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Chapter 29:
I don't know how much I can still endure to live in this lifetime. I don't know how much I can still sacrifice to save my family from the cruelty of the world. I don't know how much I can still find the purpose of everything. I don't know. I'm completely broke and in complete, all I could ever hold on to is the feeling of emptiness inside me. In hopes of filling up the spaces someday...
I looked at my mother with nothing but rage as she wipes my arm with a wet towel. Droplets of tears are falling down from her eyes as she sniffs and stifle her mumbled cries. As I took in the view of her guilt and sadness, a warm feeling of pain builds up in my chest.
Why?
That's all I could think of. And I don't even know if I'm ready to hear her answers. I don't know if I'm capable to grasp it within my sanity to calm my raging thoughts.
"K-Kabilang kamay naman, anak."
When Felix
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