Reborn CHAPTER ONE
“What are you doing?!”Napa sigaw na lamang ako nang agad nya akong tinutukan ng baril.
He’s my love,My first love to be precise_
I was five years old when we first met.
And from that moment ,I promised that I’ll marry him in the future…
Actually our marriage was arranged since that day
That was 20 years ago.
“Stay away from us If you want to live longer”
His emotionless face was enough to make my heart bleed.
Why?Why must I suffer like this?
“It’s Me!I’m the real Spirit Xiarllene Lordessé !Your wife’s just a Substitute!Please Nexus Maniwala ka sa akin!!Ako to!”
Hindi man lang nagbago ang kanyang reaksyon,Mas lalong nasaktan ang puso ko.
Hindi nya ba talaga alam ang nangyare sa kanya?
Bakit hindi nya matukoy kung sino ang nagpapanggap at kung sino ang totoo!??
“Aren’t you the fraud one?I know Spirit more than anyone else!Kilala ko kung sino ang asawa ko,She’s the real one!”
“So you better scram before I shoot you”
Nagsimulang magbagsakan ang mga luha ko.
You know Spirit ?But Why can’t you recognize me?
Ako to! Yung batang babaeng palaging nasa tabi mo noon!
Anim na taong gulang ako nang dalhin ako ni Daddy sa Europe,Yun ang huli naming pagkikita.
Masyadong busy ang aking ama sa trabaho kaya mag isa akong lumaki sa lugar na ‘yon.
Hanggang sa bumalik sya sa Pilipinas at iniwan ako para mag aral nang Business…
Sa panahong ‘yon nag iisa ako’t malungkot, Sabik na sabik na akong makita sya.
No’ng nalaman kong nagpunta sya sa Florida, Agad akong nag beyahe makita lang sa uli.
But-But an accident stopped me from meeting him.
I was in coma for 2years,, I stayed on the hospital for 5 years in Florida.Because the moment I opened my eyes I also suffered from memory loss.
I was 21 ,I woke up when I’m already 23 ,and I was 25 when I recovered my memories…
Without knowing that someone’s taking advantage of my accident….
A month ago ,I finally remembered everything where it’s already too late..
My love was already married to my substitute.
While me the real one’s suffering,My parents don’t recognize their own daughter anymore.
I was all alone.Para bang tinalikuran na ako ng buong mundo.
“Are you really going to shoot me?Nexus ,I still remember our promises,Do you?I promised back then that,If someone’s going to kill me,I just hope that its you,So that it’s you I see for the last time..And If ever someone took you away from me,I’ll take you back,Even though mountains and seas are to be climbed and to be crossed.”
Am I really too late,?To take him back?Also He thought that the one he marry was me..
“Nexus..I-”
Before I could finish my words ,a bullet landed on my chest.
I stumbled on the ground,catching my every breath.
My end?
Did he really shoot me?
…
From the corner of her eye she saw a woman who Immediately hugged Nexus,while looking at her grinning.
_It was supposed to be her !_
The more she strive to live the less she can breath.
_I’m not gonna die here!-
Out of nowhere her lips curved upward,making a smile.
Smile a little, smile a little,
As you go along,
Not alone when life is pleasant,
But when things go wrong.
Care delights to see you frowning,
Loves to hear you sigh;
Turn a smiling face upon her –
Quick the dame will fly.
Smile a little, smile a little,
All along the road;
Every life must have its burden,
Every heart its load.
Why sit down in gloom and darkness
With your grief to sup?
As you drink Fate’s bitter tonic,
Smile across the cup.
Smile upon the troubled pilgrims
Whom you pass and meet;
Frowns are thorns, and smiles are blossoms
Oft for weary feet.
Do not make the way seem harder
By a sullen face;
Smile a little, smile a little,
Brighten up the place.
Smile upon your undone labour;
Not for one who grieves
O’er his task waits wealth or glory;
He who smiles achieves.
Though you meet with loss and sorrow
In the passing years,
Smile a little, smile a little,
Even through your tears.
~ Smiles – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Atleast he’s the one who shot her.
Her heart stopped beating,She closed her eyes fully aware that she can’t open them again.
That she can’t take everything she own back.
That she can’t see him anymore..
Accepting that she lose..
Nagsisi syang hindi nya agad na alala ang totoo.
Blaming herself, she died unwillingly,but also happy that he was there when she fall !He was their when she was catching her breath,He was their
when she closes her eyes ’til her last breath.
~~Let us go hence: the night is now at hand;
The day is overworn, the birds all flown;
And we have reaped the crops the gods have sown;
Despair and death; deep darkness o’er the land,
Broods like an owl; we cannot understand
Laughter or tears, for we have only known
Surpassing vanity: vain things alone
Have driven our perverse and aimless band.
Let us go hence, somewhither strange and cold,
To Hollow Lands where just men and unjust
Find end of labour, where’s rest for the old,
Freedom to all from love and fear and lust.
Twine our torn hands! O pray the earth enfold
Our life-sick hearts and turn them into dust.
