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Judge opened his eyes, bruised face, abrasions and cuts on his skin, swollen muscles and probably broken ribs. He arose from his bed and carefully sat.
He caressed his throbbing head gently.
It hurts so bad— Geez.
Na sa ospital siya obviously. Naalala niyang umalis siya pagkatapos nang sagutan nila ni Mister King. Pagkatapos noon ay sumakay siya sa kaniyang motorsiklo, habang papatawid sa interseksyon nabangga siya ng isang kotse.
Sure thing, he drove fast, exceeded speed limit, beat the red light but he wasn't trying to kill himself.
Promise.
Nagkataon lang talaga na sa pagtawid niya ay akalain mo 'yon, may mas swapang pa pala sa kaniya kaya nabangga siya. He got minor injuries— or if having a broken ribs considered even minor. He couldn't even talk because his mouth hurts. He might've a loose tooth or something.
What a life.
First, he messed up his performance and it was horrible. Second, lose his career which he has been rooting for years and then... this, almost lost his life too.
Ang malas!
Maya-maya pumasok ang mga nurse, ngumiti at bumati ito sa kaniya at sa ibang mga kasamaan sa kwarto. Bali tatlo silang nakaratay roon. On his right side, it was a guy more like a boy. By the looks of it, ungracefully tall and thin— he appeared more as lanky, likely to be a couple years younger than him. On his left, another guy but this time probably his age, dyed red hair and a lot of ear piercing. May leg brace ito sa kanang paa, habang hawak ang gitara at tumutogtog.
His eyes squinted as he watched his fingers doing the work.
Kumunot ang noo niya nang may mapansin siya roon. His left hand's fingers are deformed probably burnt or something. It looked like it has been there for years based on the shiny, rubberlike, brownish keloid scars, present from the back of his palms, covering an ample part of his arm too. Hindi lang iyon. What amazed him more was how he's really good at strumming the guitar given that his fingers was distorted— he'd left with two fingers actually, the thumb and pinky. Dumapo ang tingin niya sa right arm nitong nasa fingerboard ng guitar, it seemed fine. No scars and no burn. Ang left arm lang talaga nito ang napuruhan.
Playing "I feel fine" of the Beatles, the red haired guy killed the song. His skilled fingers manuevared the guitar strings like crazy. Nevertheless the dissability, it didn't seem to affect his performance at all. He's that good.
"Mister Ocampo can you please toned down. Hindi lang ikaw ang nasa kwarto," saway ng nurse.
Nagkibit-balikat ito at binaba ang guitar sa sahig.
