SAUDADE

walo

Third Person

2009

"Ma!" Alfonso yelled as he knocked on the door, Irene and Greggy's gazes went from their eyes to the door.

"Ma! Open the door! Si Yana nawawala!" He banged his fist on the door until Greggy suddenly swung it open

"Anong nawawala? What happened?" Greggy looked at his son whose sweat were now mixed with his tears. "Anong nangyari? Nasaan si Yana?" Irene went out of the room.

Alfonso just grunted and ran downstairs as Luis screamed, "Kuya! Kuya, dali! Ma! Pa! Tulong! Si Yana!" Greggy and Irene then followed him, "Where's Yana? Anong nang-" She then gasped at the sight.

Luis carrying their baby girl on his arms, blood all over. "Greggy! Ang sasakyan! Dali!" She screamed and heavily breathed as she saw her daughter covered with blood.

"Anong nangyari... What... Why..." Irene cried. "Dali na!" Greggy ran towards the car, turned the engine on, and as they settled in the car, he drove through.

"Dalian mo..." Irene sobbed, "I can't hear nor feel her breathe, Ma... Anong gagawin ko..." Luis looked at his mother, eyes filled with fear.

"No... Yana will be alright... Diba, Ma?" Alfonso retorted and Irene nodded, "Yes... She will... She will..." She repeated, trying to believe that she is.

They rushed to the emergency room, Luis and Alfonso's clothes were covered in blood and a doctor was talking to them, asking them what happened.

"I was just going to get water then I noticed that Yana's room was opened, so I looked to see who went in but to my surprise she wasn't there..." Luis sniffed.

"So I woke up Kuya and told him that Yana was missing. So we went downstairs and saw that the main door was open to... So sinabihan ko si Kuya na tawagin sila mama.. But when I went out, I saw Yana crying while running so I called her..." He paused to breathe.

Clearly traumatized on what happened, "I saw her turn around, lose her balance, hit her head hard on the pole, and her body began to roll on the pavement..." He looked down.

Irene sobbed on Greggy's arms as he held her close to him. Alfonso was just staring at the full glass window where Yana was taken to.

"What happened next?" The doctor asked Luis. "I ran to her... And the last thing she said was only Kuya... Pagkatapos nun nawalan na siya ng malay..." He explained.

"You said she rolled on the pavement? Do you live somewhere uphill?" The doctor asked again as he took on the notes.

Luis nodded and the doctor nodded back, "Thank you for cooperating..." The doctor was about to go but Alfy spoke.

"Doc... She'll... She'll live, right?" His gaze turned from the glass window to the doctor.

"We'll try our best..." He bowed down slightly and left the family to inform the nurses and doctors inside the emergency cubicle.

The family waited outside. Irene had already informed Imee and Bongbong about what happened. Luis and Alfonso had now changed into cleaner clothes lent by the hospital.

They stayed there, without any news and updates for 4 hours. They didn't even know how severe the hit was. All they know was they were going to stabilize Yana first.

"She was asleep when we went out of her room..." Alfonso muttered. "We made sure she was asleep..." Luis added as they stared down on the floor.

Irene pulled her sons towards her and kissed both of them on the top of their head. "Don't blame yourselves... Wala kayong ginawa..." She stroked their backs.