Two Brides Are Better Than One

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

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It was a quiet night in Lisa's neighborhood when she decided to go outside and buy herself some food.

It was dangerous to go outside especially for her, who just got shot and had a gun pointed at her, but she still went outside nevertheless.

Lisa had been experiencing nightmares since the day she got shot. She never thought that she would face death at such an early age. It was somewhat a traumatizing experience having a gun pointed at you. 

And that is why she decided to go outside. She needed a change of pace. It's in her knowledge that going out at night is dangerous especially for her but she can't be afraid of going out forever right?

So here she is, taking a night stroll under the evening sky. It was not really that late but there aren't many people around too.

Hannah hasn't contacted me since then... 

It's funny how Lisa never imagined herself falling for a girl but now... she thinks about Hannah practically every second.

Her mind wandered off as she strolls along the street until she heard a bang of sound that almost sounds like how someone would drop a metal kitchen utensil on a tiled floor, expect that it was fifty times louder.

It sounded like a gun shot.

Lisa's whole body froze. She stopped on her second step and so as her heart. She felt like someone was suffocating her and her throat felt like it was being choked.

"Shh... Wag kang mag iingay. Or I'll shoot you"

She felt like someone was pointing a gun at her, like what she experienced back at baler.

I don't want this! I don't want this! Lisa felt her breath hitch and her eyes watered.

"Kapag sinabi mo 'to sa kung sino man. Papatayin ko pamilya mo at ikaw"

Her mind started to recall everything that happened on baler. How she trembled in fear as the thief took all of their belongings with a gun pointed at her. How she thought she was already safe when the thief left but she still got shot anyway.

It was an absolutely traumatizing experience.

She didn't even realize that she was actually running. And she was running far and she doesn't know where she is, all she knows is she needs to get away from this situation but what she doesn't know is she actually needs is to get away with this feeling of fear.

After running for so long, she could finally feel her legs tired and that is when she started to slow down though her heart was still racing.

Her breath is uneven and she feels cold, the familiar feeling of pricking needles started being present in her body. She started feeling a familiar sensation within her. It was an all too familiar emotion but it's an emotion she still couldn't get a hold of.

She's having another panic attack.

She doesn't know what to do even though she experienced this a hundred of times already but she does know that she needed help.

She took her phone out to call for someone, just anyone, but she immediately dropped it as she could feel her emotions eating her up. Again.

Her mind was beginning to feel foggy and her lungs was like being blocked by this emotion of fear and despair and so many unwanted thoughts. Feelings that she wanted to control but is the controlling her.