Miguel's POV
Sa kalagitnaan ng mahabang traffic, with my fiance Laura.
"Next week na yung procedure." Sabi ko.
"Nasabi mo na ba kay Sela?."
"You know that's impossible right?."
"Marsela, Mago and Mars are still part of Sela."
"People are not their problems Laura."
"Sometimes they are."
SILENCE
"Anyways, may nakausap nako para mag-alaga sa kanya since we're gonna be busy for the wedding of the century." Sabi ko pa.
"I'm sorry." Sabi niya.
"Wala ka namang--"
"No. I did this to her. This wouldn't happen kung di ako nagpadala sa bugso ng damdamin ko." She sincerely said.
"You're not the first person who cheated on her boyfriend with his sister."
FLASHBACK
One month after the drowning incident ay di na namin muling nakita at nakausap si Sela.
2 days later ay lumipat na kami sa states. At bumalik kami ngayon kasi mas gusto ni Laura na dito nalang magpakasal dahil andito ang mga kamag-anak namin.
..
2 years ago.
I left my phone at home, kailangan ko naman yun for business. But to my surprise, I caught my sister right on time where she's about to kiss my freakin' girlfriend.
I got so mad na pinagbababasag ko nalang lahat ng makita at mahawakan ko.
Both are screaming and saying sorry. Laura let Sela go to calm me down.
"It was Mago." Yan nalang nasabi ni Laura sakin.
EOFB
Of course it was her alter ego. There's no way my sister Sela could ever done that to me. I can't wait for that procedure to happen so we could all forget that any of this ever happened.
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Sela's POV
I've always been here, in this body the whole time. It's just that, I feel ashamed of what I've done all those years.
Lying to all the people I love just because of the mess I caused to this family. Sometimes I'm Mars. There are days I am Mago. There are also days that I'm Marsela. And I have to forget that I exist too.
I have to be because I know at the back of my head I need them. I need an escape. I need a constant reminder that I'm not alone.
The truth is, I lost all of them in that drowning incident but I have to pretend and even convinced myself that they're still here, that they exist so it would feel like I'm blaming someone else every time I mess up. So, I won't feel incomplete being just Sela.
Reviving alters are somehow characters in the book. They follow a certain rule. Sometimes, I need to cause or do errors just to portray the character at the exact amount to be themselves.
Marsela can't be good at the things that those other two can. She has to be good at something that is only unique to her like anything related to business and academics. That makes the other two to be bad at those.
At first, I thought I could pull this out like I can pretend that I'm still crazy but then Abby came along and I never felt so normal around someone before. Well, except for Laura.
