Essence of Yours

Chapter:2

 Stranger POV

I was going to the flower shop nearby, kakagaling ko lang din naman sa job interview kaya naka amerikana ako na galing ukay, and as usual madaming tao sa lugar halatang maraming tao ang pupunta sa simenteryo ngayong katapusan nang october, while i was looking for some flowers my eyes caught on someone, she's like flowers with her beautiful smile.

Yes yes I know ngayon ko lang Siya nakita pero hindi ko maalis ang tingin ko sakanya tipong ang mga ngiti niya ay isang rare and valuable flower sa sobrang ganda, while i was looking at her i saw something around her neck, it was a necklace na pamilyar saakin tipong nakita kona to dati.

Shoot she caught me staring at her, agad-agad akong umiwas nang tingin my gosh para akong manyak na nakatingin sakanya, sana hindi niya maisip na weird ako or kung ano man ang maisip niya,

agad-agad akong pumunta sa cashier para mag bayad na at nilabas ko ang dalawang libo kong pera at kasabay nun ang isang babaeng kanina ko lamang nakita ay nag abot din ng pera at nag katinginan kami sa mata at agad din siyang umiwas nang tingin,

Nagtagal siyang nakatayo binibilang kasi ang puro barya niyang pera, at siya naman ay nakayuko lamang may pinag mamasdan ata, at nagulat na lamang ako nung sumigaw ang cashier na okay na ang mga pinamili niya, at agad din namang siyang lumabas  sa shop, She's beautiful indeed, sambit ko sa sarili ko, uyy na love at first sight ata ako sakanya lalo sa mga matamis niyang ngiti.

I was inside of my old fashioned car, a second hand car na marami nang sira pero kakayanin pa naman, while i was driving my car someone called me it was my mother and I immediately pressed the green button to answer her call,

"Yes ma?"

"Nasa puntod kana ba nang
  papa mo?"

"Wala pa ma I'm on the way palang medyo traffic kasi rito sa Edsa"

"Yes I understand ingat ka"

"Yes ma will do, kayo rin po
Magpagaling po kayo, I'll visit after"

"Yes my Baby boy, and my
  Diligent bakers man love u"

"Ma! Bat baby boy AHHA yes love U too!"

After that conversation with my mom i felt some kind of happiness kasi ganon ka sweet ni mama, hindi ko nga siya makakasama ngayon para dalawin si papa that passed away 5 years ago from a car accident while mom got a cancer last year and she's currently at the hospital right now having her treatments,
Malala narin kasi ang lagay niya kaya need niyang mag stay at the hospital.

Hindi sakto ang mga sweldo ko sa isang bakery and coffee na pinag tratabahuan ko medyo mahal din kasi ang treatment at gamot ni mama, kaya i was applying for a job in a company i know i know hindi ako graduated sa college because i stop due to my responsibility as a son pero pray lang sana matanggap.

Wooo finally after decades nakarating narin, so I immediately look for my father's grave medyo malayo at nakakaligaw hanapin kasi madami naring mga puntod, hingal at init na init ang naramdaman ko pag katapos kong libutin ang buong simenteryo, umupo ako sa lapag katapat nang puntod nang papa ko,

"Jerome Estrano" I said while looking at my father's name in the grave stone, "hi dad it's me your anak sorry if once a year lang ako nakakadalaw, you know naman that I was taking care of mom" I said that with a sorrowful feeling,

"It's been 5 years since you left us but the pain is still here" I said those words while crying, dad died because he is protecting me from that night five years ago. I was there and i witnessed the blood flowing on my dad's forehead and his unconscious body i didn't mind my fragile body at that time i'm just focusing on how to save my father, and i just also lost consciousness at the moment.

And felt someone carrying for me that time and that time i know that we are already safe, but my expectations turn into sorrow, i saw some rescuers carrying a black bag so i immediately ran  to that black bag hoping na hindi si dad ang nasa loob, and i saw a pale body of a bloody young woman inside that bag wearing a rose pendant necklace.

After kung makita ang bagay na yun bigla akong tumayo para hanapin ang tatay ko but before i stepped on my foot i already felt a heavy feeling causing me to fall and lose consciousness. I woke up in the hospital full of cries of my mom and the news about my father that is still fresh on my mind.

(Present time)

"Sorry dad it's my fault kung bakit ka nawala, I'm sorry" lagi Kong sinisisi ang sarili ko about sa pagkamatay ni dad. After that I stand up and am ready to leave the cemetery with swollen eyes due to my cry.

I was walking patungo sa sasakyan ko and my cellphone rings and i immediately answered it without knowing who it was "I'm really sorry Mr. Estrano but your mother didn't make it"
After hearing that i immediately run towards my car and drive patungo sa hospital ni mama while having a blurry eye sight due to my tears.

At malas biglang tumigil ang sasakyan ko kaya wala akong magagawa kundi tumakbo nang tumakbo sa kalye, i was running and running until my legs gave up and i have no choice but to walk with a blank mind wala nakong pake alam kung masagasaan ako o ano man tanging naririnig kona lamang ay mga ingay nang sasakyan pero someone push me aside the road at nasaksihan ko ang pamilyar na rose pendant necklace na nasa kamay ko galing ito sa taong tumulak sakin,

Ang ingay at puro sigawan ang naririnig, hindi ko alam kung anong nangyayari kaya agad-agad din akong nakain nang kuryusidad. At nagmadaling pumunta sa  mga taong nag kakagulo at nagkukumpulan. Laking gulat nang aking mga mata, ang babaeng duguan at nakahandusay, siya ang babaeng nakita ko kanina and something caught my eyes hawak niya ang bracelet ko but i do not have a courage to get that from her sobrang natatakot ako,

The woman looked in my direction at diko alam kung anong gagawin naka tunganga lamang ako, at hindi maka galaw this scene triggered my past, "Essence wake up, don't leave mama and papa alone"

Someone shouted those words i guess that her parents, i wanted to know her i wanted to thank her and apologize to her I hope I'm not late to say those words.

"Essence, her name, a beautiful name"