Chapter Forty Nine

Mariin siyang napalunok pagkunwa'y naglapat ng labi. She look at him in daze as her tears starting to form on the corner of her eyes. Ilang saglit pa ay tuluyan ng lumabo ang kanyang paningin.

"D-Dylan.." She muttered again in disbelief.

Kahit na halos masakop na ang buong mukha nito sa balbas at bigote, magulo ang buhok at hindi ganoong kaayusan ang pananamit, hindi pa rin maikakaila na ang lalakeng kaharap niya ngayon ay ang lalakeng labis niyang minamahal. She can tell it from the loud and fast beating of her heart. Ang tibok na tanging rito niya lamang naramdaman.

"Hindi mo ba ako yayakapin, Serie?"

He smile gently and raised his arms wide open, waiting for her to run to him.

Sunod-sunod ng naglandas ang luha sa kanyang mga mata. She take her step again and like what he urge her to do, she run towards him at kasabay ng impit na iyak, isang mahigpit na yakap ang agad niyang ginawa rito. She hold him tight as if he was her lifeline. Hindi na niya inalintana ang paligid. Ang tangin