18 parts Ongoing Mature"What would you do if one day, you woke up and realized your whole life has been a lie?
Since the day I was born, I carried something I didn't even know existed a truth so twisted it wore the face of love. I grew up surrounded by warmth, by a family that made me believe nothing could ever break me. I never thought that love could hide a truth this cruel.
Pinilit kong iwasan, pigilan ang sarili sa isang bagay na buong akala ko ay mali
isang bagay na iniukit sa isip ko na bawal, hindi tama, imoral. Pinaglaban ko ang sarili kong damdamin dahil naniwala ako na dapat ko itong itago, na dapat ko itong ikulong. Pero ngayon, nalaman kong lahat ng pagpipigil na 'yon, lahat ng paghihirap ko, ay walang saysay dahil pala mula sa simula, wala naman akong kailangang pigilan.
But now I know.
All those years of restraint, all those sleepless nights of swallowing what I felt they were all for nothing. Because the truth is, I didn't need to stop myself. I didn't need to hide.
The thing I was running away from... was me.
I am the lie.
And the lie is me.
I've been living In Between Lies-lies that I cannot escape from, lies that have shaped me, molded me into the person I am today and no matter how much I want to run, I can't. Because this isn't just a part of my story... it's the very foundation of who I've become."