"Yzia are you still there?" a knock from this walk in closet.
My body is shaking, I can't even open my eyes right now.
"Wake Up! Hoy!" bigla akong napadilat ng mata kahit parang ayaw pa mamulat.
Sobrang gutom na ako.
"I forgot to untie you," he said, I can't see him clearly.
"Why aren't you responding?" nakatali mga paa at kamay ko, dalawang araw walang laman tiyan ko.
Sobrang gutom na ako
Sobrang nanginginig katawan ko sa takot
Sana di na ako magising—
"Luckily nagising ka," I saw him standing beside my bed.
Nakatingin lang siya sakin
I bet he's disappointed na nagising pa ako
His eyes telling me how uninterested he was on me.
"3 days kang tulog," saad niya lang din at naupo sa tabi ko.
Di ako umimik, nakatingin lang ako sakanya.
"Magsalita ka," mahinang saad niya.
Nakatingin lang ako sa mga mata niya, I can see it through his eyes that he is not sincere.
"Anak!" I heard a voice coming from the door.
I just show a fake smile.
Pumasok si dad sa hospital room.
"Sabi ng doktor 2 days ka daw walang kain, Ryu and I went from a business trip together bakit pinaparusahan mo naman yung sarili mo nak para hindi kumain," saad ni dad, nagkatinginan kami ni Ryu.
Magsasalita na sana ako ng biglang-
"She just missed me so bad, dad," aniya then kissed my head, tahimik lang akong nakatingin sakanya, he is faking everything.
"The doctor said as long as okay kana or gising kana, pwede kana lumabas ng hospital," wika ni Ryu.
NAKAUWI na kami sa Condo.
"Wag mong uulitin ginawa mo, pag ikaw nahuli ng gf ko, I can make a story that you've been killed by someone," aniya.
Nanginginig buong katawan ko sa pagbabanta niya.
He is what he say
I know him
"Just kill me," namamaos na sagot ko habang nakatingin sakanya.
"I love being with you because I am aiming your dad's company, one thing I don't love is—you," tinulak niya agad ako kaya napaupo ako sa sahig.
"Pupunta si Lily dito, dun ka muna sa lungga mo," saad niya at inayos necktie niya.
"What if, ayoko" wika ko. Napadilat siya ng mata at hinawakan ako sa leeg.
I can see his eyes firing in anger
Hinigpitan niya pa
"Bitawan mo ako!" sigaw ko.
Pinipilit kong kunin kamay niya pero sinasakal niya ako lalo.
"Shut the fck up!" inis na saad niya at dinala niya ako papunta sa walk in closet habang sinasakal.
"Stay there," sabay tulak sakin kaya napaupo ako.
Biglang tumulo mga luha ko.
I was being forced to love this man para sa company namin.
BINABASA MO ANG
Yziah are you still there?
Short StoryIn a tale of twisted love and deception, Yzia finds herself trapped in a nightmarish engagement with Ryu, a man she thought was her knight in shining armor. Tied up and starved for days, she struggles to find her voice amidst the suffocating grip of...