UNREQUITED HEART

Chapter 42: Truth

RD: Overdue na 'to. Di'ko pa matapos-tapos. I'll finish this first once and for all. So i can moved on from another story.

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I heard the beeping sound somewhere near at me. I tried to open my eyes. The scent of this place was familiar. Nang mag-adjust na ang aking paningin sa paligid, una kong napansin ang bawat sulok ng kwartong ito ay napapaligiran ng puti.

"Bakit ka ba kasi nagpunta 'ron? Nakita mo na ang nangyari. Nasaan ka ng sugurin ang anak natin sa ospital!?"

Boses iyon ni papa. He was talking with someone, i guess with my mother. But behind that door that was slightly open.

"Gusto ko lang namang makibalita sakaniya. I wanted to see her. B-Baka kasi umuwi na siya. Huli ko lang nalaman na sinugod si Raixelle sa ospital pagkauwi ko sa bahay. I'm sorry."

"Ano may napala ka ba? Nakita mo ba sya? Sa tingin mo matatanggap niya tayo pagkatapos ng lahat ng ginawa natin?"

What are they talking about?

"Gusto ko lang naman malaman ang kalagayan niya. Ikaw? Wala ka na bang katiting na pag-aalala sakaniya?!" narinig ko ang mahinang paghikbi ni mama.

"Ako ang ama Linda. Walang araw na hindi ko siya naisip! Gustuhin ko mang makita siyang muli, mayakap siya uli. Sa tingin mo, mapapatawad niya pa tayo? I missed her Linda. Pero mas kailangan tayo ni Raixelle. Ayokong mawalan ng isa pang anak uli."

Wait a minute. Did i heard it right? Base sa pagkakaintindi ko, posibleng may kapatid ako? Is that what it means?

"Doc!" si papa. "Ano po ang resulta? Maayos naman po ang anak namin di'ba?"

"Lets go inside first." narinig niyang bumukas ang pintuan.

I stayed my eyes open. The doctor walked towards me as he noticed I was awake. "How are you feeling?"

"Weak. I can't moved freely. My bones are weak."

Mama drew step near at me. She held my face. "Magiging maayos naman po siya di'ba doc?"

"She will be Madam once she could get immediate treatment for her."

"Anong ibig mong sabihin doc?" nag-aalalang tanong ni papa.

"We ran a blood test. And the result we found out that your daughter has a Multiple Myeloma." he said. "It was a cancer of plasma cells. A cancerous plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells. Rather than produce helpful antibodies, the cancer cells produce abnormal proteins or antibodies that can cause complications. Most people who get this cancer are over age 65. And this is rare for the young adult like her."

"Paano po nagkaroon ang anak nito?" papa asked.

"There are possible reason why we get these cancer cell. It might be the age, race, blood condition, genes or the family history."