Above The Sky [Kismet Series One | Rewritten]

ATS - 13

"It says here May 23 thirteen years ago, he died..twelve days after his 12th birthday.."

My body fell on the ground like it was being dragged down by a gravity of sorrow. Sa tindi ng panginginig ng aking mga paa ay hindi ko na nakayang manatiling nakatayo pa, what's with this headstone?

Oo, alam kong pangalan ng mga taong namayapa na ang nakasulat sa mga ito, pero, Bakit ang pangalan ni Bryan ang maiimprinta dito? He's alive!

It doesn't make sense! How can they make someone who is perfectly healty and alive, be dead? That is illegal! Buhay pa si Bryan pero naka-imprinta na sa isang puntod ang ngalan niya? I will sue who did this!

Or Maybe, the name that was written in here was wrong o kaya'y ka-pangalan niya lang? I don't know! I should confirm if my assumptions are correct before I take an action.

I took out my phone and dialed Detective Rodrigo's number but he did not answered, I tried to dialed it for several times but he still not answering! Bakit ba ayaw mong sumagot?

I look at the man besides me and I gulped a few times before asking the him about this headstone.

"What's written in here is true? No it is not.."

Hindi ko tinignan ang naging ekspresyon ni Manong, Hindi ko kaya. My voice keep on trembling, my eyes started to watered more as I look into the headstone, kaya iniwas ko mula doon ang aking paningin at itinuon muli sa matandang lalake kasama ko. Ayokong umiyak dahil hindi naman totoo ang nasa harapan ko ngayon.

This is bluff! This might be someone else..I don't know! Hindi lang naman si Bryan ang nag-iisang Bryan Kalen sa buong mundo, hindi ba?

I saw the disturb look on Manong's face. The way his brows slowly dropped in straight line and how his eyes shouts sympathy, I know that he feels sorry for me. Sa mga tinginan niya'y halata kong madalas na siyang nakaka-saksi nang ganitong eksena.

I made an effort to smile at him but it crashed.

I tried my best to look at the headstone without making a tear fall but I failed, nabigo ako dahil ang mga luha kong taksil ang pumatak, I felt how they've traveled from my eyes, to my cheeks, then to my hands. I saw Manong's hands moved to write something again on his notebook.

"I think I'm not in the right address, Maybe Detective Rodrigo sent me the wrong one." I said as I tried to get my cellphone out of my pockets para muling tawagan si Detective.

Hindi ko makuha ng maayos ang cellphone dahil sa panginginig ng aking kamay, I can feel my heavy breathing.

Manong tapped my shoulder then turned me his notebook. May nakasulat doon pero dahil sa mga luhang bumabalot sa mata ko, hindi ko ganoong mabasa ang nakatala sa kaniyang kuwaderno. I wiped the tears in my eyes and focused on his texts

"I was here the day his body was buried. It's been 12 years and ever since then, his mother always came to visit his grave. A few people visited him and I always get to see the similar reaction you all give. It might be hard for you, but this is the truth."

Isang halaklak ang pinakawalan ko't rinig sa buong paligid ang pag-echo nito. This is insane! If this is a show or a prank, please stop this, hindi nakakatuwa.

"There's too many Bryan Kalen in the world, I don't know if the one who's b-buried here is h-him!

I heard Manong sighed. I took a glance from him and saw his hands writing something on his notebook again. A force is stopping me from reading his texts as I know that it will only make me cry more, feel the pain more but I can't, I should read it, maybe he's gonna say that he's also wrong and this is not the Bryan I am looking?