Therrie's Thirty Days of Temperamental Cycle

Chapter 3: Tolerance

The next day when she woke up, as usual, a normal thing for humans, but for her... it's a usual struggle. Therrie knew best for herself what she would do today. Halos tatlong oras lang din ang naging tulog niya dahil hindi siya makapaghintay na gawin 'tong plano niya ngayong araw. She knew that it was losing her patience made her do this pero ngayon pa ba siya aatras?

Now that are all planned, she just hopes that Bianca wouldn't be a snitch dahil kung hindi, her plan to leave this place will be in jeopardy at ayaw niyang gawin 'yon. She would put a finger on her and blame her for this.

She puts herself in this situation and she has to stay in for six months and now that she's noticing that nothing's going on in her situation, it's time for her to find it on her own. Baka kasi kaya hindi niya nagagawa at nalalaman kung ano ba talagang kondisyon niya ay dahil nakukulong siya sa ganitong espasyo. Na dapat mas pinapalawak ang kanyang kaalaman hindi iyong paulit-ulit na lamang niyang nararanasan.

Therrie just wasted two months of her life in this health facility, maybe her answer is really out there and she has to focus on that.

Kaharap ang salamin, inayos in Therrie ang kanyang sarili. Normally, she would let her long brown hair down, but at this moment she tied it like a knot. Her freckles on her face became visible, she hated it, but her boyfriend, Hernan loves it so much. He thought that it was her best feature, but for Therrie... it's something she wanted to be done through cosmetic enhancement—if there is one for that, she would've done it without hesitation.

Though she can't cover it away and it's part of her image since she was young, she just has to live with it—like she was always doing, tolerate it even though it pains her so much.

"T. Tenorio," bungad ng security kasabay ng pagkatok sa kwarto ng pinto nito. Napangisi naman ito nangg pumasok sa kwarto at makitang gising na si Therrie. "Namamalikmata ba akong gising ka na? First time ata 'to, ha?"

Isang pilit na ngiti ang pinakita ni Therrie. She just doesn't wanna be rude.

"Pumunta ka na ngayon sa meeting hall. May maagang anunsyo ro'n si Doctor Carmona para sa inyo. Bawal ang hindi pumunta, Tenorio. Babawiin namin ang visiting rights mo."

Tumango na lamang si Therrie at nang umalis ito ng kwarto niya ay umikot na lang ang mata niya. Before she walked out of her room, she fixed her bed and get necessary things done. After a few minutes fixing everything—hindi naman gano'n karami ang nilinis kaya kinuha na niya ang notebook niya at lumabas ng kanyang kwarto.

Sumabay siya sa ilang kasamahan niya patungo sa meeting hall kung saan natanaw na niya si Doctor Carmona na binabati ang ilang nauuna sa kanya na pumasok sa loob ng hall.

She was about to turn around when Doctor Carmona saw her, it was too late for her to sway this one out.

"Hey, hey, Therrie! You're not going back to your room!" pagtawag sa kanya ni Doctor Carmona. Pinipitik-pitik pa nito ang daliri niya para tawagin ang atensyon ng dalaga. Tamad namang hinarap ni Therrie ang doctor at naglakad papunta sa direksyon nito at isang pilit na ngiti ang namutawi sa labi. "It's always nice to have you around, Therrie... where do you think you're going?" she questioned.

"To sleep..." tipid nitong sagot sa kanya at pagrarason upang tumakas sa akung ano mang anunsyo ang ibabahagi nito sa lahat.

Inabot ni Doctor Carmona ang balikat ni Therrie at tinapik-tapik ito. "Maybe you can do that later and join us for today, sounds a good plan, right?"

Napabuntonghininga na lamang si Therrie at sinabayan sa pagpasok ang doctor. Nang makita naman niya si Bianca ay agad na tinawag nito ang kanyang pansin. She was about to sit with her pero may kumuha ng kamay niya. Napatingin siya rito at nakita niya si Benji na ang lapad ng ngiti sa kanya.