Relentlessly Yours [Completed]

Chapter 30

Kai, Age Twenty Seven
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"She has retrograde amnesia."

No words could have shaken me to my core more than what came out of Nate's mouth. Natulos ako sa kinatatayuan ko habang kumakabog ang dibdib na nakatingin sa kanya. Nasa labas kami ngayon ng apartment building niya dahil sinundan ko sila. There was no way I was going to let her out of my sight again.

"She doesn't remember who she is. She didn't even remember us," Nate exhaled, exhaustion and anger evident in his eyes. "She... got into an accident, Kai."

I struggled to unglue my tongue from the roof of my mouth. I felt cold. Colder than how I felt the past seven months she was gone.

"Accident?" I croaked. I don't recognize the sound of my voice.

He sighed sharply, glancing at the door of his apartment where Calliope had disappeared, basically running away from me. Somehow, she knew to hide from me even when she didn't remember me. Fuck.

"We were..." he paused as if struggling to say the next words, "we were told that she was pregnant."

Napaatras ako ng wala sa loob. The impact of his revelation was so strong I had to steel my spine to keep myself from going down on my knees. My body starts to shake uncontrollably.

"W-What the fuck?"

I felt as though my world collapsed before my eyes as I let his words sink in.

My Calliope must have been so scared. God, she must have been so fucking scared and I was not there. Fucking hell...

"She's better off without you, Malachi," agaw ng boses niya sa pag-iisip ko. "You already witnessed how she reacted when she saw you. She was uncomfortable..." he let out a frustrated sigh and shook his head. "I don't know how you manage to break her the way you did but you should stay the fuck away from my sister. We only respected her wishes when she insisted she wanted to be with you but now... leave her the fuck alone."

How he's not beating the shit out of me right now, I don't know. Kung ako sa kanya ay baka hindi na ako makatayo sa bugbog ngayon. Goddamnit all to hell.

Naninikip ang lalamunan na sinubukan kong lumunok. My head spun and my heart was trying to beat out of my chest but I willed myself to stay strong.

He's right. I hate that he was right.

"How long ago was this?" my voice came out as a haunted whisper.

"Four months ago."

I've been looking for her in the wrong places. No wonder every lead was a dead end. No wonder...

I clenched my jaw as a thought passed my mind. "Did Calum know?"

He regarded me for a moment and then nodded. "Of course. He's her twin."

I choked and tried to swallow down the feeling of betrayal that seeped into my bones. Alam kong irrational ang nararamdaman ko. Of course, Calum would protect her from me. Tanggap ko na na kung papipiliin man siya ay hindi siya mag-aatubiling piliin ang kambal niya. Hindi ko siya masisisi dahil ganun din ako. I would choose Calliope over anyone even my own family in a heartbeat.

In fact, I am about to choose her over myself, again.

I didn't want to let her go. I didn't want to let her out of my sight again. But it seems fate is fucking with my life once again, forcing me out of her life.

Kaya pala. The animosity I felt from Cal the past four months now made sense. At may karapatan siya na magalit sa akin. I'm surprised he didn't try to kill me. I would kill myself.