Kai's life was close to perfection but due to his inability to hear, the loss of communication became a hindrance to having a normal life. Despite having troubles, he tried his best to cope with his underlying situation. Carrying the disability for...
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Chapter 20
I looked at myself in front of the mirror and brushed my hair gently not to ruin it. I've worked on it for at least twenty minutes and hopefully, no one will try to mess with it. I feel so good about this event. All the bad things that happened for the past few years slowly turned into a good one. Or maybe, it is just this moment that made me appreciate my life more.
I hated myself. I hated being deaf. I hated growing up in a family that didn't care for me. I wished every night to die on my bed so I won't bear all the pain. So I don't have to see their ugly crying faces. It would be easy for me back then. But then, I realized it wasn't worth it to end it just like that.
We suffer because we're in pain and we search for some help to get us through it. Some don't even have the cure to it but just to accept the reality. Acceptance is what matters but some people don't appreciate people who struggled because every one of us fights our own battle and people who belittle others have suffered as well. It was just their coping mechanism to humiliate people but it's wrong. People tend to live on the other side because it was comforting for them.
But tonight is different. It would be a special day for both of us—for everyone in the L.M. Foundation.
Nang matapos ko naman ang pag-aayos sa sarili ko, I had a quick look to check myself in the mirror. I wore a burgundy turtleneck over the black coat and a pair of black slacks and leather Derby shoes. Nagpaulan na rin ako ng pabango sa sarili ko kaya for sure, swak na swak na para sa akin ang porma ko ngayon.
Muli kong binalikan ng tingin ang sarili ko sa salamin saka tumungo sa tapat ng pinto sa bedroom.
"Are you ready, Zie?" I knocked on the bedroom's door checking her out. I look at my watch and we barely have twenty minutes para bumiyahe patungo sa venue.
Ilang saglit lang din naman ay dahan-dahang binuksan ni Mackenzie ang pinto at bumungad sa akin ang napakagandang dilag. She wore a burgundy mermaid dress and she stood almost an inch away from me. She must be wearing a six-inch heel. My eyes fell on her left hand and she's wearing the engagement ring. Namumutawi ang diamond nito. It wasn't that big and the cost doesn't matter but the effort and purpose of it that matters.
"You look pretty—wonderful, gorgeous, one of a kind—I mean, I can call you every lovely word just to describe you but in any other way, whatever you wear or occasion it is, you're still the perfect girl for me."
She reached for the collar of my coat and pulled me closer to her. "And you looked dashing tonight, Mister Foyer."
I smirked. "Of course, thanks! Just for you."
"Did it take me too long?" she asked. Umiling naman ako. "Feeling ko kasi hindi mag-stay ng maayos itong wig ko. Kung hindi lang nagsimulang magkaroon ng patches ang ulo ko, I would still flaunt it with my real hair."
"You still look beautiful, Zie. I mean with or without your hair that never changed."
"Are you just saying that because I'm your fiancée?"
