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Chapter 25: Framed
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2022-04-05 20:00:37It has been months since that day in the hospital. I started wearing hearing aids again but I would remove them whenever I’d meet my family. I started working behind the scenes while my cousin is competently leading the company.
I also started seeing Tita Philomena every 2 weeks in a month for my sessions. We just usually talk about my anxiety and how it started and why it started attacking again. She was also my psychiatrist back in States so she already knew how to deal with my trauma. It just started coming back, so I really needed her help again.
Pagkatapos ng session with Tita Mena, I go back to my house. Sa bahay ng mga magulang ako umuuwi simula noong nakalabas ako ng hospital. Zachary suggested it because he knew that he’s one of the many reasons why I’m anxious and annoyed. But he’d still visit me at home from time to time only to receive such cold treatments from me.
Lumipat sa Manila ang tagapangalaga ng bahay namin sa Davao na si Manang Lucinda da
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