Therrie's Thirty Days of Temperamental Cycle

Chapter 24: Disgust

Putting his pants back on, painting a huge grin on his face couldn't be more of a huge success, and looking at Therrie on the bed somehow satisfied him. Very well.

"See you in the morning," the staff said, winking at her.

It just turned midnight and the fact that Therrie was disgusted about what did that person did to him slowly vanished because this is the day for her to lose to feel disgusted about the act he did. Therrie just pulled the comforter and covered herself, turned her body to face the wall, and stare at it for a few minutes.

Did I really mean it to happen? Do I want him? Somehow I wanted it, he gave it to me, and when I feel disgusted at the end of it, I couldn't feel it anymore... I maybe gave him consent after all.

Therrie's thought has been flying around, trying to criticize her own behavior. She was able to sleep it by three and woke up in the morning feeling unfazed, maybe that's the consequence of losing something she shouldn't have.

The aftermath of the fire yesterday still terrifies everyone that somehow it might happen again. But Therrie wasn't worried that it might happen again, but if the fire weren't able to be put down immediately yesterday, they would have to go move to another facility and it'll be a challenge for all of them as to how they're gonna cope up with these changes.

But good thing for her, that didn't happen.

But one thing she wasn't sure about was the thing that happened yesterday. She could barely remember what happened yesterday, but the thing she felt was something was wrong with her so, at that point, Therrie got up from her bed and find her way to the doctor's room.

Fortunate for her, no one's around checking in the hallway. Agad naman itong kumatok pinto ng office. Expecting Doctor Carmona would greet her, but as soon as the door opened, it was someone she was not familiar with.

Nakangiti naman nitong binati Therrie. "Good morning. What can I do for you? Are you looking for someone else?" sunod-sunod na tanong nito.

The lady in front of her is waiting for an answer. Therrie swallowed saliva down her dry throat. "Ah... where's Doctor Carmona?"

Tumalikod ang babaeng kausap ni Therrie at may tinawag ito sa loob. Saglit lamang ay may lumapit at nakita naman ni Therrie na si Doctor Carmona na iyon.

"This is a surprise visit," pagbati ni Doctor Carmona. Nakangiti pa ito nang kitain ang dalaga.

"Is she the Therrie Tenorio, doc?" the lady asked and the doctor agreed to the question. "Oh, this might be a good thing to have her around. Why doesn't she join us?"

Lumingon silang dalawa sa akin. "Would you like to join us, Therrie?" Doctor Carmona asked.

Therrie gave a nod to both of them. Nang imbitahan papasok sa loob ng office ay doon lang nakita ni Therrie kung anong nangyayari. Who was inside the office are the board of directors. Therrie saw Doctor Rivera who is also present in this kind of meeting. The doctor guided her to where she could comfortably sit while they were all looking at her-basically, examining—judging her with only discriminating looks.

She timidly sat, figuring out what was happening around and the doctor briefly explained to her what was happening. With the incident that happened yesterday, the board of directors agreed to have a meeting to talk and run through the things inside the facility. They were still in the middle of a discussion when Therrie barged in so they let her join them to sit in and continue with the ongoing meeting. It was intimidating at first, but Therrie made herself feel invited.

Nakikinig lang si Therrie. She barely sees these faces around. Ang madalas niya lang namang makita ay ang mga doctor and she doesn't know if these people really cared about the people inside this building or to they just believe what could help them and their reputation, that's all they are worried about. Therrie believed that this facility doesn't really care about its patients.