VERONICA (Montero Series # 4)

Chapter 35: Revelation

Chapter Thirty Five

[Elijah's POV]

Elijah,

Even if we're not close thank you for giving me the chance to accept my gifts and letters.

Nag aalala ako sa nararamdaman mo. I heard from Cassy but I hope you're doing well most of the time. Gusto kong malaman mo na lagi kong na appreciate ang pag aalala mo rin sa kalagayan ko but don't worry, I am more than fine. I can handle myself very well kaya hindi mo kailangan mag alala sa sakit ko. Salamat din because you kept it from other people. You know that I am comfortable na walang nakakaalam sa sakit ko kahit hindi ka nagtanong, you didn't share it with other people.

Sana huwag ka ulit magalit kung binibigyan kita nito at ng mga regalo. You are the only person I can trust to share with about me. Even if you will hate me, ikaw lang ang pinagkakatiwalaan ko. Alam kong alam mo ang ibig kong sabihin. I have no one in school except you. I have no sincere friends and I don't trust any of them.

Happy Graduation nga pala!

Sana magustuhan mo itong regalo ko.

Nica

I may have read this letter from her for the 9th time, thinking of the things she said that what she felt for me was purely obsession all this time.

Kaya hindi ko kayang maniwala sa sinasabi niya. My Nica was pure way before kahit hindi iyon ang pinapakita niya sa ibang tao. Hindi ko alam kung anong totoong rason niya kung bakit ginagawa niya ito. She could be tired all this time bearing all the surgeries she had to undergo but I knew her to be so strong. Hindi niya kayang sumuko ng ganito.

I couldn't sleep a wink. I swallowed the lump in my throat while looking at the picture she gave me along with this letter with her pretty cursive hand writing and a personalized pen as her graduation gift.

I traced it with my hand, smiling bittersweetly while blinking my eyes. She was still about to go fifteen in this picture,young, beautiful and innocent without a trace of her illness.

I remember to have taken it and hid it inside my old wallet as a remembrance. Hindi ko na naisip na magkatabi ang picture nila ni Fia and I didn't know all this time that she knew that and was bothered by it all this time.

Hindi ko na iyon natanggal noon dahil inisip ko na hindi pa kami tuluyang naghihiwalay.

If Nica felt that I was the only one she had at school when we were young. All this time, she was the only one I have too,dahil sa lahat ng ginagawa ko sa kanya ako humuhugot ng lakas.

Hindi ko alam kung makakahugot pa ako ng lakas at magkakaroon pa ako ng lakas ngayong nagdesisyon siya sa amin ng ganito.

After comtemplating, kahit gusto kong respetuhin ang desisyon niya hindi ko pa rin kaya. Hindi ko kayang hayaan siya ng ganito. Ayaw kong sukuan niya kami ng ganito.

[Veronica's POV]

I hardly slept matapos kong maalimpungatan, tumayo ako at pasimpleng sinilip ang labas. Nagulat ako nang makita si Elijah. Naroon pa rin siya at naka upo. Gising pa at nakayuko. It seems as if he's holding something that he's reading.

His back was against me pero sigurado akong gising siya.

What time was it? I was sure it was dawn already!