twenty seven

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Just when you thought things were going smoothly; there will always be one reason to turn your world upside down.

"What are you doing here?" Tanong ni Grey sa kapatid niya.

"Kuya..." Sam called her.

"What?"

Pareho silang natahimik, Grey wants to hug her sister pero hindi niya magawa. Nangingibabaw pa rin kasi 'yung sakit na naramdaman niya.

"Mom needs you." Basag ni Sam sa katahimikan nila.

Grey smirked, "Nice try, Sam. But you can go now."

"Alam kong masakit ang nagawa ni mommy sa'yo, pero kuya, she's still your mom."

Napailing si Grey, "Hindi mo alam sinasabi mo, Sam."

"Kuya, lagi mo pinapamukha sa akin na tinalikuran kita. Pero hindi mo ba naisip na tinalikuran mo rin kami nina ate?" Ani Sam.

"Stop, Samantha." Ani Greyson. "You don't know anything."

"I don't?!" Sigaw ni Sam. "Yes, I do! Tinalikuran mo kami because Lily choose to save herself!"

Nagulat si Greyson sa pagsigaw ng kapatid niya.

"You choose to be miserable kasi akala mo si Mommy lang ang nangiwan sayo! But the truth is Lily left you too! She choose herself over you! She left you yet you're here trying to win her back while your mother is sick!"

Hindi kaagad nakapagsalita si Greyson, somehow, he understands her sister.

"Kuya, just this once, huwag naman si Lily ang piliin mo." Pagmamakaawa ni Sam.

Unti unting umiling si Grey, "You don't know how broken we are, Sam. You have no idea."

"You can't be happy with someone who's broken too!" Angil ni Sam kay Greyson na dahil para ngumiti siya.

"Then, tell me how to be happy without my lifeline, Sam?" Ani Greyson na nagpahinto kay Sam. "You're mad because she left me and I still choose her, do you know why? Simply because she's my lifeline, Sam. She's my world and if I lose her? I will never be the same."

Napaiyak naman si Sam. "Kuya."

"You said we can't be happy.. I know. But I wanna try, Sam. I really wanna try." Ani Greyson. "I'm sorry if you feel like I'm choosing her... but no, I'm choosing myself, Sam. Hindi na kakayanin ng puso ko kapag nawala pa siya."

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