Flash Fictions

#3

#3:

“Mark, si Lianne!” sabay hagulgol ni Fatima habang kausap ko sa telepono. Kinabahan ako kaagad. Base sa kanyang tono, there might be something wrong.

“Bakit? Anong nangyari?”

“Wala na siya, Mark. She can’t take it anymore. Her body was found hanging inside her room. Ang bestfriend ko, wala na.”

    I got frozen in my spot. I rushed immediately to Lianne’s apartment. There, I saw some men carrying the dead body of our friend and put it inside the ambulance. Fatima was sobbing together with our other friends. My whole body shook even more upon hearing the investigation of a police who’s talking to Lianne’s Uncle. She committed suicide after they’ve read her diary saying she wanted it all gone and it was added by her depression after she went viral.

   I knew, my apology was not enough. And I knew if I did not continue asking her that question and upload it to social media, she wouldn’t be like this. There were so many goals she had been set so she could achieve it in her life but for that fucking single video, I ruined her.

   I thought it was okay from the start. With tears brimming in my eyes, I silently uttered my sorry’s to Lianne, my sweet cousin. #