasa loob. Isa lamang ang natagpuang may pulso, walang iba kundi ang babae ngayon na nakaratay sa kama.

CHAPTER 163 – THE LIFE WE NEVER PLANNED “Nobody taught us how to live.” “Only how to survive.” The realization hit me harder than any bullet ever had. Not because it was new. Because it was true. For years, survival had been the only language I understood. Run. Fight. Hide. Adapt. Endure. Everything else had always felt temporary. Even happiness. Especially happiness. Because happiness was fragile. And fragile things never survived in our world. Yet somehow, standing inside one of Torren Villanueva’s private estates overlooking an endless stretch of ocean, I found myself staring at proof that shattered everything I thought I knew about him.

- pagkukwento niya. "She keeps on telling about you and the man I never knew his name, napaka weird niya but yeah nakasurvive naman ako sa kawirdohan niya"- Giselle proudly said habang nagkukwento. Muling napuno ng tawanan ang paligid maliban sa nagmamalditang si Czareenah. "How about you? How did you survive this (turo ni Czareenah sa akin)- Enah asking Micka.

Somehow, I developed a unlikeable atmosphere with this teacher. Napalunok naman ito dahil sa mga sinabi ko. "Then how can you explained you are still alive?" I continued to smile. "Simple. Ang masamang damo, di madaling mamatay. But to satisfy your curiosity, i know you are all curious why I am still alive because I was not killed, the moment I was stabbed by King Laurent, my existence in your world was fading and slowly I was sent back to earth but in a critical condition. I don't know how did I survive but I woke up one day and breathing and slowly recovering. But I am no longer here in Pandora but on Earth. I cannot explain why I did not die because that is also a question to me. But mayb

Wala siyang maalala! Sigurado dahil napakalas ang paghampas ko ng pala sa ulo niya noon? Naapektuhan yata ang utak niya. Hindi ko alam kung maganda ba o hindi ang pangyayaring 'to, but knowing this—I can survive this situation. Mukhang makakaligtas ako mula sa taong 'to, upang hindi ako mamatay sa kamay niya.

Walang gagabay sa ‘yo sa mga bagay na hindi mo pa alam. Living and surviving in this kind of cruel world is hard. But you have to endure it. Wala kang ibang mapagpipilian kundi ang magtiis. My surviving state is a little bearable now that I have my child. I have finally found a reason to keep living no matter how tough the world is to me.

My mouth was dry, throat raw, but I forced the words out anyway. “We stay alive.” Not a promise. Just a direction. Just... enough.