Chapter 14

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tw // mention of rape and violence


"Macy... This is your new yaya. She's Charlotte." pagpapakilala ni aleng Aqua sa akin.


"NO! I DON'T NEED A YAYA. THEY'RE ANNOYING... WALA NAMAN SILANG PAKI SA AKIN. THEY ONLY TAKE CARE OF ME TO PLEASE DADDY. THEY WANT DADDY AND HIS WEALTH! I HATE MY YAYAS." sigaw ni Mact nang hindi kami tinitingnan at nagtalukbong pa siya ng kumot.


"Ikaw na ang bahala sa kanya." saad lang ni aleng Aqua sa akin at umalis na sa silid, binalewala niya lang ang pagmamaktol ni Macy.


Noong umalis na si aleng Aqua ay napabugtong hininga nalang ako bago sinubukang kausapin si Macy.


"Hi!" I greeted her when I was already standing a few inches away from her bed.


"Go away!" saad niya lang sa akin at tumalikod pa kahit nakatalukbong na siya ng kumot.


"I know a little about your story." I told her.


Nakatalukbong pa rin siya hindi pinansin ang sinabi ko.


"I understand your traumas." I spoke.


"No... you don't. You didn't experience it, so stop telling me you understand me, when you've never been on my shoes." she said to me.


"I've been in your shoes." saad ko but she didn't believe me.


"Why? Have you been kidnap? Did you see your mother being raped and murdered in front of you?" she frustratedly told me as she sit in front of me. "You don't, right? So, stop like you can't fix me. If you're doing this because you have likes for my daddy... GO AWAY!" singhal niya pa sa akin.


"Yes. I've been kidnap. I didn't see my mother being raped, but I-i was raped. I didn't see anyone being murdered... but I-i've seen some-one died in front o-of my eyes. I've never seen your daddy... so I don't know what you're talking about." nahihirapan kong saad sa kanya dahil naalala ko na naman ang pinagdaanan ko bago ako nakarating dito. "I-im here because I was hiding from my father. He is forcing me to marry someone I don't love... kaya naglayas ako. Ginawan din ako ng scandal na kumalat sa buong lungsod namin... kaya hindi ko na nakayanan na mabuhay doon. My parents prisoned me in our own house, rather than investigating if the scandal was true. They believed the people's judgement on me... rather than believing that I could never do such thing. So, please let me stay here. Let me help you... while you also help me heal. Let's help each other heal." saad ko at hindi na napigilan ang sariling mapaluhod dahil lubusan akong nanghina habang inalala lahat ng napagdaanan ko.


"What's your name?" saad niya lang sa akin matapos kong sabihin sa kanya iyon.


"Charlotte Meduosa Ramos. You can call me Char." I told her.


"Hi! I'm Maurelle Cyandra Salvador. Call me Macy. I don't need a yaya... but can you be my friend? I don't have one." saad niya lang sa akin at naglahad pa ng kamay. For a 5-year-old child, she seems mature. "If you accept my hand, then we are friends, and you can work here." she weakly smiled.

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