Remember Me

Chapter 2 : My Mom?

Three days have passed and I still can't process the point that my mom is here, right in front of me.

I eye her from head to toe.

She is so pretty just like what my grandma told me. Her face features are so perfect. She's elegant and has a fashion sense. I can see that all she's wearing now are expensive.

But I don't think I can forget what she did to me, she abandoned me and I hate her for that.

We are currently at the café near the apartment I'm staying at with Roni. And nobody dared to talk until I broke the silence "What are you going to tell me?"

She looked shocked, probably not thinking that I would speak.

"I- can we eat first? Your grandma said this is your favorite." she passed me a dish.

I looked at it and saw that it's a roasted chicken! Yum! My eyes widened at the sight of it. It looks so delicious!

But I need to know the reason she's here so I asked once again, adding a pause with every word "I said what are you going to tell me?"

My voice so stern that I was also scared of myself, I didn't know I had this dark side until now.

She breathed out a heavy sigh before speaking "I'll get to the point."

She looked at me in the eyes "Your father's dying. He has stage 4 cancer and he wants to see you. He has a month left so please let him get what he wants."

I scoffed.

After what they have done to me?

"Ok. Let me get this straight. You abandoned me and left me with my grandparents. And every day I have to live without any parents. Do you know how much pain that has caused me?"

I stood up getting emotional.

"Do not ever come near me. I do not want you both near me ever. Do you understand?!" I ran away but not fast enough that I didn't notice the stares coming from the people inside the restaurant.

But that doesn't bother me at least one bit.

My tears continued rushing down my face as I let my feet take me to god knows where. I just kept running, and running, and running.

The rain started pouring but I continued running. Thinking that it would help me escape from all of this. That I would escape from all the pain.

But the pain is just unbearable, too unbearable that I suddenly felt numb. So my legs gave up and I fell on the ground, the cold ground.

I can feel the stares of the people on me as they pass.

Guess I'm a star today.

My hands traveled to my knees as I hug them my heart hurts so bad. I've been bottling up this pain too long that it hurts so bad when I let it all out. I buried my head in my legs as I cry harder.

The rain is so heavy and yet I don't feel cold not even a bit. But deep down, deep down inside my heart, I feel the coldness that it brings.

I was surprised when the rain suddenly stopped pouring. I looked around and noticed that it was still raining but then I looked up and saw an umbrella.

My eyes slowly went its way to who the owner of the umbrella is, and when I realized who it is that's when my heart stopped.

It was... him.

The man who bumped me three days ago.

He was staring at me like everybody else. And what is that I see in his eyes? Was he worried about me?

I don't know what I'm feeling when I saw him. I can't describe it, but I do know that a part of me is happy to see him. I don't know if it's because he showed up when I needed someone. Or if it's because he's presence brings me comfort.

I don't exactly know what the reason is but I'm happy that he's here.

"What are you doing underneath the cold rain?" his voice, it's like music to my ears.

His voice, it's deep but calming at the same time. When he speaks it gives me comfort. I feel like I'm floating on the clouds with lots of rainbows all around.

It's a little weird though, that he's voice seems so familiar but I like his voice, I do.

It's like I was hypnotized so I was shocked when I did what the unexpected was.

I jumped up and hugged him. I hugged him so tight.

This time it didn't matter that he was a stranger, I just want to hug him so bad. And I'm glad I did because I felt so much better.

He seems taken aback by my actions but he calmed down and hugged me back. I heard him ask if I was okay but I didn't answer him and just hugged him tighter.

It didn't take too long before I calmed down and stopped crying because, in his arms, I felt like I found my home.

A strong wind came by and the umbrella that he was holding blew off and now we are both wet. Our eyes met and we were both shocked.

We stayed like that for a few minutes, our eyes glued on each other. My arms rested on his chest while his circle around my waist.

I then notice that his eyes were shining. It was so beautiful; I can't seem to take my eyes off of it.

But then a car honked startling both of us.

Our eyes met once again then we started laughing. I don't know how but the pain I had earlier disappeared as if it was magic. And that only happened because of him.

Because of him, all the pain was gone and was replaced by happiness.

"You stopped crying. Are you okay now?" my lips slowly formed into a smile.

"I am..."