Both of us were silent as we wait for the janitor to clean up the shattered glasses, which gave me the chance to look at her. Her hair were tied up into a bun, her face became still the same but more mature after seven long years but still beautiful on her, her proud pointy nose were truly painted on her face aesthetically, then my eyes narrowed on her lips but memories instantly came running through my mind. A bitter smile flashed on my face.
"Tapos na ho." sambit ng tagalinis. Which made my eyes instantly look away from her direction.
She cleared her throat after thanking the janitor and sit on her swival chair. As she flip every pages of the documents that were held on her left hand.
"According to the results of your lab tests, you have Acute Myeloid Leukemia, which you hereditarily acquired from you diseased Mother, am I right?" I can't see her eyes looking at me, so I cleared my throat before answering "yes".
"By examining you through Flow Cytometry, a test which we'll find out what type of AML you have, we found out that you accumulated AML M3 namely Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL). Have your heard about it?" at tinignan niya ako mula sa gilid ng papel.
"Buong buhay ko, lahat ng Leukemia ay Leukemia lang." kibit balikat kong sabi. Agad naman niyang inalis ang tingin sa akin at ibinalik sa papel na hawak niya.
Pareho lang yan sa kung aalis, aalis. Wala ng babalik. Akmang idadagdag ko sana, pero magmumukha lang akong tanga sa mukha niya. Fuck! Now I'm turning into a fucking mushy for heaven sake. Kung ito nga ang tinatawag nilang hugot, I would love to raise my middle finger to the person who discovered it.
"My team are just waiting for the resulf of the Cytogenetic Analysis, for us to look on the changes in your AML cell, that would help us to create a plan for your treatment." at nilapag na niya ang papel at tinignan ako sa mata. There were unfamiliar emotions written on her eyes, I tsk beneath my mouth before answering her.
"I think planning for my funeral would be easy." barumbado kong sagot sa kanya. A fake smile immediately strikes on her face.
"Your family sent you here to be treated and not to die, Mr. Martinez." agad niyang sagot habang nakatingin sa akin.
"If only I know you'll be here, ako na mismo ang aatras." sagot ko sa kanya. She just raise her left brows, still eyes are on me.
"I am a licensed hematologist and oncologist, Mr. Martinez. Don't take my presence personally." That made me smirk at her.
"Am I taking you personally?" agad kong sagot sakanya. She just rolled her eyes and reach her phone to call someone.
"Nurse Daisy, kindly send the analysis of Mr. Martinez case this instant." ng matapos na ang tawag, tumingin siyang muli sa akin.
"I already ask Frederich to accompany you to your room, you're his bestfriend, aren't you?" pasimple niyang tanong at tinignan muli ako.
"Aren't you too?" balik kong tanong sa kanya, she just shrugged. Siya ang unang umiwas sa pagtitigan namin, which made me grin silently. Interesting.
"Aphrodite, I am not a fucking nurse here." eksaheradong pikong bulyaw ni James matapos niyang paliparin ang pinto ng opisina bago tinignan ako. "And I am not your fucking nurse, dumbass." pagmamaktol niya na agad naman akong inalalayan.
"It's Phrodite fuckers!" pikon niyang hiyaw kay James, bago kami lumabas.
As I step outside the room, Cederick caught my eyes. Agad ko namang nakuha ang ibig sabihin ng mga mata niya, kaya pasimply ko siyang nginitian although he was silent the whole time, as he followed us.
