Kabanata 34
Samantha’s POV “Sometimes, the words you’ve always wanted to hear come too late… but somehow, still make your heart ache the same.” Hindi ako agad nakagalaw. Hindi rin ako agad nakapagsalita. Nakatayo lang ako doon, basang-basa sa ambon, habang pinapanood siyang tumalikod — mabagal, tahimik, parang hinayaan niyang dalhin ng hangin ang lahat ng sinabi niya. And maybe, just maybe… hinihintay niyang sundan ko siya. Pero hindi ko nagawa. Not because I didn’t care. But because I still did. Too much. Too deeply. At mas nakakatakot yun ngayon. Because for the first time… Gavin said the words I used to beg the universe to let me hear — late at night, when I cried into my pillow. When I prayed to just be seen. Chosen. Loved. And now that he finally said them… I didn’t know what to do.
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