Kabanata 72

Ang sakit ng katawan ko. Unti-unti kong binuksan ang aking mata at tanging kisame ang bumungad sa akin. I roamed my eyes around and I panicked when the ceiling gave me any familiar scene from my past. Agad akong napabalikwas ng bangon ngunit napahinto rin ng maramdaman ko ang matinding sakit na dumaloy mula sa aking ulo hanggang sa aking tiyan.

“Aray,” bulong ko sa sarili.

I touched my face and I can feel the bruised I received from Alex’s violence hands. Hindi talaga nagbabago ang demonyo. Over the years, I thought people will change. But I was wrong all along. Kapag maitim ang budhi mo, kapag maitim ang ugat na pinanggalingan mo ay maitim rin ang kahoy ng punong tutubo rito. Alex was violent before I even married him years ago and it was my mistake to never have the chance to discover it. Or perhaps I forced myself to be blind over something that happened right in front of me so I could hold for our relationship. Ang tanga ko sa parteng iyon. Ang tanga tanga ko. Dahil sa desisyong ‘