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Chapter 10

...Ysa woke up.

As she opened her eyes, she roamed them around. She knew by then that she's in the hospital.

She saw her parents back-facing her.

Why are they here, she thought.

As her parents turned around, they were shocked upon seeing their daughter awake.

Katrina immediately went near her and hugged her.

"Thank God you're awake now. We're really worried about you, anak." She said why crying.

Ysa just looked at her with no emotions evident in her eyes.
She's still mad at her parents. The event happened that afternoon was still fresh in her mind.

"May masakit ba, anak? What do you want? Nagugutom ka ba?" Sunud-sunod na tanong ng daddy nya.

"Why are you here? Why are you both here?" She asked.

"You were rushed here. Nakita ka doon sa waiting shed na walang malay. The doctor said it's pneumonia daw." Sagot ni Katrina.

And? Ngayon? Pake ko? Sana pinabayaan nyo nalang ako tulad ng ginagawa nyo dati, she thought but she managed just to nod.

"You want anything, anak?" Tanong ulit ni Katrina sa kanya.

"Nothing." She simply replied.

"I'll just call the doctor ah?" Pagpapaalam ni Marvin sa kanila at lumabas ito ng kwarto.

Pagbalik nito ay kasama na ang doctor ni Ysa.

The doctor checked her and asked the the nurses to conduct the tests necessary.

After an hour, the results were out.

The doctor came back to discuss to them the results of the tests conducted.

"According to these, she's getting better na. But she needs to be here for few more days until she fully recovers." The doctor said.

"Please do everything for our baby, doc." Katrina pleaded.

"Will do, Ma'am. I'll just go for now. If you need anything, just call me or the nurses." He answered

"Thank you, doc." Marvin replied.

As soon as the doctor went out of the room, Katrina went near Ysa.

"Sweetheart, are you feeling okay now?" She asked.

"Sana ganon kadaling maging okay." She absentmindedly answered.

"Baby, I'm sorry." She said

Ysa just looked at her.

"Alam na ni mommy. Manang told us." She said to her.

"Okay lang po. At least now I know kung saan po ako lulugar." She replied.

"Anak, hindi. Wala namang magbabago eh. Mahal na mahal ka namin ng daddy mo." Sagot naman ng mommy nya.

"Bakit po? Minahal nyo po ba talaga ako? Bakit hindi ko maramdaman? Kaya pala kinalimutan nyo na nandito pa ako at kailangan ko kayo noong mga panahong nawala yung anak nyo dapat." She said with tears already in her eyes.

Hindi na rin napigilan ni Katrina na maiyak. Marvin went to the other side of the bed and hugged her daughter.

Kumalas naman sya dito.

"Anak, mahal ka namin ng mommy. Mahal na mahal. Alam namin na marami kaming pagkukulang simula nung mangyari yon. Napabayaan ka namin, nawalan kami ng oras para sayo. Nakalimutan namin na may Bella pa kami na naghihintay samin. We're really sorry, princess. Sorry. anak. Daddy and Mommy will make it up to you." Marvin said while holding Ysa's hand.

"Nawalan kayo ng anak. Yeah. Ako nawalan ako ng kapatid at ang mas masakit, nawalan din ako ng magulang. Alam nyo po ba kung gaano kahirap 'yon? Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko. I was just 5 by then. Being a 5 year old kid that time... ang hirap. Everytime na gusto ko kayong kausapin, magagalit kayo saken. Magagalit kayo pero iniisip ko, baket? Ano bang ginawa ko? I was bullied. Wala akong kaibigan sa school noon. Sinasabihan nila ako na hindi ako mahal ng mommy't daddy ko kase they never saw you picking me up sa school. They never saw you attended our programs, our family days, our PTA meetings. Palaging si Manang yung nandoon. I was just a kid. Hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko. I experienced that up until 4th grade. Buti nalang Katelyn was there. She's a transferee. Sya yung naging kaibigan ko. Sya yung naging sandalan ko maliban kay Manang. Sa panahon na yon, unti unti na akong naniwala na hindi nyo nga ako mahal. Galit na galit ako sa inyo. Galit na galit. But Manang is always telling me mahal nyo ako. Na mahal na mahal nyo ako. Pero hindi ko naman nararamdaman yon eh. Ni oras nyo nga hindi nyo maibigay saken. Ni kahit katiting na oras hindi nyo maibigay, pagmamahal pa kaya? Until nagsawa na din akong magalit. Nakakasawa eh. Sabi ko okay na. Napatawad ko na kayo. Nawalan kayo noon eh. Anak nyo po yon. Dugo't laman. Not until that event happened. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or maybe not. Siguro oras na din para malaman ko yung totoo. At ang sakit sakit. Sobrang sakit. Ewan ko kung anong gagawin ko. Nawalan na namn ako ng magulang. Nawala na namn. Ang galing!" She said while crying.

Her parents were crying upon knowing everything.
Katrina immediately hugged her daughter really tight.

"I'm sorry, anak. I'm really, really sorry. I didn't know. Nawalan na ako ng ganang mabuhay noon simula nung nawala yung supposedly kapatid mo. And I didn't realize na I still have you. I'm sorry, baby. I'm really sorry." She said while crying and hugging her tight.

"Ang sakit sakit po. Ang sakit. I want this pain to stop pero ayaw eh. Ayoko na nito. Sawang sawa na ako. I want this pain to go away. I want this pain to stop." And she cried even harder that she can barely breathe.

"Let Mommy and Daddy take away that pain. Hayaan mo kami na hilumin ang mga sugat na yan, anak. Please let us, honey. Mommy will be here na. Babawi kami sayo. Please give us another chance. Please, anak." She said while caressing her daughter's face.

"Hindi ka man nanggaling samin, you may not came from Mommy's womb, but you came from our hearts, anak. Mahal na mahal ka namin. What you heard that afternoon was wrong. Kausap ng Mommy mo si Lola mo. You know naman your Lola diba? Hindi nya pa din tanggap na we kept you. She's mad. But me and your mom told her na anak ka namin. Samin ka. Kahit hindi ka galing sa amin, mahal na mahal ka namin. Always remember that ah? We love our princess so much. Give us another chance, anak. We want to make it up for the lost time." Marvin told her then he hugged his daughter immediately.

Ysa was just crying the whole time. She didn't know what to think. She didn't know what to do. Basta ang alam nya, nasasaktan sya.

Marvin and Katrina hugged her really tight and she even cried harder because of that.

Is she ready to start a new life with her parents? Will she give them another chance?

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