Chapter 5: Sense of Direction Part 2

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When Therrie left her previous apartment building, she doesn't know where to go. Apart from her ever-changing mood, emotion, and senses, she might have an idea of what she's dealing with right now. What could it really be? She only has her notebook and she may jotted it down, but it is still not a reliable thing to keep checking on it kung ano nga ba talaga ang nawala niya ngayon o hindi?

She can't rely on it for her whole life. She needs to figure it out... but when she did, nothing really happened. Hanggang saan ba aabot itong pag-alam niya sa sariling kondisyon? Can she find the answer to it?

Though Therrie seems so lost right now and she doesn't quite have the grasp of what she would do today. Gulong-gulo siya. Buhol-buhol ang pag-iisip.

Bahala na... Iyon ang tumatak sa kanyang isipan niya.

When midnight strikes, she has no idea what would be the result of her ever-changing emotional cycle. But not that she figured out that she lost her sense of direction, clearly, Therrie doesn't have any single idea how this should go.

Gugustuhin pa niyang mawala ang overthinking o anxiety para hindi na niya isipin pa kung ano-anong mga bagay. But unfortunate of her, hindi iyon ang hindi nawawala sa kanya ngayon. Siya mismo ang nawawala ngayon.

Napadaan siya sa isang convenience store. She got the money on her pocket na kinuha niya sa magjowa. She was just hoping na sana hindi nila malaman na may nawawalang pera sila ro'n or else they would know and they will look for her. Katatakas pa nga lang niya sa health facility, may ibang tao na kaagad na gustong hanapin siya.

But this is her life now. If running away from these people would help her to know the truth, it would be better. She will let them chase her as if it's the last resort they could do and it's not. Sooner or later, they will start looking for her and once she's back being detained, it will be hard for her to cope with her situation now.

Going through this alone is hard that's why Therrie chose not to tell her condition to anyone. Wala rin namang makaiintindi sa kanya kung ie-explain niya ang kondisyon sa ibang tao. They would just fall on the term baliw at para kay Therrie, ang kondisyon niya ay hindi isang kabaliwan lamang. She doesn't want to be the center of attention and to be laughed at. Hindi katawa-tawa ang kondisyon niya pero hindi rin naman siya dapat kaawaan.

Hindi iyon sumagi sa isip niya.

She tried not to think about those things and headed inside the convenience store. Good thing, there's a payphone there she could actually use to call someone for help. She picked up the phone and dialed a number and waited while the other line keep ringing.

She's not calling her boyfriend. She wouldn't come running to Hernan and tell him about what she did. That would be a bad decision to do. Alam niya 'yon. It's like she's already had a picture of what would happen if she asked for some help from him.

Therrie has been with him for almost two years now and yet he stayed with her alongside her condition. He trusts and loves her, though, for Therrie, she cannot put him into this situation where his image is far more delicate than her.

Hahayaan na lang muna niya ang relasyon niya kay Hernan. She has to focus on herself and that's what she put in her mind. Hernan is showing his support, she needed it, but that's not what she's after right now.

"Hello?" sagot sa kabilang linya.

Kabado namang inilapat ni Therrie ang telepono sa tainga. "Hello?"

"Sino 'to?"

"Carmen, ako 'to..." pagpapakilala niya dahil sa tono pa lamang ng boses ay dapat makilala na siya nito.

"Sino nga 'to?"

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