LIX - NEW BEGINNINGS

"Cali," hindi ko nilingon si Kuya Ash. 

"I'm sorry." Wika nito, pinunasan ko ang luha ko at nagsalita.

"There's nothing to be sorry, Kuya. It's no one's fault." My voices cracked. I'm still holding all the emotions up, and this kind of conversation is not what I need.

"Do you want to see him?" Napalingon ako sa sinabi niya.

The next thing I knew, nasa sasakyan na ako ni kuya. We're heading to the mansion to see Axel. He didn't utter a word about Axel, and I got worried since he's in my dreams trying to wake me up. What if there's something wrong with him?

And my guesses were right when we reached the mansion.

Axel's lying down on his bed with a ventilator on his side. Nanghihina ako. Nasalo naman ako kaagad ni kuya nang nanlambot ang mga tuhod ko. Inalalayan ako ni kuya papalapit kay Axel.

He's sleeping. "He's dehydrated, he stopped eating and cried all day. He's been like that for a couple of days after you left, until the maid