Hurricane (Disaster Series #1)

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Days passed by in a blur. Seems like it was just yesterday when he texted me with his number unregistered on my screen and now his name is lighting up my phone.

A small smile curved upon my lips upon reading his text. It was a simple good morning.

I've thought everything through, I looked back to all the years where I've suffered with all the nightmares. At sa pag-alala sa pinagdaanan ko noon, napagtanto kong hindi ko man lang hinayaan ang sariling isipin ang tungkol sa amin sa mga panahong 'yon.

I admit, I was badly hurt with what happened to us that time. Maybe it was my ego, maybe it was my young heart... or maybe it was both.

I didn't know how to handle feelings back then. Bago ang lahat ng iyon para sa akin. And so I thought that the best way to handle it is act like I'm not hurt and making a big deal out of it. I just end it all. The way that I think it's supposed to.

Pero simula no'ng nangyari sa beach resort... no'ng nakita ko ang babaeng napayakap sa dibdib niya, I realized one thing that hasn't changed. It was all the messy feelings I felt when I was younger. It was the rain, the wind, the hurricane...

And it still is a mess right now. Hindi ko alam kung paano i-handle ang lahat ng 'to. My feelings towards him always felt so foreign.

Ni nindi ko nga maintindihan ang halo-halong nararamdaman ngayong pababa na ako sa sasakyan para sa usapan namin. We'll meet each other today. Siguro para mag-usap ulit?

Napatingin ako sa wrist watch na suot para sa oras. It's still three in the afternoon. Sa alas cinco pa lang ng hapon ang usapan namin at pumunta lang ako ng maaga dito dahil may gusto akong tingnan sa isang jewelry store sa may malapit.

Nag-insist siya na sunduin ako kahit nakasunod lang sa akin ang sasakyan niya pero mariin akong tumanggi dahil plano ko nang pumunta rito ng mas maaga para magliwaliw.

He just told me he's quite busy dahil marami siyang naiwang trabaho nang nakaraang linggo. I don't even know how he's got the time to meet with me.

And now that I think about it, did he missed his work last week just because he was the lifeguard of that beach resort?

Napailing ako sa sarili dahil sa sobrang gulo niyang career.

"Good afternoon, Ma'am," bati sa akin ng staff kakapasok ko pa lang sa jewelry store.

I smiled back at her as another staff went to greet and assist me. Iginiya niya ako doon sa pinaka-latest collection nila.

I was busy watching the amethyst necklace that the polite staff introduced me when someone familiar walked pass us to the other set of collections.

Babalingan ko na sana ang ipinapakita sa akin ng staff nang naramdaman ko ang mabigat na tingin sa akin mula sa kabila.

I averted my gaze towards the woman who kept on looking at me only to be frozen on my spot.

Napatigagal ako nang nagtagpo ang mga mata namin. She looked more mature and elegant. Nanatili pa rin ang kahinhinan sa hitsura niya ngunit kahit na maamo ang mukha niya, puno naman ng galit ang mga mata niyang nakapukol sa akin.

At nang ibinaling ko ang tingin sa kung sino ang hawak niya sa kanang kamay, tuluyan na akong naglakas ng loob na humakbang papalapit sa kanila.

"So totoo nga ang sinabi nila na bumalik ka na?" Loreen sounded a bit aggressive but she held herself back knowing that her daughter is with her.

"Yes, I needed to settle some things." I nodded a bit and looked at her child.

From what I remember, her daughter is already three years old. She's a pretty little girl, she took after her mother. Sobrang amo ng mukha niya. One look at her and you won't see her as someone with any disability, she's a beautiful child.