Crumbled

Twelve.

Bright headlight and an exaggerated vehicle horn clouded up her head that made her lose focus and frozen on her feet.

She wasn't able to move.

She wasn't able to dodge.

Next thing she knew was feeling pain radiating to her entire being.

The feel of the cold airconditioning on the four white walls while lying on a clean with bed sheet with stinging bruises on her face and sore feeling from her abdomen all the way down.

Her thighs.

The image of the traces of blood slowly dripping in between her sore bruised badly hit thighs.

"RJ!!"

She jolted up from her bed, almost pulling out the attached dextrose on her arm.

It wasn't a dream.

It was real.

It happened.

"Maine. I'm here."

"RJ, oh my god! Thank God you're here."

Sitting up, she reached out to him and strangely, despite her "condition", it took him few seconds before he seemed to have decided to walk towards and console her.

She noticed.

"Nag-alala ba kayo masyado? I'm so sorry. Dapat pala nagpasundo nalang ako kay Nico."

Her tears started flowing and she doesn't even know why.

"Of course, nag-alala kami. It's okay. You're safe now."

His tone was too plain. It was flat. It was as if what he just said was something he has rehearsed for the nth time.

"Ikaw, are you okay?"

He looked at her. In the eyes. It was blank. She couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"Should I be?"

"RJ, okay naman na ako. Wag ka nang mag-alala. Smile ka na! Ay ganito na lang. Diba I told you I have great news? RJ. Love. Alam mo ba magka----."

RJ looked her intently with questioning eyes for a few seconds before he looked down.

Without a word, his reaction sent shivers down her spine. She felt weak in the knees and felt a big lump on her throat.

"No. No! I'm fine. WE are fine! Diba, RJ? Bukod sa mga sugat ko, wala nang ibang nangyari, diba? Tell me. Tell me!!"

"Maine, I'm sorry. We lost the baby."

"OH MY GOD!!!"

She went hysterical. She started crying, grasping for air, blaberring words none of them could understand.

"Oh my god, ang anak ko!!!!!!"

Richard gave her time to cry it out. He gave her time to mourn for the lost of their child. This is equally painful for him, but he's got too many questions in his head and he needs to be strong for both of them.

Maine felt completely weak after hyterically crying over the news. She was lying back on her hospital bed when RJ started talking.

"Maine. Bakit hindi mo agad sinabi sa akin?"

"RJ, I just found out about two days ago back in Manila. I was feeling under the weather the entire week when I fainted habang nasa embassy ako. Sinugod ako sa hospital and that's when I found out na I was 4 weeks pregnant. I'm sorry, I didn't tell you. I'm sorry hindi ako nag-ingat. I'm so so sorry, RJ!"