Always Into You

Resuscitation - Chapter 20

(Maico’s POV)

The night was thick with rain, the kind that seeped into your bones and made everything feel heavier. But none of it mattered.

I needed to find her.

I had been to Joanna’s apartment.

Nothing.

Checked her old favorite café.

Nothing.

Walked through the streets we used to wander aimlessly, hoping to see her silhouette in the distance.

Still nothing.

Then, I remembered.

"Whenever I feel like I’m breaking, I always go to the shrine."

Pinaglabanan Shrine.

Of course.

My heart pounded as I drive, the cold air burning my lungs. I prayed..begged..that she would be there.

And when I arrived.

I saw her.

Crumpled on the stone steps.

Crying like a child.

Like the weight of the world had finally broken her.

Like she had been holding it all in for far too long.

“Tanya.”