Trisha was in pain when she heard everything.  The things he’d been through.  She remembered her parents’ death.  She also didn’t had the chance to say goodbye.  Even though she loved her parents so much,  she was used to not seeing them regularly.  They were always busy with their priorities which were obviously not their children and not even each other. She was devastated but she had his brother to share the pain with.  And their deaths were quick, an accident and Trisha knew it didn’t made them suffer.  It’s not a disease that will slowly eat them up and gave them pain of knowing that every passing day might be their last. Trisha understand that Marsden had a lot of if onlys–but she also understood why his mother distanced herself from him.  It’s always for her son’s sake.  So that he could learn and get used to live without her already because she knew her time was ticking. Trisha’s heart was aching for h

Pinilit ng batang si Marsden na huwag isipin ang sitwasyon nila ng kanyang mama.  Huli niya itong nakita kahapon bago siya nagkulong sa Music Room.  Natulog siyang nagtatampo dito.  Mahal niya ang kanyang mama ngunit nasasaktan siya sa trato nito sa kanya nitong nagdaang mga buwan.  Mainit ang ulo nito. Mas nagiging madalas ang business trips kaya naman hindi na niya ito masyadong nakikita. Minsan nahihiling niya na sana mahirap na lang sila.  Nakatira sa isang maliit na bahay at simple lang ang pamumuhay. Nanaginip siya na dinalaw siya ng kanyang mama sa kanyang kwarto, hinimas ang kanyang noo at hinalikan ang kanyang kamay habang ito ay umiiyak. Kinaumagahan ay maaga itong umalis at hindi na sila nagkita pa.  Gusto niyang magsorry dito sa inakto.  Gusto niya itong makausap bago ito umalis ngunit hindi na siya kailanman nabigyan pa ng pagkakataon dahil pagkatapos ng tatlong araw, dumating ang

Hinatid niya si Rheanne sa room nito dahil halos hindi na ito makalakad sa kalasingan.  He even had a hard time convincing her to leave.  Nang mabuksan ang pinto ay agad niya itong pinahiga sa kama.  She was still laughing and even singing. May sinasabi ito pero hindi niya maintindihan.  Pagkatapos alisin ang sandals nito ay kinuha niya ang kumot and covered her with it.  Aalis na sana siya nang hablutin nito ang kamay niya. “Don’t leave,” anitong pilit tumatayo.  Her eyes were pleading.  “I should leave Rhey, just sleep okay?” Dahan-dahan niyang tinanggal ang pagkakahawak nito to help her lay down. “I love you.  I love you Mars,”  anitong puno ng emosyon sabay yakap sa kanyang leeg. Sandali siyang natigilan sa sinabi nito.  She what?!  Bago pa man siya makareact ay hinalikan siya nito sa mga labi. “Rhey!”  sabay iwas dito.  “What are you doing?”  He detached himself

To look at her makes him unease. Marsden felt like he was drowning and can’t seem to find something to hold on to.  He felt the frustration of wanting someone  he doesn’t have the right to want. She’s so beautiful and the longing intensified especially when she smiled at him openly.  He wanted to kiss her right there where she stood wearing a white dress which fitted her so perfectly.  Just like a bride waiting for her groom. But then reality hit him, she will be another man’s bride, not his. True, he had business matters that needed his attention but he can still work on it through his secretary.  He just wanted to  see her today, he can’t even understand it. Maybe because Trisha keeps on telling him what she felt about this photoshoot.  He knew she was anxious that she won’t give justice to the dresses and no matter what he said, the feeling won’t disappear.  He wanted to support her so on impulse he had flewn from Cebu even

  Ang sumunod na mga araw ay pahirap kay Trisha.  Everyday her patience was tested.  Daily, Chelsea reminds her of the past after her parents died, when she and her kuya lived at her uncle’s house.  Remembering  those times when she made her cousin’s report, brought her a bunch of books Chelsea annoyingly left at her locker, deliberately.  Always bidding her to buy snacks outside the campus while she was so busy doing research.  The feelings are coming back to her, the annoyance, the selfpity and even the thought how cruel the world was.  Her pride was wounded back then.  Her friends whom she thought were true, hurtfully joined Chelsea.  Pero kahit noon pa man, even when she asked God why did things get so hard for her, at the end of the day, she still have a ready smile for everyone. Believing that  whatever life threw at her she overcame with a smile… she was just thankful she and her brother had a roof over their head