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"Mom you're awake!" Agad niyakap ni Anissa ang kaniyang ina.
She chuckled and hugged back kahit nanghihina pa rin.
"Mom, I can't believe it—" naluluhang sabi ni Anissa.
"Are you okay?" Tanong ng ginang sakaniya habang hinahaplos ang buhok nito. "You didn't seem fine earlier."
"You can hear me?"
Tumango ito. "I can always hear you. I may be unconscious but I can hear things."
"So you know... everything?" Anissa asked.
Tumangong muli ang ginang. "I'm sorry you had to know it that way, anak. Know that I only mean good things for you and your brothers."
Totoo nga. Ang kaniyang ina na ang nagsabi.
"So, totoo nga... and your name as well, Eliza." Anisa whispered to herself.
Niyakap siyang muli ng ginang. "I'm sorry, anak."
Biglang bumukas ang pintuan. "Anissa tawag ka ni— Ma— mama
