Enticing the Untamed Jewel

Chapter 24: Hope

When I turned my back from him and started walking away, I already knew that I was lost.

Wala na akong pupuntahan pa. I do not have a home anymore. Kasi wala na sila... wala na siya.

And I'm pregnant, without knowing who's the father of the life I am carrying. Hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko, the anger and confusions were consuming me.

The rain started pouring again, lamig na lamig na ako nang maupo sa gilid ng kalsada. The sky was already dark hudyat na gabi na but I couldn't feel fear anymore. Nanatili akong nakayuko at nakatakip ang mga kamay sa mukha, hearing people's footsteps while they're walking past me.

Pagod na pagod na ako, ubos na ubos na. I wanted to cry but I couldn't cry anymore.

I'm still alive but I already feel dead. Ang paghinga ko nalang ang natitirang palatandaan na buhay pa ako.

I didn't know how and when I fell asleep. Nagising nalang ako dahil sa mahinang pagtapik sa pisngi ko.

"Gigi? Gigi! Gising ka na?" A soft voice asked me.

I slowly opened my eyes and caught a familiar face looking at me.

She's familiar but I don't know her. Sino ba siya?

She heaved a deep sigh when we had eye contact. "Oh my! Gising ka na nga! Salamat sa Diyos!"

Lito akong napatingin sa kanya at sa paligid.

I was in front of the school, iyon ang napagtanto ko. Pero anong ginagawa ko dito?

"Okay ka lang ba? May masakit ba sa iyo?" Sunod-sunod niyang tanong at inalalayan ako nang tinangka kong tumayo.

I was about to answer when I suddenly felt my head spinning kaya muli akong napaupo.

"O-Okay..."

Napapikit ako dahil sa biglaang pagdilim ng paningin ko. After that, I don't know what happened anymore.

The woman panicking while calling my name was the last thing I remembered.

"Oo ma, uuwi po ako ngayon. Oo, kukuha palang po ako ng ticket. Hindi po ako nakakuha kanina dahil may inasikaso pa ako sa school. At may nangyari rin pong hindi inaasahan. Sige po."

I opened my eyes when I heard someone talking. I looked around but all I could see was a white ceiling and white wall. And there's me... lying in the foam placed on the floor, may nakabalot din na puting kumot sa 'kin.

Nasaan ako? Sino ang nagdala sa 'kin dito?

I slowly stood and my stomach immediately growled the moment I moved my body. Napasinghap naman ako nang mapagtantong nakasuot na ako ng puting bestida.

"Gigi?"

Someone peeked on the floor. It's a girl and I realized that she's the one I saw earlier.

"Sino ka?" I asked her without blinking my eyes.

She gave me a friendly smile.

"Ako si Maya. I am a schoolmate of yours. You collapsed earlier. Dadalhin ka sana namin sa ospital but we decided na dito nalang dahil basang-basa ka at kailangan mong magpalit ng damit. But don't worry, a doctor friend of ours came here to check on you..." she kept on talking but I couldn't bring myself to listen to her anymore.

I felt my knees weakening when the thought that I've already lost everything and has nowhere to go anymore visited me again.

"So ayon, you really need rest and you need to eat a lot. Halika, bumili ako ng food, kailangan mo iyon para may lakas ka." She continued. "Sorry pala ha, aalis na kasi ako ngayon pauwi ng probinsya kaya wala ng mga gamit dito. Pero huwag kang mag-alala, you can still stay here kahit na umalis na ako, hanggang next month pa rin kasi ang nabayaran ko." She gave me another smile as he placed a bowl of soup in front of me.