Long Story Short I Survived Novels & Stories

Hindi ko siguro alam kung sa’n ako pupulutin. I fight for them. Kung dati nga ay nakaya kong lumaban mag-isa ngayon pa ba ako susuko. Kaya naman ay unti-unti akong gumagaling. After a year a half. I'm now fully recovered. I survived. Thankfully my stroke is not a long-term or lifelong disability. I survived because the fire inside me burn brighter than the fire around me.

Ng mga pakiramdam na isinantabi ko mula nung hindi siya bumalik. Para akong unti-unting pinapatay. "After a month in the US, I was planning of going back dahil ayokong malayo ng matagal sa iyo at nang araw na pabalik na ako, my brother met an awful accident. Nagkaroon ng problema sa pamilya at sa negosyo namin and I have to be the one to handle it. Above all, I have to take in my five-year old niece dahil wala na itong ibang pwedeng puntahan. Everything happened so fast, Elijah. I got overwhelemed with eveything that I forgot that I have you, that you're waiting for me." His voice began to shake while explaining to me. I can feel his sadness and I can see that he's shaking, tanda na pinipigi

"Anong ibig mong sabihin na hindi mo kilala?" "I was raped, Zach. I was raped and survived."

muntik pa itong mawalan ng balanse sa sinabi ko. “W-What?” napalunok ako bago nag kwento. “Namatay sila sa aksidenteng nangyari 10 years ago. Someone kidnapped me from that accident that's why I'm alive.” Pero kung ako ang papapapiliin ay mas gugustuhin ko pang mamatay na lang din kasama nila, dahil kahit papaano ay kasama ko sila. Hindi tulad ngayon na hinaharap kong mag isa ang kinabukasan ko.

hindi pinagpatuloy ni mommy ang gusto niyang sabihin at muli na naman itong umiyak. It was so hard for me listening to her. "Mom, we can talk about this some other time." I said in a soft voice but she smiled a little and continue. " The doctors thought he won't make it, but your Dad survived. Yun nga lang it took him years to fully recover. He was bedridden for years but the Marfori's never gave up on us. They are the one who covered everything. They made sure of our safety and isolated us in an island."

- 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.

sa ospital. May nakasulat sa likod: “You survived once. You won’t the second time.”

Zarion's POV They thought I was dead but I'm alove. I will never die, a single bullet cannot bring me down. I am now hiding in some abandoned warehouse. I survived in that fall. I'm lucky kasi puro batohan ang nabagsakan ko, siguro dahil na rin sa tubig dagat ay naka survive ako sa pagkakahulog. Akala siguro nila tapos na kasi nahulog ako sa bangin, but no, it's far from over. And it will never be.

Pero ngayon, one year later, sobrang iba na ng lahat. The woman in that photo was not the woman I came home to every night. Iyong Vanessa noon was broken. Scared. Unsure of everything. Pero ang Vanessa na kilala ko ngayon? She was strong. Brave. Resilient. She survived Gerald. She survived the accident. She survived her father’s death. Nalampasan niya ang lahat ng iyon at nanatili pa ring matatag. And if she was carrying my child, I would make sure she never had to survive anything alone ever again.

Baling nito sa kanya, humihingi ito ng paliwanag mula sa kay Travis. “How come? I’ve survived from my comatose, one year ago. Kinuntsaba ko ang Doctor, huwag muna sabihin sa inyo dahil nga gusto ko kayong surprisahin. Pero sa halip ako pa itong nasorprisa dahil sa mga pinaggagawa n’yo ni Kuya Travis. Why did you two told to everyone that Im died? Tinago n’yo ako sa America para sabihin patay na ako? Buhay pa ako pero pinatay n’yo na ako.” May hinanakit ang boses turan ni Tristan na tumingin ito sa gawi ni Travis.