Therrie's Thirty Days of Temperamental Cycle

Chapter 4: Sense of Direction

Good luck, Therrie.

That's the last word she heard from Bianca when she sprang out of the health facility. She wasn't expecting anything, but a good thing, she got out safely and no one had been suspicious enough to know that she escaped the premises though she has an idea that they will start looking for her as soon as they've noticed that she's gone.

She knew the consequences and even though she only had a few hours to create this plan, she still believes she'll find her way out of this trouble.

She crossed her fingers so much that she hope Bianca wouldn't tell a word about it. Iyon lang naman ang pinangangambahan niya. May CCTV din ang facility, but at that moment, all the cameras are dead so she believed she wouldn't be caught at that precious moment. That's how she thought the electric interruption would be a good time to escape.

Thanks to Bianca.

Pero ngayon, hindi alam ni Therrie kung saan siya pupunta. She has a plan to go places, but it felt like she just lost herself once again. Ang daming tumatakbo sa isipan niya ngayon at hindi niya alam kung anong susundan sa mga ito. Hindi na lang isang emosyon ang nawawala sa kanya pati na rin ang buo niyang pagkatao.

Sumagi sa isip niya na puntahan si Hernan pero agad na pumapasok sa isipan niya na lubos na magtataka iyon si Hernan kung bakit tumakas si Therrie. Ni hindi na nga niya alam na pumasok si Therrie sa isang mental health facility no'ng umpisa, pinalagpas niya lang 'yon pero ngayon na tumakas siya sa kagustuhang alamin ang nangyayari sa kanya, Hernan would be so confused. Therrie put herself on a very complicated situation right now and she doesn't know where the right place is for her. She's totally confused. Literally.

Ano nga ba talagang gustong mangyari ni Therrie? Does she really want to figure out who she is or she's already getting tired of this cycle she has to face every single day?

But she was so thankful that she was already out of the hell she puts herself in. She threw that 6-month goal away. Hindi na niya kailangan 'yon.

She look up at the sky and it was grey. Nagbabadyang umulan ang kalangitan. She has a plan... but that's to escape the facility and now that everything is like a new slate for her, naging blanko ang lahat para sa kanya. Wala siyang plano ngayon. Kailangan niyang mag-isip ng panibagong plano at kung paano siya makasu-survive gayong sarili lamang niya ang kaagapay niya.

May puting bus na huminto sa tabi ni Therrie at tinatawag itong sumakay.

"Saan ang biyahe niyo?" tanong nito sa konduktor. She has no clue. Hindi niya rin napansin kung may karatula bang nakasulat sa harapan ng sasakyan.

"Sa bayan lang."

"Ah, okay... ingat kayo. Wala akong pamasahe."

"Hindi, miss. Libreng sakay 'to. Hindi mo ba alam?" tugon sa kanya ng konduktor.

Walang maisagot si Therrie at sumunod na lang din naman sa sinabi ng konduktor at naghanap ng mauupuan sa pagitan ng ilang mga tao. She has been inside the facility for two months at hindi niya alam kung anong nangyari sa loob ng dalawang buwan na 'yon. A lot of things happened. Para bang isinilang muli siya ba walang kaalam-alam sa mundo at kailangang paghandaan kung ano man ang darating sa kanya.

It's hard for Therrie to deal with herself... lalo na ngayong kailangan niyang isugal ang lahat. Hanggang saan nga ba aabot ang lahat?

Habang nag-iisip si Therrie nang kung anong gagawin niya. Nahagip ng mata niya ang tinitingnan ng babae sa kanyang phone. To her curiosity, she stares at the screen for so long that she didn't realize she was looking at her boyfriend's picture with another girl... and they're very sweet.