Latch

Chapter 2

Latch
Love Series #2

Chapter 2
"And So It Goes"

Three Hundered Sixty Five Days Later

"Damn I need to work! Kung hindi ay mauubusan ako nang pera!" - Krystique hissed as she continued computing and budgeting her expenses for the whole month and she then realized that her savings is not really enough to sustain her especially now that she already gave birth.

Yes! She was impregnated by the man who made her feel special that night, a year ago. The same man who took her virginity, a man who is a complete stranger to her dahil pagkatapos nilang pagsaluhan ang mainit at mapusok na gabing iyon ay iniwan niya ang lalaking magisa sa isang kwarto.

She left while the stranger is sleeping and ran away from that country without a single trace. Parehas din naman lang dahil hindi nadin naman siya parte nang pamilya De Garcia. She is not and she never will be.

Pero sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon habang nasa ikalawang linggo siya noon nang pagtra-trabaho sa isang sikat na hospital sa Germany ay bigla nalang siyang nagsuka, even her smell is being sensitive that time and just by that symptoms ay alam niya nang buntis niya.

'Gago kasing lalaking yun! Nangiwan pa nang souvenir!' Krystique said to herself as she continued writing down the things she should buy tomorrow. At alam niyang kailangan niyang tipirin ang perang natitira sakanya, tatlong buwan na siyang naka maternity leave at kadalasan ay dapat pwede na siyang bumalik sa trabaho dahil pwede naman nang uminom nang tinitimplang gatas ang anak niyang si Euphemia.

Pero may pumipigil sakanyang gawin iyon, motherly instinct maybe? At ayaw niya ding iwan ang anak niya sa hindi kakilala at gusto niyang maalagaan nang husto ito, ibigay lahat nang pagmamahal na hindi niya natanggap mula sa sariling ina. Euphemia De Garcia is her salvation dahil ito ang naging daan para hindi din siya sumuko sa buhay niya dito sa Germany.

At dahil nadin malapit nang maubos ang savings niya ay alam niyang dapat na siyang bumalik sa trabaho.. But how? Iniisip niya nga na kung pwedeng paki-usapan ang director nang hospital na kung pwede ay isama niya muna ang kanyang anak sa trabaho. Siguro naman papayag ito dahil mabait naman ang director nila. And believe it or not, she is the favorite neurologist of the director and the board. Sabi kasi nila ay napakagaling daw niya pagdating sa pag examine ng central nervous system ng tao.

She has also been offered to be part of a group that is currently conducting experiments pero umayaw siya. Experiments are quite not her thing lalo na noong napanood niya ang palabas na Frankenstein. She's not a scientist.

"Hay" - Krystique cannot help but to heave a deep sigh after finishing her so called 'To buy list'. Actually ngayon lang siya natapos matapos umulit nang tatlong beses. Lagi kasi siyang may krino-cross out dahil masyadong mahal  ang kanyang nailista o di kaya naman ay hindi naman niya talaga iyon kailangan. And now she finally decided that she is buying her baby's needs and a little food for her to survive another week.

Agad niyang niligpit ang kalat niya at dinikit niya ang ginawa niyang list sa fridge. After doing so, ay agad siyang nagsalin nang malamig na tubig sa baso tska ito dahang dahang ininom. She closed her eyes and she begun reminiscing the physique of the man who got her pregnant. The scene when they both danced sensitively, some would call it erotically but she can't deny how she cherished that night and how passionate the stranger is to her.

"I won't let go of you" - The stranger's voice still lingers in her system. At bigla niyang naisip kung paano kaya kung hindi siya umalis nang Pilipinas at bunalik nang Germany? Papano kaya kung niyakap niya ang lalaki habang natutulog ito at hinintay niyang magising para malaman man lamang ang pangalan nito?