Circle of Life

24.

CONTINUATION...

Alfonso on the other hand was outside the hospital specifically staying at the garden as he couldn't stand the atmosphere that was happening awhile ago. As he was deeply wounded as of now and seeing his dad, mom and his little sister like that make him just too soft.

On the counterpart zoey's foot leads her to the garden also, there her body just falls down because of its weakness already. She cried like a baby as she thought there was no person around not knowing that on the other side alfonso was peacefully and quietly sitting there.

"It hurts so bad, if this is just a dream please wake up me.", She uttered which caught alfonso's attention. The voice is familiar he thought, he stood up and followed the sound. There she saw zoey crying endlessy and hurting itself already by punching its chest, "zoey, stop". He said and went to zoey as he hug her.

"Let go! Let me go!", Zoey uttered and tried to push alfonso away but alfonso as man tightened his hug more. "Ano ba! I said let me go!", she still said trying to push Alfonso with all her might.

"Please calm down muna", Alfonso told her in a soft manner.

"Let me go please", pakiusap Niya ulit at tumigil na kakatulak Kay Alfonso.

"Let kuya hug you for a while please, shush. I understand what you feel zoey, release it all out", zoey didn't fight back already as she was too weak to argue nor move already. It took almost 15-minutes before finally Zoey stopped crying. They took a seat at the bench.

"Thank you but I need to g---", zoey was about to say her goodbye when alfonso didn't let her finish.

"Can we talk for a while, I promise after this you could go already.", Alfonso asked which zoey just nodded.

"About what you heard, I know it is a shock to you. But believe me or not ngayon lang din namin nalaman, we just learned the truth three days ago. Gaya mo tinago din saamin ni mama, I know what you feel. Naiintindihan kita alam kung magulo pa ang isip", Alfonso tried to explain

"Kuya I don't need to hear that one for now, its too much to bear. I can't handle it anymore, why? Why now? Masaya na ako kuya, I have mom and dad."

"Hindi ko naiintindihan kuya, please if its just a dream gisingin niyo na ako."

"Zoey gustuhin ko man o hindi pero ito ang totoo, masakit na katotohonan. I know this is shattering you inside already pero sana maintindihan mo, kahit hindi na muna kami. Think of your mommy zoey, she needs you now.", Alfonso explained.

"Alam ko kuya pero ang sakit, all these years tinago nila ni dad saakin. They could just have told me sooner nor kahit sana hindi nalang nila pinagtapat", Zoey stated directly that shock Alfonso.

"Don't you think it would be unfair naman kay mama?", Alfonso asked as he didn't mean to hurt zoey with that kind of question.

"Choice niya yun kuya", she stated straightforward.

"But still we are still your family zoey.", Alfonso fought with the statement

"Pare pareho lang tayong hindi ginusto ang nangyayare ngayon but we had to admit and accept the reality.", he added.

"Sana kuya ganon kadali na tanggapin lahat ng mga bagay na narinig ko ngayon, peru hindi e. Masakit siya, I feel betrayed. Kaya ba ganon nalang niyo kagusto na mapalapit ako sainyo? So that kahit papaano it would lessen the guilt na meron? Ang unfair naman."

"Alam ko zoey as you, I do feel betrayed kami nila papa. Kase all these years may kapatid pala kami and that we don't even know, ilang years bago namin nalaman and now these things are happening", alfonso vented out.