u/kaijisheeran

Sa mga lalaki ko tinatanong kasi natanong ko na to sa mga babaeng pro-life na kakilala ko

Yung hindi siya kasingsikat ng Linda Walker at hindi rin trending pero inabangan niyo talaga kasi maganda

My mom invited her cousin Bertha to my birthday party. It was my first time seeing her and I gotta be honest I find her physical appearance creepy. She had this botched surgery of a face; her lips were thick like sausages, her eyes were extremely downturned, and her cheeks look swollen and full of pores. My mom told me privately to not feel scared and to treat her like any other guest.

Her son Joey was with her. A mid-20s-looking jerk adult who talked like he was going to throw an insult anytime. He looked at me with a smirk and talked to my dad.

"Can Cedric play with me?" He asked my dad.

My dad said no and continued to ignore him. Others were looking at him like an uninvited guest and no one was talking or looking at him. I realized that they were also the same with his mom Bertha. Both of them looked like strangers to others and can't fit in. Only my mom was kind enough to make them feel at home.

Then Joey approached me. I just stared at him hoping he'll not do anything crazy. He whispered .

"Hey, you're 12 now. A grown-a$$ kid. You have to mature somehow. Wanna know the family secret?"

I wonder what he's talking about. I felt uncomfortable with his aura but I just went along as a naive kid. I was helpless for some reason.

We went to the woods a few walks from our home. We went inside a small cabin that I had kept seeing since childhood, but my mom always scolded me not to go inside. The cabin smelled like old dust and some rusty metals. In the kitchen part there sat an old man wearing decent clothes. Maybe he doesn't really live there and this cabin was just some resting place or something.

"Joey, not again. Stop showing me random kids here for another problem."

"He's a relative. Don't worry, he's not smart enough to take advantage of the magic," Joey laughed.

I looked around and saw photos of some of my relatives when they were teens. Is this old guy related to us?

"I don't want to do it. If you wanna help that kid you help him yourself!" He yelled at Joey but Joey insisted I should try it too.

Confused, I asked him. "J-Joey, what are we doing here?"

"This old dude can grant any wish if you cut any part of your body, even just a fingernail or hair, and then he'll eat it and boom! Your wish granted!"

The old man looked at me. "He's tricking you. Yes I can grant wishes but with terrible conditions. You'll not like it."

We heard footsteps from outside. It sounds angry. It was Bertha. I was expecting my mom but it was Bertha.

"I knew it! Joey, and you too, Cedric. Let's go home!"

I said goodbye to the old man while Joey looked annoyed. Bertha hold my shoulder and she guided us home.

"Cedric, did you do anything?" She asked.

"Like what?" I asked back.

"Like, some sort of wish. Did you gave something to the old man?"

"No, I didn't."

"Thank goodness."

Bertha was actually a wholesome woman. I felt bad for feeling disgusted by her face.

We decided to hang out a little in the woods. She asked me questions, where am I studying now, what are my hobbies, do I have pets, and so on. We also picked apples.

Bertha's phone rang and she answered it. It was my mom.

"Yeah we were just picking apples and breathing fresh air. Yeah. Ok. Yes. I will not. I promise."

When I felt comfortable with her I decided to open up. "Ms. Bertha, what was the magic all about? I wanna ask if it's ok."

She smiled, but with unknown sadness in her eyes. "Some of our family members can grant wishes. We're like wizards you know? But most of them don't know how to do it and could burn the houses down." She chuckled. I knew she's trying to sugarcoat the mystery to not scare me. But I want to dig deeper.

"Ms. Bertha. Did something bad happen? If they can grant wishes then I wanna try. I want to have this expensive gaming console that I've been dreaming to have."

She sighed and stroked my hair. She looked teary eyed.

"Twenty years ago, I made a wish too. I longed to meet my idol, a famous star I admired. You know Daryl Watson? The leader of the famous boyband Kitten Love?"

"Yes. Was your wish granted?" I asked.

"Yes. It did."

That sounds like a great moment for her but she sounded broken. I kept listening.

"My wish came true, but the price was cruel, my face changed into the face of my abuser. The abuser was my brother. She beat me and made my life a living hell. Everytime I look in the mirror, I see him."

My heart began to race.

"Filled with hatred for what I had become, I disfigured my own face, hiding from the world. When I finally met my idol, I was humiliated and rejected because of my scars. Feeling the pain of the humiliation, I went to several surgeons, but it just made my face worse."

She started to cry. Joey showed a bit of concern and patted her back. I hugged her and stroked her hair. I felt like a different person doing that. I'm not used to comforting. But I also don't wanna just stand there in front of a broken woman.

Joey stood up, his mother still crying. He walked around with his clouded mind.

"I was... a product of sin. You know, Cedric." A tear fell down his eye.

"I was not normal. I couldn't walk or talk properly back then. I was lucky that the side effect was actually a blessing, my dad died. Yeah fu-- that monster!"

Until now, the cabin is still there but the old man was nowhere to be found. I just found out days later that he died from old age. I know he's not the only one from our clan who had that magic. And whoever those people are, I hope they mastered it well.

...we have this thing called vasovagal syncope, it's the fainting caused by either stress or excitement.

I read somewhere (maybe from a hater) that fans fainted because of heat and exhaustion and not because of MJ and even tho he had a point, I also want to point out something. If it just came from heat and exhaustion then explain this:

How come his concert had a record of "most number of people fainted" despite Rod Stewart having more crowd in his beach concert than that MJ concert?

Why some fans fainted in the theater? Theater?? I'm sure its air conditioned there, they can buy food if they want, and they are just literally sitting there. So why lol

Gusto ko lang malaman bat kayo ganyan sa mga taong tahimik