TELL ME

The air that was surrounding them immediately changed. Alex touched his chest a strong relieve escaping from his throat as well as everyone else. The sky above was clear enough for everybody now that the spell has broken. Clearly having a good view of the forest, now all of them could tell that the sun was setting. Luca was still grounded down his breath diminishing slowly and before anyone to recognized a thing, he coughed out blood jolting their minds.

' Luca, luca.' Lyn quickly called running to him. She had thought that his brother was fine but now his health is getting more worse than before. Her one knee bend down taking Luca's head onto one of her thighs trying to comfort him.

' Anyone with water? He needs to take his medicine now.' she shouted staring to the unmoving statues. Alex too moved forward taking Luca away from Lyn's arms. Luca's sickness was hard for them to contrived about it but due to the situation they were in, they could only keep their words inside them.

Crestfallen, Lyn quickly rushed to look for water since Luca's life was at stake. She won't just gawp at them in a stupid way waiting for their help while she can do it on her own. She took some minutes to try to feel any flow of the river around but her ears couldn't even see a glimpse of it. She took more steps ahead but when she heard a rustle noise in the bush, she skid to a halt staring at the direction to where she heard the sound. With her heart hammering from the chest, she quickly took little steps but more careful picking a stick from the ground for protection. Her trembling hands quickly hold onto the stick tightly her big eyes keeping an eye from where the sound was still coming from.

' Hope that witch isn't the one trying to haunt me down, am gonna run as far as l can.' she murmured.

After searching for what was rustling, disappointed, she couldn't caught anything crucial. Before she could drop her guard down by letting the stick to fall, something came out of the bush but she was too quick to catch it. The stick that she was holding onto, it quickly stabbed onto the animal, dying as soon as the stick got onto its throat. Her body trembled, still holding the stick not moving from her position as Drew's dead body get pictured onto her mind. She has perfectly timed it like how Drew's throat was sliced. She blinked confusingly tears from her eyes threatening to fall as a realization of what brought her here rings inside her brain. She took the bush rat, hoping that it'll be enough for everybody when it'll be roasted. She turned not knowing who was behind, and before she could think twice, her body had stumbled onto Alex's, whose sudden arrival scared her deep down her chest.

' Uh, what the fuck, Alex? What were you thinking?' She cried dropping the dead bush rat.'

' Sorry, didn't mean to startle you, l thought that maybe you've lost your way.'

' l didn't. Jeez, Luca! How is he? She quickly asked staring behind Alex.' Is he okay or he needs...

' No panick, no worries. Now your brother is fine, but not as fine as he had been earlier. It's getting worse Lyn, he might not....

' Survive right, is that what you're trying to say.' she interjected, his words freezing her heart momentarily.

' I saw it coming. Even though have been trying to comfort myself for so many times but one thing l was so sure about it was that he'll never survive, no matter how many times l tried convincing myself, the fact still remained that things will always fall apart. He'll die like maa and paa. He'll leave me like the others.' her sad tone echoed as Alex's face turns queer with her outbursts.

' Is it because you knew all long that l won't survive that's why you've been worrying about me and never bothered to tell me anything about my sickness? If l can survive or die? eehh! Just because my body is weak and can't live long, like you. Is it because these sickness has been eating me ever since l was young and you had knew that there's no cure. Even mama and papa knew about it, about me dying anytime. That's why they never believed me no matter what I'll say and hid the truth from me. Is it because you knew that am used in hallucinating so anything l say, you won't take it seriously, Mmhh! Sister Lyn, is it all about it, right?' Luca questioned, this time his tears falling like never before. He was standing behind her listening to everything she was saying Ofcourse such a conversation he had not expected to hear.

' Lu...Luca! She called the moment she heard his trembling voice. Her aching heart couldn't stand and see her only brother saying such hurtful words. ' Luca please, don't think.....

' What should l think now. That am imagining my own things now. Am imagining my own words, huh!....' he cut wiping his tears like a child.' l still vividly recall that day l said about that woman, and the shadow that l had seen and no one listened. No one believed in me except Alex even though he had a second thought about it but still he managed to stay with me. What did you do, l was especting you and papa to believe me, to understand my feelings, but....huh! What did l get. That thing ended up killing both Paa and Maa Ofcourse with your stupid boyfriend Vicky. Now she killed Drew and nothing has happened. We are running, running from nowhere to nowhere thinking that we'll be safe. That woman l realized that she wants me more than anything. Instead of escaping, why don't we face her, I'll use myself as a bet if that's what you're fearing. Even if l die, what will l loose or again?'

' Luca. Who told you to spit such harsh words. I care about you and even Maa and paa. No one had neglected you, and you know it.' she shouted taking his hands into hers.' I never knew that by keeping this secret will come to hurt you to the point you'll hate me. But l wanted you to be safe, safe with me brother.'

' Uhh! Safe right. Well then tell me. WHAT exactly am l suffering from, that l can't be treated?', Tell me now.' he broke off as he hazily rested his chin against his palms, covering his mouth from screaming.

' Luca, you're state is not safe, why can't you wait till you feel okay.' Alex tried to convinced but his words didn't got onto Luca. He kept his gaze fixed onto Lyn not surrendering.'

' I don't want to die before l get to know what's these that is making me uncomfortable.'

' Luca...Tsc. Jeez! Humph...Okay..... you're suffering from.....from.... Shit l can't say it.' she huffed dropping her head down with a puzzle expression.'

' From diabetes, eeehh! heart failure, kidney failure, lack of enough blood, or is it.....' he was cut as soon as her head rose.

' Okay, you're suffering from psychosis. An illness that had damaged your mentality but due to unknown reasons, you weren't able to be treated because also..... you had a....a....growth, and now it is in its full stage. You can't be treated anymore.' she explained exploding into another flow of tears. Alex had no choice than to hug her so that she can calm down.

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