SAUDADE

lima

Third Person

Sunday was always Church Day.

It has been a thing to them to always go to Church every Sunday, together. And gladly, they were complete.

They set foot inside and they all went to one of the first few rows of the Church and sat down as they wait for people to gather and for the mass to start.

Imelda's nurses, Imelda, Imee, Borgy, Mike, and Matthew were seated altogether on the first bench. Bonget, Liza, Sandro, Simon, Vincent, Alfonso, and Andy sat together on the second row.

Greggy, Irene, Yana, Luis, and Xandra sat on the last row. Yana was actually originally seated between Greggy and Irene but as Yana knew there was something wrong again, she knew it was better if her parents were seated beside each other.

Luis looked at his sister as she was looking at their parents. He nudged her arm making her look at him, "Anong ginagawa mo?" He whispered to her.

"I think Mommy and Dada are not okay... Again..." She sighed and looked at her older brother.

Luis glanced at his parents and sighed, "Baka may misunderstanding nanaman..." He smiled at his sister. "They'll be fine, Yan... Alam na nila kung anong tama't mali..." He stated.

Yana was about to say something but the ringing of bells and starting of the organ playing cut her off. They then rose up as the entrance song started to play.

The Mass started to flow out and Yana was just observant to the actions of her parents. Her thoughts were shambled on as the priest spoke on to the microphone.

"At the Saviour's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say..."

They lifted their hands mid-air and Yana's eyes were glued on to the hands of her mother and father. They were holding hands, that was good.

So she focused on singing her praises to the Lord. The song ended and she saw how quick they withdrew their hands. She sighed to herself and looked straight ahead.

The priest then continued, "Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy..." But it only faded in to Yana's head as she felt her head getting light.

She held on to her Kuya Luis' arm and suddenly... her vision went black and all she could remember before falling into the hole was her mother's worried face.

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"She may have collapsed due to over fatigue..." The doctor told Irene. She was looking at her daughter as the doctor informed her.

She frowned at this, "Over fatigue?" She asked.

The doctor nodded and smiled sadly, "Yes... What is your daughter doing these past few days? She may have been too exhausted and stressed up."

Irene and Greggy looked at each other but said nothing. "She'll be able to wake up sooner or later, ma'am... Things aren't that complicated so she could go home after." The doctor smiled.

"Thank you so much.. uhh..." Irene looked at her tag on her lab coat. "Oh...? You're a pediatric oncologist?" Irene widened her eyes. "But...?" She looked confusingly.

"Ah, yes... I'm an oncologist... The staff is quite busy and Miss Yana's case isn't that much of a trouble to me so I extended help." She smiled.

"I'm Doctora Xabreena Uy." She smiled and held her hand up mid-air. "But Doc Xab is what they call me."

Irene held on to her hand and shook it, "Thank you so much, Doc..." Irene thanked her.