BEYOND THE ONE (SAMLY)

Chapter 2

Alyssa's POV

Unfortunately, di parin namin nahahanap yung bata.
Kaya napagpasyahan naming ipagpabukas nalang.

KINABUKASAN

Today is my day off. Saturday. I also told Sam about it.

Maaga nya akong tinext para maaga din kaming maghanap.

She's now driving habang naghahanap kami ng lugar na maaaring tambayan ng mga batang lansangan.

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Sam's POV

"Sya nga pala, anong ginagawa mo kahapon dun sa hospital?." Takang tanong niya.

"Ah ano, sinamahan ko lang yung brother ko."

"KD's your brother?."

"You know him?."

"Of course. He's Dr. Mariano's favorite patient. Kagaling kumanta ng batang yun. Siguro nasa lahi nyo yun." sabi niya.

"Ay naku, pag narinig mo talaga yung boses ko Ly--"

"Parang hinehele ng anghel?."

"Hindi. Mapapaisip ka lang kung anak ba talaga ako ng mga magulang ko." sabi ko.

"Sira haha."

"Pero I'm glad that my brother is finally recovering. Sa lahat ng minana nya sakin, yun pa talagang pagiging baliw sa pag-ibig."

"Pero marami din namang tumitino because of love, depende lang siguro sa tao. Kaya ako, pinipili ko ng maigi yung taong mamahalin ko. Sa tingin ko kasi pag kabaliwan yung epekto niya sayo, he's not the one." sabi ni Ly.

"Porket ba napapatino ka nya sya na yung the one?." sabi ko.

"Bakit hindi?."

"What if there's beyond 'the one'?." sabi ko.

"Alam mo rin?." Takang tanong nito.

"What do you mean?." sabi ko.

"Madalas kasi ng lumalapit saking pasyente puro sawi sa pag-ibig. Some of them are suicidal pero lagi kong sinasabi that there has to be someone beyond 'the one' , someone better, something greater. Just to keep their hopes up." Paliwanag niya.

"Actually, narinig ko lang rin yan sa isang friend ko na nakatulong naman sakin in my career, especially in marketing. The concept goes like this: You tasted a product and it became your favorite for years, but then one day you accidentally bumped into this other product and found out that it's so much better than your favorite. Would you abandon the first one which you once believed to be the best for the better one?."

Napaisip siya.

"I don't know. How about you?." sabi ni Ly.

"The reason why I don't think I'm successful is probably because I don't know the answer to that question too. Which is: when will I be fully satisfied?. or will I ever be?." sabi ko.

"Were you happy when you were with him?." sabi niya.

"Well, I--yung bata."

Hininto ko ang sasakyan. Di ako pwedeng magkamali. That's him! That's the kid!.

Dali dali kong tinabi ang sasakyan at bumaba, saka nilapitan ang bata na kasalukuyan ngayong kumakain sa gilid ng kalsada.

He looked at me vulnerably.