One Big Lie (On HOLD)

Chapter 8: Their Story

Konbanwa! ^____^ Huli man at magaling, at least nakaabot pa din. Wahehe!

Dedicated to Cara Delevingne, my woman crush *u*

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Chapter 8: Their Story

Jillian's POV

"Ate, alam mo ba ang saya-saya ko ngayong araw? Kasi alam mo yung nagka-ayos na kami ni France. Akala ko nga nung una mapupunta na siya sa iba--"

"Pwede ba Angela! Wag ngayon! Pagod ako." Dire-diretso akong umakyat sa kwarto ko.

Kadarating ko lang galing... Arggh! Ayoko ng isipin kung saan ako nanggaling. Nabi-bwisit ako! Tapos dadagdagan pa ng kadaldalan ni Angela. Close naman kami ng kapatid kong yan...actually, gagawin ko ang lahat...maging masaya lang siya. Pero ayoko munang makipag-usap ngayon. Bad mood ako. Err.

Angela and I are half sisters. Parehas kami ng mom, pero magkaiba kami ng dad. My father died when I was born. Nanganganak ang mom ko noon sa akin and then papunta na ang daddy ko sa hospital from work, super excited daw siya na makita ako, kaya habang nagda-drive siya ay kausap niya si Aunt Cecile na na hospital din, kapatid siya ni daddy. Hindi daw ie-end ni daddy yung tawag hanggang di pa daw niya nare-reach yung hospital kung saan ako pinapanganak...after a minute...the line was cut. Nag-alala ng sobra si auntie dahil nung tinawagan niya ulit si daddy, ring na lang ng ring. Then after awhile, may sumagot na kaso...ibang tao. His car was crushed by a ten-wheeler truck...with his car, he was crushed too. It's too late for him to be brought to the hospital. Aunt Cecile didn't tell mom what happened to daddy.

After a day, auntie told mom all what happened and her reason for not telling it to her... Aunt Cecile doesn't want mom to worry, lalo na't kakatapos lang niya manganak. When my mom heard about what happened to dad, she began to cry and cry and didn't want to see me again. Nang nakalabas na siya ng hospital, ipina-burol at inilibing na din right after si dad. Mom became angry with me and decided to give me to Aunt Cecile. Aunt took care of me until eight years old.

Kinuha ulit ako ni mom na para lang laruan. Hindi ko gustong sumama sa kanya dahil hindi ko naman siya kilala dahil kay Aunt Cecile na ako lumaki. But then, wala akong nagawa. I just found myself fitting a flower girl outfit and that time, she's getting married to Angela's father, Tito Isaiah. She said sorry to me about what happened long time ago... Dun ako nagsimulang magalit. Kinuwento niya sa akin ang lahat at nagsorry. Kesyo simula daw nung nakilala niya daw ang Diyos, nagbago na daw siya. Oo, I understand...people change. At intindihin niya din kung bakit ganoon na lang ang naramdaman ko noon. Then, when I was 9, Angela came. She looks like an angel! She's so very cute and I love her very much. Tito Isaiah is a pastor...he treated me good and I'm happy to have him as my second father. Sumasama din ako sa kanila magchurch noon... But not now... I'm too busy for that.

I learned how to forgive...Jesus taught me. That's why I forgave my mom when I was 15 years old. I had a happy family, not until Angela was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or HCM. It is a primary disease of the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) in which a portion of the myocardium is hypertrophied or thickened without any obvious cause. It is very rare sa population ng mundo and sa dinami-dami ng tao sa mundo, si Angela pa! I don't know why did God let it happen... Tss. Okay na ang lahat pero di ko maintindihan kung bakit nagkasakit pa si Angela. I graduated from National Medical University ng BS Bio and nagpatuloy ako sa doctoral degree bilang scholar. Hindi naman kasi namin afford ang tuition sa National Med e.

Nag-Med ako kasi I want to extend Angela's life...ganun ko kamahal ang kapatid ko. Pero, hindi naman ako ang gumagamot sa kapatid ko kasi pediatrician ako at sa mga bata lang ako gumagamot but I do the financial support. My sister is not completely recovered kasi mas kaya daw ng mga doctor sa ibang bansa na pagalingin siya. Pero I don't have enough money kaya hindi ko pa siya sinesend sa States. But she's okay for now. Hindi naman siya inaatake ng sakit niya cause she's taking her medications.