Last Clear Shot

Chapter 1

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Disclaimer din: Wala akong masyadong alam sa medical terms kaya feel free to correct me should you find flaws in my writings. Ayoko din nagtatatanong sa kakilala kong nurse kase umaabuso kaya kayo na lang! Lol! Enough said.

"Attention all passengers, attention all passengers. We are approximately half an hour before touching down NAIA terminal 3...." hindi na naunawaan ni Diane ang iba pang sinabi ng flight attendant. Halo halong emosyon na kase ang bumalot sa sistema. It's been more than 6 years...6 fuckin' years of being away from home at hindi nya alam kung anong mararamdaman nya ngayong malapit na syang umapak ulit dito sa lupang sinilangan.

Medyo nostalgic syang ewan. Hindi rin sya makapaniwala sa sarili na natiis nya ang lagpas anim na taon na nasa malayo at namuhay sa desyerto? Lagpas anim na taon sya Sa Riyadh? Akalain mo nga naman. Sa lagpas anim na taon na yun naka tatlong hospitals din syang pinagtrabahuhan as nurse. Not bad. It had been a lot hell of an experience.

In-assess nya ang sarili. Excited sya dahil makakasama na nya ang papa at mama nya at syempre ang Kuya nya na magdadalawa na daw ang anak ngayon sa asawa nito na nurse din. Ni hindi pa nga nya nakita sa personal ang panganay nito. Sa picture nya lang nakita. Babyahe pa pala sya ng more than an hour bago nya makita ang pamilya nya. Nasa Pampanga kase talaga ang bahay nila. Nag-resign na ang Mama nya sa TV network na pinagta trabahuhan nito sa Manila kaya bumalik na ang pamilya nila sa Pampanga na sya naman talagang probinsya ng mga magulang nya.

Ano pa ba ang nararamdaman nya? Kaba?

Napapikit sya at inalala nya ang dahilan pag alis nya. Bigla nya ring binuksan ang mga mata nya. Ayaw nya palang alalahanin. Tapos na yun ayaw na nyang balikan. She likes to believe na she has been long over it.

Naaalala nya kung bakit bumalik sya. Napapikit ulit sya. Napangiti sya ng maalala nya ang taong isa sa malalaking rason kung bakit umuwi sya. Not that she misses him so badly. She just want to prove him wrong. Naalala nya ang email ni Dr. Richard Rodriguez. Napailing na lang sya at muling binuksan ang mga mata. Pagkatapos ay binuksan nya ang yahoo mail nya at hinanap ang naging palitan nila ng email ni Richard isang buwan na ang nakakaraan.

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My Love,

I know you're still using this email address so I'm sure as hell that you'll be able to read this letter.

Come home Love, I'm still so inlove with you. It didn't change a bit...never will. I know I have committed wrong when I cheated on you but believe me, that was the most stupid thing that I've ever did in my entire life and I am deeply and constantly blaming myself for doing that to you. When you left, my sun literally set. I was and is constantly living in the dark and I know, it would only rise again when you get back. Come home my sweet, please. I'm begging you. Let's start all over again. Let's give our love a second chance.

I know you still love me, otherwise, you won't exile yourself in a very distant area, far away from your family for a very long period of time. Alam ko hanggang ngayon ay apektado ka pa rin sa paghihiwalay natin. Ako man ay ganun din, maniwala ka.

Love, I am self-assured now more than before. Ikaw ang gusto kong makasama habang buhay. I want you to be the mother of my kids. Let's settle down. We are not getting any younger. Handa na akong magpamilya dahil established na rin naman ako. I am working now at my uncle's hospital here in Manila. Ever heard of JJG General Hospital? Well, I'm sure nabalitaan mo na yan? It's now getting its name huge in the medical industry. Maraming sikat at magagaling na Doctors na nga ang nagtatrabaho dito and fortunately, pinagkatiwalaan ako ng tito at tita ko na e co-manage ito alongside with their eldest daughter who happens also to be a doctor. My tito and tita are both doctors also, pero hindi pa sila dito nagpu full time. Sa US kase sila naka based but sooner uuwi na rin sila dito for good. Inaasikaso na lang nila yung pagbebenta ng dalawang private hospitals na naipatayo nila sa US. They want to spend their old age here in the Philippines. As of now, kami pa lang ng pinsan ko ang namamalaha dito.