If Yesterday Could Disappear

Chapter 35

Day 424 of healing for my man;

Paris is known to be the city of Love. And as a child I was In love with this city.

Ang sabi ko nga sa daddy ko noon, dito kami maninirahan kapag nanalo ako sa debate competition sa School namin. So, I tried my best and studied hard.

I won, but he was gone.

So it was point less, but It's different now.

I joined a community that deals with people like me, troubled by their own minds and consulted a psychiatrist. And I've been better than before.

It was one heck of a ride, but life is slowly getting better.

Hani and I opened a company here at paris and now she's out to manage our joined company. I've been out of the media since I left Phillippines so Hani took all the credit for our company and had me as the anonymous owner.

I have no connection to anyone from home, except for Lancer who keeps me updated with his life.

I just left for a year and now he'll be a father. That dumbass didn't even bother to tell me the Mother of his kids because he wants it to be a surprise. More like an excuse for me to go back home.

Speaking of Home,

I Miss my home.

I smiled bitterly before standing up on the couch to grab a book on the shelf. My psychiatrist suggested that I should read a lot of books in order to understand myself more and other people that deals and has the same situation as mine before.

So I bought every book I find interesting and read them.

I chuckled. Ironic Isn't it? How I wasn't fond of reading back the, but now it's all that I'm doing.

Hinila ko ang librong bagong bili ni Hani at nabigla nang sumabay ang isang kulay puting libro na may kakaibang tekstura at nahulog sa sahig.

My attention diverted to the book on the floor and frowned.

A Liar's Book.

Interesting.

Pinulot ko ito at kaagad na sinimulang basahin ang mga naunang pahina para maliwanagan. It's weird and thrilling, but what does a book like this doing at my shelves? Is it one of the books my psychiatrist gave me? I ignored my own thoughts and read the book.

But as I flip through each page of the book, a white paper fell out.

What the actual fuck is going on right now?

Muli ko itong pinulot at natigilan nang makita ang larawan na linalaman nito. My whole body froze. And everything suddenly starts to struck me like lightning. It's unbelievable,

Pinagmasdan ko ng maayos ang nakangiting larawan ng aking Ina at kaagad na kinilabutan sa kaniyang titig. She's wearing her usual robe, And she wasn't alone at all.

She's with Lucas.

And it looks like they are talking. She's talking.

What the fuck is this?!

Confusion ruled me and so does rage.

The photo looks like it came from a CCTV footage and it made me more confused. Bakit sila magkausap? At kailan pa nakakagalaw at nakakapagsalita si mama?

There's millions of questions in my mind and my curiosity is killing me. What does this mean?

Bago pa lumalim ang aking iniisip ay biglang bumukas ang pintuan sa aking kaliwa at doon pumasok si Hani. She frowned when she saw me looking bothered by the photo in my hand and approached me with worry in her eyes.

"What's wrong? May nangyari ba?" Malambing na tanong nito,

I looked into her eyes and showed her the photo in my hand. And I noticed how quickly her expression changed from being confused to shocked.

"Tangina ano yan?! Bakit sila magkasama?! At saan nanggaling yan?!" Sunod-sunod na tanong nito tsaka hinablot sa kamay ko ang larawan.

I sighed in frustration and looked away from her. Wala nga akong kaalam-alam tungkol diyan, I didn't even knew she could talk already.

"Kasama pa niya ang stalker mo!" She freaked out.

"Baka mamaya inu-uto na niya ang mama mo Celine! How did they even met? Akala ko ba hindi nagsasalita ang mommy mo?"

My stalker...

"SHE PROMISED!!"

The fresh memory of that night when he barged in my apartment came to me and I gasped upon realization. I'm just being paranoid right? 

Tiningnan ko ang librong hawak hawak ko at marahas itong pinampag. I tried to look for other papers on the book and when more papers fell out of it, my heart stopped beating.

A liars book..

Nagkatinginan kami ni Hani bago isa-isang pinulot ang mga ito at tiningnan.

They are all different images but they have the same subject. My Mother.

Now that I realized it, there's alot of things that I noticed whenever I visited her. She doesn't look like she's out of her mind at all, she looks healthy and well taken care off. Hindi ko pinansin dahil mas maayos sa aking hindi napapabayaan ang kalusugan niya.

But unlike other patients, her lips are pink...

And the rumors on the hospital counts too.

What is happening?

Does this mean she's okay?

No.

It means she plotted all of this.

She's not crazy.

But she pretended to be crazy.

You are really a clever women, Mother.

"Book a flight to the Phillippines now,"