720 Hours -LOVE ME, Don't!
READ BEFORE YOU JUDGE.
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FOREWORD
Sisa Fuerta
Her name is Sisa. She is seventeen. Way back her elementary days, she is always bullied. Because she is known as the Devil’s daughter. Anak daw siya ng demonyo sabi ng mga kaklase niya kasi wala daw siyang tatay at anak pa daw siya ng isang babaeng bayaran.
Minsan hindi niya na ito pinapansin pero kahit anong gawin at pilit niya palagi pa rin siyang naiiyak. Nasasaktan siya hindi dahil inaasar siya kung hindi ayaw niya na sinasabihan yung mommy niya na isang bayarang babae.
But one day, nagising siya na ang iniisip niya lang ay ang kung paano mapapasaya ang mama niya bago siya mawala. She always makes her mom happy pero pano niya magagawa pang mapangiti ang mama niya kung mawawala na siya?
Marami siyang nakaplano para sa buhay niya. Line – Up or To-Do-List kumbaga. Pero ngayon? Apat na lang ang gusto niyang mangyari sa buhay niya.
ENJOY. She wants to enjoy her last days. LAUGH. She wants to laugh hard as in very hard! Yung tipong mamamaga yung lalamunan niya kakatawa, atleast ‘masaya’ daw siya bago siya mamatay. LEARN. Gusto niya bago siya mamatay may matutunan PA siya, her reason? Para bago siya umakyat sa langit may naiwan siyang lesson para sa iba. LOVE. She wants to fall inlove, but she doesn’t want na yung guy na mamahalin niya….umiyak kapag nagpaalam na siya.
“I thought I'll live forever but as we can see there is no forever to hang on. Because the truth is, we just borrowed our lives from the guy above and he can get it anytime and anywhere he wants.”
Lester Ortega
He is Lester. Eighteen years old. The Bestfriend. Secret Lover. Handa niyang gawin lahat para sa babaeng mahal niya. Torpe na kung torpe! Yan ang motto niya. Pero wala na din namang saysay kung magtatapat daw siya. Kasi magkaroon man sila ng pagsasamahan, hindi naman magtatagal. Mas lalo lang siyang masasaktan.
“I am secretly inlove with you from the very first time but looks like destiny is not agree with our tandem and it never let the word 'us' to happen.”
Jace Buenaventura
He is Jace. The annoying guy, bastard, bullsht. Call him anything you want! Hindi marunong magmahal? Fine! He’ll deal with it. Dumadaan lang ang babae sa buhay niya. Walang nagtatagal! Tsk. Sabi nga sa kanta ni Daniel Na-Nasayo na ang lahat!” Gwapo daw. He has the looks and in a snap he can get what he wants. Pero hindi yun totoo. Because behind the bad attitude of that man lies a sweet-hearted boy finding for her right girl.
“I thought it's not but it is. I thought I'm not but I am. I thought it's the end but it just turned out that it's not. It's not yet.”
*****
As the ambulance stopped, they immediately get the teenage girl out of it. Bunch of nurses transferred her to the other bed. The mother of the girl kept on uttering prayers, praying for her kid to survive. Praying that this time God will hear her prayers.
“M-mama...” the seventeen-year-old girl said while forcing her eyes not to shut down.
Her mom held her right hand. “Sisa look at me. I know you can do this o-okay? Mama will always be here for you.”She tried to control her tears while saying those words. She don't want her daughter see her crying.
They reached the emergency room and her mom is not allowed to go inside. She stopped walking but she didn't leave her daughter's eyes.
Sisa mouthed. “I can do this mama.” She nodded, and in a blink she heard her Sisa crying in pain. She turned her back from the emergency room. She can't see her own daughter calling her own mother to get her out of there. If only she could take away all those pain her daughter is feeling now.
But she can't.
She can't and she will never will.
The mother of the girl sat down in silence. She bowed and kept on whispering prayers. She wanted to be heard this time. She knows that she's not close to God because, since the day that God didn't answer her prayers she didn't believe to him anymore. But then, AGAIN, she chose to come back and believe once more for the sake of her child.
Her child who keeps on fighting for life. Sisa who keeps on making her mommy believe. She was taken aback when she heard the emergency room opened.
She looked at the doctor with hopeful eyes. The doctor smiled bitterly and said....
“Mrs. Fuerta, the operation was successful but then again, I'm telling you. The condition of your girl is getting worst. We're still trying to find for a heart donor.”
“Pero doc sabi niyo ho, nakalista na ang pangalan ng anak ko sa listahan.”
“Like what I said Mrs. Fuerta, we're trying to find for a heart donor. Hindi lang po ang anak niyo ang nangangailangan ng heart transplant.”
“Naiintindihan ko po doc pero diba malapit na yon? Malapit na diba?” She tried not to sound too desperate.
“I am not sure. If we can't have a heart transplant within this week. I suggest you prepare for your daughter's funeral.” The doctor was shocked when the mother in front of him, slapped him hard.
“I'm sorry Mrs. Fuerta but I'm just being honest. Your daughter have a month to live. We might have a heart transplant but we're not sure if she can make it. I have to go.”
She understood every single word, what the doctor blurted.
Her daughter will die.
"My Daughter will die..........
..........................in 720 Hours"
