NO REGRET FOR LOVE

#3

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Nagising ako dahil sa tunog ng alarm, kikilos sana ako papunta sa kabilang side ng bed para patayin 'yong alarm ng bigla akong makaramdam ng may masakit.

Sumakit 'yong tiyan ko. Hindi siya basta sakit lang, kase ang sakit sakit talaga. I can't stand. I can't even move!

I tried so hard to move the comforter and move out of the bed to go downstairs. Natumba ako sa sahig, namimilipit dahil sa sakit!

"A-Ahh, a-ang sakit! D-Daddy!" I shouted as loud as I can. My eyes started to burst in tears because of pain.

Nagpagulong-gulong lang ako sa sahig dahil sa sobrang sakit na nararamdaman ko. I heard the door opened.

"Anak! What happened?" Dad immediately went towards me. Getting worried now and panicking.

"M-Masakit daddy!" He carry me out of my room. He drove as soon as possible to the nearest hospital. May pasok si daddy ngayon at na gu-guilty ako dahil a-absent siya para lang sa'kin.

He would probably lost the promotion if ever he won't attend the meeting today. I felt so guilty for knowing that.

Kasalukuyan na akong nagpapahinga ngayon sa isang room at naka confine. Tinawagan na rin ni daddy ang prof ko na hindi muna ako makakapasok sa school for a week at naintindihan naman agad niya 'yon.

I surveyed the room. It was clean but smells not good. I saw dad talking to his phone. Pinapagalitan siguro siya ng boss niya kase hindi siya makakapasok para bantayan ako.

"I'm really sorry sir, there's an urgent emergency and I can't leave my daughter alone. She needs me." Dad isn't aware that I'm already awake. Nakatalikod siya ng bahagya sa'kin.

I let out a heavy sigh, feeling guilty now. Kung siguro hindi na lang ako sumigaw kanina, edi sana hindi kami nandito ngayon at nakapasok sana siya. I know how he really wanted the promotion, but sadly, he missed it because of me.

"Hey" Dad greeted and kiss the top of my head.

"I'm sorry" I uttered. He smile and held my chin to look at him.

"Hey, it's not your fault. There's still next time" He assured and kiss the top of my head again. I smiled back at him.

Napatingin kami sa pintuan ng bigla itong bumukas. Doctor Tan entered the room.

"Doc, kamusta ho ang anak ko?" Dad ask worriedly. Doctor Tan glanced at me and give me a small smile, I smiled back at him.

"Your daughter" Panimula niya. He even let out a sigh before he continue speaking. "Her cancer got worsen according to the test we've done" Dad held my hand to make sure that everything will gonna be alright.

"How can we treat her? What's the best way we can do?"

"We can do some therapies. Her cancer got worsen but it can be treated. She needs to be extra careful and get a lot of rest. Make sure to take care of her and we'll do all the best we can just to treat her" Doc. Tan glance at me again and smile.

"Okay doc, thank you. Please do all the best that you can."

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"Be careful sweetie" Dad said in a small voice.

Kakauwi lang namin matapos kong maconfine. Pinayagan na kami ng doctor na makauwi since wala na naman akong masakit na nararamdaman, may mga pinapabili lang siyang gamot at schedule para sa therapy ko.