~ A Last Word – Ernest Dowson
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Spirit’s POV
“Ender!!Hurry up!Malalate kana sa flight mo!!!?”
Johan shouted from downstairs.
“Ito na nga daddy!!”
Sigaw ko pa balik.
Minamadali nya ako ehh.
Alam nya namang nag eempake pa ako.
“Didn’t I told you yesterday to pack your things ?Look what time is it?!”
Rinig kong sabi nya.
Nyanyanyanya
Sorry naman sadyang matigas ang ulo ng bata mo.!
Dali dali na akong bumaba,hatak hatak ang bagahe ko.
“Hindi ka ba talaga sasama sakin?”
Nag aalala kong tanung.
Nag iisa lang sya dito sa bahay,At ayaw ko nang maulit ang mga pangyayari.
“Don’t worry I’ll be fine,After my medical mission in Iran,I’ll follow you ”
Napa tango nalang ako.
Its been two months since He adopted me,Yes I still have my parents.
At alam ni Johan yon,Sya lang talaga tong pumulit sa akin na aamponin nya ako.
I died once!At dadating din ang araw na mamamatay din ako sa panahong ito.
Pagkatapos akong barilin ni Nexus,Oo namatay ako,Pero sadyang napaka malas ko at nabuhay akong muli,Para sa iba swerte ‘yon!Pero malas yon para sa akin!Kasi natatakot ako na baka maulit lang ang mga nangyare.
Pano kung maagaw ulit sa akin si Nexus sa pagkakataong ito?
Pano kung hindi na ako makilala ng mga magulang ko?
Pano kung mamamatay ulit ako ng malungkot at talunan?
Hindi ko na gusto na mangyari pa yon sa akin!
Bumalik ako sa panahong 21 years old palang ako,Ito yung panahon kung saan nakahiga pa ako sa hospital Bed,-In Coma-.
Pero sa pangalawang.pagkakataong ito,Hindi ako nacoma ng ganon ka tagal,Ang finding ng doctors may amnesia daw ako,But actually I can remember everything clearly.!
Noong nalaman kong na bumalik ako,Napagdesisyonan kong hindi na ako babalik sa sariling bansa!
Ayaw ko na!Kakalimutan ko na lang ang lahat na para bang ibang tao na ako.
Ngunit sadyang taksil itong puso at isip ko.Hindi ko sya makalimutan,Hindi ko pala kayang talikoran ang posisyon ko,Hindi ko pala kayang hayaang palitan ako ng kung sino!
Then finally,I realized that ,May rason kung bakit ako nabuhay ulit…
Para baguhin ang takbo ng kwento ng buhay ko.
Ngayon na ako babalik sa sarili kong bansa,Sa mga panahong ito wala pang pumalit sa posisyon ko,Siguradong nagpaplano pa ang taong yon,Hindi ko kilala ang babaeng nagpanggap na ako,Dahil sa nagtatago sya sa likod ng mukha ko,She’s behind the mask.Pero sigurado ako na isa sya sa mga matatalik kong kaibigan….
I came back to reality when the plane already takes off.
“Im coming…”
Pinikit ko ang aking mga mata at naisipang matulog muna…
***
Everything that happened from her past life appeared on her dream,She saw her own self lying on the bed;Both eyes are closed as if she’s already dead.
And then she saw her self waking up but can’t remember anything.
Until Nexus appeared,He shooted her….
“Miss!Miss!”
Someone pinched her,Kaya sya ay nagising mula sa masamang panaginip na iyon.
Hindi!Mali!Hindi iyon isang masamang panaginip Kundi isang mapait na nakaraan… Isang totoong pangyayare na nag dudulot ng kaba at takot sa kanyang puso.
Hindi na dapat mangyare ang nangyare sa una nyang buhay.She clinched her fist.
_Im back!And This time Im not gonna let anyone come my way!
Nexus himself is included!_
******
The moment the plane landed,Someone’s keeping an eye on her.
While her thought was filled with plans.She knew that if she want to know her substitute,
She must stay away from home and act as if she’s sufferring from memory loss,
Like what happened from her past life.
The past are all in the past,But she can’t forget how the woman smiled at her while she was dying.She’s going to trample her,Pero hahayaan nya muna itong mamuhay bilang sya ,But ofcourse temporaryo lang ‘yon.
She’s just simply
‘Letting her drink the tasteful wine until she’s drunk’
She gracefully exited the airport,and hailed a taxi.
• • • • • • • •
At a certain High-end French Restaurant
“You’re contract with Blossom already expired!It was you who told me that,All you need’s a 5 years contract!And now you’re telling me that you don’t want to leave?”
The old man was getting impatience.
A 29 years old man look disdainful infront of him..
He work at Blossom for five years!The entertainment gained a lot from his hard work,But in the end he’s the one who suffered the great loss,They’re chasing him out of the Agency,After they took advantage of his talent(HIM).
He was the director of the talent recruitment department,But a week ago,Bigla na lamang may dumating sa kanyang office saying that ‘IM THE NEW Directort of talent department’
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