Pistanthrophobia
-fear of trusting people due to past experiences gone wrong.
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"Please give it back", I pleaded
"Why? What is this? your diary?", he taunted, the smirk still visible.
"No...", I frowned
"Then you wou...
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I remember 2 months before mom and dad got divorced, when mom just found out about her sickness.
8 years ago
My birthday was tomorrow but I couldn't care less.
Alright the truth was I was excited, I mean come on who wouldn't be excited for their birthday.
The boys were at football practice and dad was with them. I went upstairs to ask mom what could Adrian's gift be from me.
I knew I was mean but that doesn't mean I don't have a heart. I just don't like to show anyone I care that much.
When I got upstairs, I found mom crying in hers and dad's bedroom. I entered when mom still hasn't realized I was at the doorway.
I ran up to her to check if she was okay, but I looked down and saw some papers that were still in the ground.
I saw in the papers....and I saw cancer.....positive...
I looked at my mom and she look at me knowing that I figured it out. She gave me a sad smile as if telling that everything will be alright.
I cried with her for an hour and after our crying session, we composed ourselves so the boys wouldn't find out what was going on.
For now it MUST stay between us and mom. But the question is....
How long will it stay between us?
One month after the flashback earlier
I saw mom crying at the counter and dad was yelling at her. He was asking who that guy was and why was she hugging him and why'd she kiss him on the cheek.
"Is he your lover?", dad ask as tears continuously fall
"Yes", my mom answered painfully
But I knew the truth that was uncle Chris, mom's childhood friend. Grandma told me that they were both like siblings since mom was an only child.
They were also distant cousins, he wasn't able to go to the wedding, since he had be assigned a base in the region of Mindanao in Philippines.
He was able to make it back, because the president requested all Americans to never step foot in the region, confidential purposes.
Now he's back to greet mom and start a life with his fiancee, who is a doctor who specialises in pregnancies and cancer treatments.
"Why?", dad ask
I could see his heart shatter in million bits and pieces, his mind trying to find other reasons to why mom would do this to him, he was restraining himself, as if he would lose all sanity in a matter of seconds.
