Till My Heartaches End || COMPLETED ||

CHAPTER 5

Val's POV (12 YEARS AGO)

TRIGGER WARNING! ⚠️
THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS AB*SIVE ACTIONS AND S*ICID*L
THOUGHTS. PLEASE PROCEED WITH THE CAUTION

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I was seven when my mom died.

I was happy playing alone in the yard when I hear screams coming inside our room.

Dali dali akong umakyat at nag tungo sa kwarto. Bumungad sakin ang mom ko na naka bitin sa may ding ding may tali sa leeg.

Ang boses na narinig kong sumigaw kanina ay boses ng yaya namin.

"Mom! Mom! No!!!" paulit uliy kong pag iyak.

"V-val!" sigaw ng yaya sakin sabay takip sa mata ko at niyakap ako.

I fucking saw my mom hanging inside our room... Wala ng buhay.

Sumunod na nangyari ay ang pag uwi ng dad ko.

Nakita kong unti unting tumulo ang luha niya. Pero hindi yun sapat na dahilan para maniwala akong malungkot din siyang namatay mama ko.

Nag si datingan mga pulis to investigate if it was s*icid*l attempt. After nilang mag investigate ay clinaim nila na suicide nga ito.

I never believed them. Kasi alam kong my mom is secretly crying because of my dad. He used to hurt her. And I know my dad is cheating.

Either kinitil nga niya ang sarili niyang buhay o pinatay siya. As my 7 year old me wala ako nagawa kundi paniwalaan ang sinabi nila.

Since then I was controlled by my Dad. Napapa dalas na pag punta ng kabit niya sa bahay namin. We had an agreement na di sila pwede tumira dito.

Siguro seeing him happy knowing my mom died here in our house? It makes me want to punch him.

“Val where are you going?” my dad asked.

“dun lang” I replied shortly.

“Can you please show respect. Andito sila tita Maurine mo.” he glared at me.

“Tsk. Respect is not given to all, respect is only given to the persons who deserve it.” sarkastiko kong sagot

“Shut up and get back here!” he shouted.

“Bakit dad?! Did you show respect to mom nung buhay pa siya?” I shouted in anger.

“Hindi mo nga siya trinato ng maayos!” pag dagdag ko.

“Who are you to say that to me!” sigaw niya sabay suntok sakin.

“Oh come on dad. I know you've been cheating on mom since then. Violence? What's new?” sambit ko habang naka ngisi saka umalis.

“Val! Val! Get back here!” He shouted.

The 7 year old me left our house without slippers on. It was raining a lot but I didn't even care.

“Mom. I miss you. Mag isa nako why?” pag iyak ko habang pinupunasan ang puntod niya.

“Mom.”

“Is that your mom?” isang boses ang nag patigil sakin.

Napa lingon ako at nakita ang dalawang bata. Ang isa ay naka salamin naka shorts at naka black na t-shirt ang isa naman ay naka shorts din pero white ang kanyang t-shirt.