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Nadia Valiente's disappearance has always been a mystery to her friend, Marina. By how her alleged suicide took place, up to the position that she was in whilst on that river, soaked to death, felt like an unsealed package...
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MARINA
I hug my knees tightly while staring at the streaming clear water. Nagkalat ang naglalakihang mga bato at ang kulay berdeng mga lumot sa paligid.
Another tear slips down on my face while I stare at the exact place where her body was found lying, lifeless, soaked in water, and starting to rot.
I'm here at the river where she died, or where she was disposed. I don't know, really. I have no idea how she perished, none of us do.
Patuloy at walang humpay sa pag-agos ang tubig. Bubbles are starting to form whenever the water hits a stone. At sumasabay sa indayog ng tubig ang lumot at mga damong nakapaligid dito.
It's six in the morning. And I texted Aki not to come to my house today to pick me up. I want to be alone. Just for once, I want to spend time with Nadia. Because this is where I feel her existence the most.
After her body was discovered on this river, my family got an immediate call from the university since they have one of the biggest shares, and they have to know whatever chaos is happening to the students under their supervision.
The moment I knew that she died, my knees wobbled, and like my grandfather who was bedridden at that time, I couldn't move. I couldn't even open my lips to utter a word.
Pakiramdam ko nang mga oras na 'yon ay parang kasama akong namatay ni Nadia.
We never got the chance to go home and bid a farewell to my friend since my grandfather was dying, too. And we can't just leave him there. So I had no other choice but to cry and scream on top of my lungs until I had no voice anymore.
The moment that I discovered that she was found on the river, I restrained myself from breathing. Do I even deserve it?, I thought at those times.
I left her. And I told her I'll come back for her.
But she never waited alive. She let her body float on this fucking river.
I feel hatred and peace at the same time while staring at the water. I can't help but to think, was she dead before even someone threw her body on here? Or did she just die because of the pressure of the streaming water?
Did she drown? Or was she killed even before that?
My head throbs, and I figured that I haven't taken my meds yet.
I stare at my pale and thin fingers. Dati-rati, sa mga ganitong oras ay nagpipinta na kaming dalawa. We were usually at my room—in my parents' house, and then we'll spend the day watching crime series.
