Once Burned

98

Bettencourt 3

1:11 AM

Is this Koa?

Hello

Ako

Nasan si Dior????

This is her sister

She's with me sa Manila Hotel, room 1054.

But don't come yet.

I'm just telling you so you can stop worrying and go home

Ano nangyari

I'm letting her rest. She's exhausted and angry and hurt

Come to her only when she asks you to

Nag-aalala ako

Please

Wag muna

She's so tired, Koa

And she feels

She said she feels alone

Nandito ako

And I'm here with her too

But she still feels that

Anong

Anong kailangan niya? Anong mabibigay ko? Magagawa ko?

Just give her time

She's so battered down

And right now she feels like she needs to hide from everyone

Even from herself

Wala siyang kailangang itago sa 'kin

Lahat ng pinakita at binahagi niya sa 'kin kinilala ko

At minahal ko

I know

But please give her time

Until she needs you

And please don't leave her

Don't hurt her

She's been through enough

She can't take another heartbreak

Never

Nandito lang ako

Please 'wag mo rin iwanan

Alagaan mo siya

Wow. Ngayon lang ako nakakita nang inutusan ako para alagaan ang kapatid ko

Mahal ko siya

I know

Which is why I took your number from her phone while she's sleeping

Unblock mo na rin ako.

Done

I'll be here with her

And

If she needs a place to stay, she will be stubborn about getting her own

Even if she starves

She won't accept any money from me or Papa

Sa 'kin na siya. Hindi niya kailangan magbayad ng kahit na ano

Kung ano man ang pwede kong gawin para matulungan at maalagaan siya, gagawin ko.

She doesn't want utang na loob

Ha???? Pero gusto kong gawin

Walang utang na loob, mahal ko lang siya

Walang kapalit

Kahit nga hindi niya ako mahal pabalik

Basta nandito ako para sa kanya

I know but

There's a scar so deep in her that she feels like she needs to give back to people who help her

Like she doesn't deserve it unless she earns it

So just let her chip in the groceries or something small

Wala siyang kailangan i-earn

Nakuha niya na 'ko wala pa siyang ginagawa

I know

But my sister's mind

And her heart

are violent with self-ridicule

And our mother

That fucking woman

Added insult to injury

Saglit

Sorry

Pero putangina ng nanay nyo.

'Di pala ako sorry.

Tangina niya ang magandang nagawa lang niya ay ipanganak si Dior

At ikaw pala sorry

I'm leaving the house too

I can't stand to stay with someone who abandoned my sister

Ok

Tangina

Salamat

Goodnight, Koa

Goodnight, Ate Jada.

Nice.

Dior 👩🏼‍🦳

1:37 AM

Mahal kita, Dior.

Walang kondisyon o kapalit.

Mahal lang kita.