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October 1, Saturday 4:30 am

Abi wakes up at 4 am, before she leaves for a morning Saturday walk

She prepares all her older sister's medicine and helps Nanay Rona cook breakfast.

"dadating kaya siya? it is raining outside again..baka hindi siya dumating"

Having that possibility in her thought pinches her heart already

nak!

ha po?

baka naman pati daliri mo mahiwa mo na, ako na nga dyan

ahh, si..sige po nay..

mejo maulan pa sa labas tutuloy kapa ba?

opo nay, alam mo naman ito lang magpapa-kalma sakin diba

oh siya, kung saan ka masaya

5:15

Ahhmm nay mauna na po ako

oh, mag-almusal ka manlang muna

hindi na po nay, duon na po ako kakain si..sige po nay

oh, oh teka mag-iingat ka ha, lumalakas ang ulan

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As she walks towards the street corner, her heart pounds to each of her steps.

Squeezing her chest while thinking how and what to react if she found out no one is waiting for her.

Nearing the corner street, gripping thightly the umbrella's handle she stopped, and marveled to one freezing man, wearing a black sweater,  standing under the street light.

He looked and waved at her with a sweet smile

"he came, he's here" - Abigail

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He walked towards her slowly but never a second did his eyes looked somewhere else.

All he sees is her, standing there with her yellow umbrella under the small drops of water, in the foggy morning of October 1

"she's really here, she came" - MaNoah

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"good morning!" he said as he took the umbrella from her

Exchanging  sweestest smiles a two stranger could ever give

"magandang umaga din sayo" she gladly replied

There they walked the path that Abi usually take every Saturday morning

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while walking...