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Chapter 4

Sumunod naman sa labas ang ina ni Lance at nag-usap ang dalawa.

“tita, what happened to him?”, tanong ni Charles

“That’s what we have to ask the doctor.”, sambit ng ginang sabay lakad papunta sa klinika ng attending physician ni Lance.

Nang makita ang doktor ay sinabi nila ang nangyari kanina at tinanong kung ano ang posibleng nangyari.

“If he fails to remember things, people and events at a significant level but not to the point of having forgotten everything, hmm… it is too early to say but he may be suffering from lacunar amnesia wherein there are lacuna or gaps in a person’s memory usually these are events which may be too traumatic but for Lance’s case, it may be due to an imbalance in the neurotransmitter caused by the brain injury he incurred in the accident.”, sagot ng doktor.

“Ok, doc. I’m a photographer, not a doctor and I do not understand jargons so can you just tell me in layman’s term what is happening and will this be his permanent condition?”, si Charles na banaag sa mukha ang pag-aalala.

“Well to make things less technical, it’s possible that he may forgotten you, other people and other events in his life. It is also possible that his personality and moods be changed due to the same reason. Whether this’d be temporary or permanent, we don’t know but I will prescribe medicine which will help in making him get back to his old self.”

“Yun lang po ba yung pwedeng remedyo?”,naluluhang tanong ni Charles.

“Sad to say, yes, iho. It’s the only thing that we can do aside from praying and giving him a stress-free environment.”, tugon ng doktor.

“Thank you doc.”, mahinang tugon ni Charles at lumabas na nakayuko at nanlulumo sa klinika ng doktor.

Ang ina naman ni Lance ay hindi makapagsalita sa nalamang impormasyon, naaawa siya sa kalagayan ni Charles pero mas nag-aalala siya sa maaaring mas malalang naging komplikasyon ng naging aksidente ng anak.

“You told him that you’re his bestfriend, right?”, tanong ng ginang na tinugon lang ng tango ni Charles.

“Is it okay if I’d ask you to keep it that way for the time being. Ayoko kasing biglain si Lance sa mga bagay-bagay, baka kasi makasama sa kanya kung sasabihin natin yung totoong relasyon ninyo lalo pa’t iniisip niyang lalake siya, I mean straight. Well, yun ay kung ok lang naman.”, pakiusap ng in ni Lance.

“Of course, it’s fine. After all, options are not provided dahil kahit sabihin ko e hindi ako sigurado kung maniniwala siya kaya hayaan na nga lang muna siguro nating maniwala siya na magkaibigan kami, bestfriends until such time that he remembers me and everything we have.”, naluluhang sambit ni Charles.

“I’m sorry but I hope you understand that we all want him to get better the soonest time possible.”, sambit ng ginang habang hawak ang kamay ni Charles.

“Don’t worry tita. I understand.”, si Charles na hindi na kinaya ang lungkot na nararamdaman at yumakap sa ina ng taong minamahal, humagugol sa mga balikat nito na agad namang inalo ng ginang.