Chapter 2: Mrs. Ledesma

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          Daly City, San Francisco, California.

     Nagising siya sa malakas na tapik sa kanyang balikat. Napainat siya.

          "Good Morning, Tita..." Bati niya as soon as she opened her eyes. "I don't have any schedule today. Can I sleep longer?"

     Napangiti ang middle aged but still looking young and beautiful woman na nakatayo sa gilid ng kanyang kama. "I'm afraid not, my dear Surgeon. You have two surgeries scheduled for today."

     Napabalikwas siya ng bangon. " Two?!" Bigla siyang nalito. "I just had a sixteen hours surgery, yesterday! I thought, those two are not scheduled until the end of next month?" Kunot noong napatitig siya sa kausap. "What's the date today?" Nagkakamot sa ulong muling tanong niya sa kausap.

          "It's the end of the month, my dear. And your sixteen hours surgery was done a month ago." Tugon ng kanyang Tita.

     Kumunot ang ang kanyang noo. Wala sa loob na hinawakan ang kabila niyang kamay. Maya-maya, biglang nanlaki ang kanyang mga mata! She felt something on her finger!...

     Bigla niyang itinaas ang kanyang kaliwang kamay.

           "Ring?!....A wedding ring?!" Malakas niyang sabi na halos pasigaw na.

     Hindi siya nagsusuot ng kahit na anong alahas maliban sa Relo.

     Tumango tango ang kanyang tiyahin na si Dr. Magdalena Snow. Panganay at nag iisang kapatid ng kanyang ina. Walong taon lamang siya nung kupkupin siya nito. Hindi ito nag asawa, dahil sa bukod sa pagiging busy nito sa trabaho bilang isang doctor, busy rin ito sa pag aasikaso at pag aalaga sa kanya.

          "Tita, when did this happen?" Napalingon lingon siya na tila may gustong makita.

     Natigilan siya ng makita ang envelop na nakapatong sa isa sa mga side table.

     Kinuha niya ito.

     Binuksan....

     Tumambad sa kanya ang Registration of Marriage and a Marriage Certificate with her name and signature on it.

          "Did I just eloped?!" Namutla siya.

     Muling tumango tango ang kanyang tiyahin.

     Muli niyang tinignan ang loob ng envelop ng mapansin niyang may iba pang laman ito. Ang kanyang Drivers lisence at Medical license ID. Napadilat siya ng makita ang kanyang buong pangalan.

           "What the hell is wrong with her?!" bulalas niya.

     Napakuyom ang kanyang kamao.

          "This can't be happening to me?!" Napahaplos siya sa kanyang mukha. Para siyang nanghihinang muling nahiga sa kama.

   Siya si Dra. Summer Blessilda Snow,  a license Neurosurgeon practitioner. She's known as Dr. Bless at her work.

     She was accepted in Harvard Medical School at the age Ten. In the same years she went to MIT for summer classes. She finished  her Medical and Engineering courses at the age of sixteen. She passed and top the United States Medical  and Engineering Licensing Exam the next year after her graduation.

     Being the youngest and tag as a Genius with an IQ higher than 200, many Hospitals and Medical Universities are tried to hire her and offered her a sky rocket salary, but she chose to work and stay with her Tita Magdalena as a Neurosurgeon.

     She started her practice as a Neurosurgeon when she turned 18. At her age, twenty one. She's considered as the youngest and very successful Neurosurgeon in her generation, and  all her surgeries are successful.

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