Chapter 10

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It's been a few days since the horrible accident. It felt like a part of me shut down or was ripped off of me. I tried to be strong but I broke down after I told Mom about the accident. Now, I can't handle to cry anymore. My mom needs me, Wilson needs me.

My dad may be a jerk but he is still my dad after all. He may not be a good husband but he knows his responsibilities as a father. Knowing that he is gone I can't help but also feel bad about the his other family especially his other son, our half-brother.

Mabigat ang aking pakiramdam ngunit kinakailangan. Inumaga na ako ng tulog sa ospital. Ako ang naatasang magbantay kay Wilson. My mother is busy with our Dad's wake. 

My mother. . . Looking at her state she looked so hopeless. She lost her husband knowing that it's her fault. In addition, Wilson's health is getting better but it was still far from okay. 

Nagsisi na siya sa ginawa niya. Sana lang magising na ang nakababata kong kapatid. Wilson is asleep for a lot of days now.

   I treasure my family more than everything, especially Wilson. He is my brother, my parter in life. We may fight and tease each other but at the end of the day we always forgive and we always care for each other. 

    Everything was so sudden, I just knew that he was suffering from his classmates and now he's unconsciously lying on a hospital bed because of the car accident. Why is life being too hard on us? On him?

   My stomach grumbled from hunger. Kagabi pa ako hindi kumakain. Nagtungo muna ako sa mahimbing na natutulog na si Wilson. I kissed his forehead then went to the hospital's cafeteria.

    Maski ang cafeteria ay mukhang malinis. Puro puti ang kapaligiran. May puting tables. Pawang cafeteria lang ng pinapasukan kong paaralan. There are a lot of varieties of food here. May mga rice meals, snacks and pastries.

   Tiningnan ko ang wallet ko.  I still have one-hundred pesos. Hindi ko nadala 'yung isa kong wallet at ang aking ATM card dahil hindi ako makauwi nang walang nagbabantay kay Wilson. Ilang araw na rin akong 'di nakakapasok sa university. Kailangan ako ang una niyang makita kapag nagising siya.

    Tiningnan ko ang mga pagkain na nakahanda. The hotdogs looks dry while the egg looks unfresh. I think I should have bacon for this morning. Mabuti na ito pampalipas ng gutom. Mamaya ko na lang ipapadala kay Mary Joy 'yung wallet ko.

   The staff who's wearing surgical mask looked at me.

"Bacon with rice." I politely said. She prepared my meal. She put a cup of rice on the plate and serve it with a slice of bacon.

"Heto na po..." aniya at inabot sa akin ang pagkain. Naupo ako sa bakanteng upuan.

     The bacon here is salty unlike what our mother cooked for us. The rice is not soft, it feels like it was cooked the night before. I wasn't really satisfied with my meal that's why I bought a sandwich afterwards.

   Pagkatapos kong kumain ay napagtanto kong bumalik na. Binilisan ko ang paglakad papunta kay Wilson. Gladly, he's still okay right now.

    Kailan? Kailan ka ba gigising, Wilson? Kailan ko ba muling ipapasaya ang kasiyahan sa iyon?

   Suddenly, there was a knock on the door 

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