War Upon the Sunrise | HS Side Story

Chapter Forty-Seven

Healing takes time. It is a matter of acceptance, forgiveness, and taking another step ahead. It is to love, to learn, and to let go of what needs to let go.

It mends the tears and touches the heart. It calms the doubts and the fears and it whispers peace on the troubled mind. It clears the darkest thoughts and lightens the heavy heart. It caress the hatred away, fixes the broken soul, and finds what has been lost.

Healing is about making a choice, to step forward or step backward, to dwell on the pain of the past or to leave the pain from behind.

Just like how the leaves during autumn let go of the branches, old wounds release their grip. And that is healing.

Breathing hard, running around the hospital, not knowing where to go and whom to ask, I looked around almost all people that walks in and out of the hospital.  I could feel my heart hammering as my thoughts gone dark. I could feel the anxiety creeping in me.

I looked around to look for my Mom and my Dad. I looked at every person to see if there are some familiar faces to ask to.

"Lucy?"

My ears rang as I heard my Mom's voice. My eyes widened when I saw her just coming out from a door, wearing a black pants and a white long sleeve.

"Mom!" I immediately ran towards her.

She opened her arms and I quickly wrapped my arms around her in a tight embrace. A hug I did not know I would miss after three years.

"Aw! I miss you!" I whispered.

I felt her caress my back and tightened her hug. "Aw, I miss you too, honey. God, it took us three years to hug again like this."

I chuckled. Somehow the anxiety I felt awhile ago disappeared when I got to feel her embrace. I feel like not letting go of her anymore.

"Three years was too much pala, Mom. Sobrang na-miss kita," I said with a smile on my face.

She chuckled and tapped my back. "And your Dad missed you so much too. He had been waiting for you."

We let go of the embrace. I looked at her. "Where's he? Is he okay po ba? Anong nangyari po ba, Mom? Why did he crashed his car on an electric post?"

My Mom called me two days ago that my Dad had an accident. It was a car accident. He was driving alone from a business meeting and was going home when he crashed his car.

"The police said that he lost his brakes, that was the first thing they checked after the accident. But yesterday, the police said that the brakes were purposely damaged," she said.

"What? And who would do that? Bakit naman nila gagawin iyon? Did the police made an investigation about it na ba?" I asked.

She sighed. She held my back and lead me to take a seat at the long chair beside the hallway. We took a seat quickly.

"Yes," she nodded. "I made sure that the police would investigate it. So, the police told me that they will definitely give an update about it," she said. "Why don't you take a rest muna? I'm sure you still have jetlag."

I sighed. I pursed my lips. "I'm fine, Mom. I just want to see Dad."

Mom caressed my hand. "I'm sorry you have to come back here in the Philippines, honey. Napauwi ka pa ng wala sa oras."

I smiled at her. I caressed her hand back. "It's fine, Mom. Feeling ko God has a reason kaya nangyari ito. Maybe this is really the right time to come home. Kasi last week, I thought of coming back here, then this happened."

"Really? You really thought of coming home?" she asked looking so happy.

I smiled and nodded. "Yeah. Na-miss ko na rin ang Pilipinas kasi. And three years is enough naman siguro. I feel better now, so I guess that was really enough."