Imogen
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"IMOGEN! GET DOWN!" I heard Keenan screamed. Napahiwalay ako sakaniya dahil sa dagsa ng mga nagtatakbuhang mga tao. Everything is so chaotic and I don't know how to react. The place is later filled with gun firings. I looked down on my father, laying motionless to the ground, with blood coming out from his forehead.
Hindi ako makagalaw sa kinatatayuan ko. I don't know what to do.
"IMOGEN!!!" I heard Keenan screamed once more. I was frozen in place when I felt a stinging pain spreading through my chest and I later realized that I am bleeding too.
Napamulat ako ng mata at naghahabol ng hininga. I still feel a slight pain in my chest. The last thing I remember was Keenan, talking to me but I can't seem to understand what he was saying.
Sinubukan kong gumalaw, pero parang hinang hina ako. My throat also feels dry. Dagdag pa ang mga aparato na nakakabit sa akin. This brings me back to the day I woke up from the accident that happened 3 years ago. Which made me panic a bit.
"Imogen?" the face of Keenan appeared in front of me. He looks... tired. The bags under his eyes were darker, and he looks like he haven't shaved his face for a week or so.
He pressed a button located on the wall. "Call a doctor. She's awake!" I tried moving my hands to ask him if where are we. He just held my hand tightly na para bang mawawala ako.
A man wearing a white coat has entered the room. He also has some nurses with him. They assessed everything in me, from head to toe before they started to lessen the apparatus that are connected to me.
"Oh my god, Imo! You're awake!" bungad ni Lana pagpasok na pagpasok niya ng pinto. She's followed by Seige and Hunter. "Thank goodness, you're awake!" maluha luha pa niyang sabi sakin at saka yumakap ng mahigpit.
"Careful." saway sakaniya ni Keenan. Kaagad naman siyang tumigil at nag-sorry.
"What happened?" pagtatanong ko kay Keenan. I was using sign language so it's only him who understood to what I have asked. He hesitated for a while before he answered.
"You were shot." I was shot. That night. Everything that happened in the auction was real. Everything... "You lost so much blood, so you have to be in the ICU for a week." he added.
"How about my father? How is he? Is he okay? Is he in the same hospital?" sunod-sunod kong tanong sakaniya.
"He's gone." he answered. Lana, Seige, and Hunter heard it. Nagpaalam muna sila na lalabas sandali.
"What do you mean?" I can't seem to get a hold of what he just said. Anong sinasabi niya? Anong ibig sabihin non? What does "he's gone" mean? I can't understand.
"It's too late when they bring him to the hospital, Imogen. He's dead." Keenan said it with no hesitation.
He's gone. Papa's dead.
I know what Keenan mean when he said that he's gone. I just refused to accept it. Hindi iyon totoo di'ba? Baka binabangungot lang ako...
"You're lying..."
"I cannot lie, Imogen." he answered.
I saw him being shot in the head. I saw it with my own eyes...
"Please get out." I asked Keenan to leave. But he didn't move a bit.
"Imogen..."
"Please leave me alone. Please..." Keenan tried to touch me but I slapped his hand to stop him from touching me.
"I want to be alone. Just please leave." Keenan breathed deeply and walk towards the door.
"If you need anything, just call us. We will be outside." he said before leaving. I felt guilty for making him leave, but I can't help myself from doing it. I just want to be alone at this moment.
I know that I don't have the best relationship with my father. We have been so distant with each other. At first, I thought he couldn't love me because I was the reason why my mother died. He would always push me away that often resulted in hurting me. But after knowing the reason behind it, I understand that he has his own way to protect me. Things just started to get better. I looked forward on spending more time with him, and show him that I am thankful for him raising me even in the absence of my mother in his own way. And now, he's gone. It's not going to happen.
Hindi ko na napigilang umiyak. Bukod sa lungkot na nararqamdaman ko ay meron din kasamang panghihinyang. I didn't get to have the chance to tell him that I love him and I am thankful for everything.
Few days after I woke up. I am discharged from the hospital. Pinayagan na ako ng doktor na magpagaling nalang sa bahay. Nagbigay siya ng mga gamot na kailangang inumin sa loob ng isang buwan, at nagbilin din tungkol sa follow-up check up pagkatapos nito.
Nagkukulong lang ako sa kwarto buong araw. Wala kong ibang magawa kundi umiyak at makatulog dahil sa pagod dahil don. Kapag may gustong kumausap sakin ay kaagad akong umiiwas. Hindi rin nagtatagal ay hinahayaan na nila akong magpahinga. Keenan also tried talking to me, but I always ask him to leave kagaya ng ginagawa ko kay Lana at sa iba pa. He never tried to talk to me again eversince. I hope that he doesn't think that I am blaming him for what happened.
Nag-guilty din naman ako tuwing ginagawa ko iyon. I know that they just want to make sure that I was okay. Pero sa tingin ko ay kailangan ko muna ng oras para maging mapag-isa. Hindi rin ako bumababa sa dining hall para sumabay sakanilang kumain. Hindi din naman nila ako pinipilit na sumabay. Nagiiwan nalang sila ng pagkain sa labas ng kwarto ko, na madalas ko namang hindi ginagalaw.
Pinipilit kong itulog nalang ang nararamdaman kong lungkot. Pero sa tuwing ipipikit ko ang mga mata ko, bumabalik sakin ang mga nangyari nung gabing iyon.
"IMOGEN! GET DOWN!" I heard Keenan screamed. Napahiwalay ako sakaniya dahil sa dagsa ng mga nagtatakbuhang mga tao. Everything is so chaotic and I don't know how to react. The place is later filled with gun firings. I looked down on my father, laying motionless to the ground, with blood coming out from his forehead.
The image of my father, laying lifeless on the ground hunts me. Pati pagtulog ay hindi ko na magawa.
I woke up crying, I can't even breathe properly. I forced to get up from the bed and walk out from my room. I tried so hard to walk straight, but my legs keeps on betraying me. I stumbled many times bago ako umabot sa tapat ng pinto ni Keenan. Ilang hakbang nalang ang layo ko, at tuluyan nanaman akong tumumba. Tumama ang kanang parte ng katawan ko sa pinto ng kwarto ni Keenan na nagdulot ng malakas na tunog. Umupo ako ng maayos para sana kumatok pero kaagad nang nagbukas ang pinto.
"Imogen?" Iniluwa ng pinto si Keenan na nakasuot lang ng color gray na sweatpants. He's not wearing any top at all. Medyo magulo ang buhok nito at namumungay pa ang mga mata. Halatang kakagaling lang sa tulog. "Are you okay? Why are you sitting on the floor?" he looks worried while asking me those questions.
"I... I can't sleep." pag-iyak ko. Naghahabol pa ako ng hininga habang sinasabi ko iyon.
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