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Twenty-Seven: Truth Unfold

Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry I can't be perfect

- Perfect

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Lianna

I stood completely frozen in my place. Buhay nga talaga siya. Buhay si ate Dristine. Pero kahit na nakatayo siya ngayon sa harap naming lahat at kahit na nakita siya ng bawat isang tao na nandito, there's still a part of me who doesn't want to believe what's before my eyes. Because that's impossible. We were there. We were there at her funeral.

Teka, bakit parang may mali?

Muli akong napatingin kay ate Dristine. That's right! Sarado ang kabaong mula noong unang araw ng lamay hanggang sa libing. Dahil hindi namin nahanap ang katawan niya. Sumabog ang sinasakyan nilang dalawa ni kuya Crest matapos nitong mahulog sa bangin. Kuya Crest survived then disappeared. We thought ate Dristine is dead but... no. Habang pinaglalamayan namin siya, walang sinuman ang nakakuha ng tyansa na masilip ang kabaong. Everyone came and left without seeing a body, without seeing her for the last time lying in her coffin. All this time we thought its because her body burned with the car. But it's because she survived and escaped.

Kung buhay siya at biglang nawala si kuya Crest dati, then does it mean... they lived together secretly?

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard footsteps from the kitchen. Napalingon kaming lahat kung saan nanggaling ang tunog at ng akala ko ay tapos na ang oras ng sorpresa, nagkamali ako. Dahil mas ikinagulat ko ang sumunod na nangyari.

Ang paglabas ni kuya Zian mula sa kusina.

I felt my heart beating faster and for a moment I thought I was going crazy. What the heck is happening here? Why is he with her? Why are they together?

Natigilan si kuya ng makita kami at halos manlisik ang mga mata ko ng magtama ang paningin namin. Para akong mawawalan ng hininga sa pwesto ko habang pinipilit na magpakatatag sa kabila ng lahat ng nakita ko ngayon.

How? Why? Bakit sa lahat ng tao ikaw pa? Bakit kailangan ikaw pa?

How long have you been hiding this from me?

The deafening silence engulfed the whole room and no one dared to break it. Halu-halong emosyon ang nararamdaman ko ngayon at sigurado akong hindi ako nag iisang ganun ang nararamdaman. I don't know what's going on in their minds and what they exactly feel right now but all I know is that I'm confused, I'm sad, I'm upset. Because we never expected all of these but it happened. And I don't think it's good at all.

Natauhan ang lahat ng dire-diretsong naglakad si Kendric palabas ng bahay. Tinawag ng iba ang pangalan niya at tumalikod ako agad para sundan siya ng may biglang humila sa kamay ko.

"Let me explain."

"You really should." Nagngingitngit na sagot ko kay kuya saka kinalas ang pagkakahawak niya sa akin. "But not now."