Nefarious Love

Chapter 35

Chapter 35
 
Consequences
    
    
  
"Faith? May problema ba?" Samuel asked from the other line, making me flinch a little.

I straighted my back but remained looking down on my lap, iniiwasan ang matalim na titig na ginagawad sa akin ni Anthony na nakaupo sa harapan ko.

"W-Wala, wala naman," naaasiwa kong sagot.

"Tss..." I heard Anthony hissed before looking away in a disgust way.

I gritted my teeth. This is so awkward!

And here I was just thinking of how will I tell them about my relationship with Samuel! Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwalang ganoon kadali niya akong napaamin.

Isang oras na ang nakakalipas mula nang lumuwas kami pabalik ng Manila. The first forty minutes went smoothly. Nagsimula lang bumagal ang usad namin nang marating na namin ang Pampanga. Eventually, we got stuck in heavy traffic.

"You should get some sleep. Maaga tayong lumuwas, sigurado akong inaantok ka pa," Anthony said without taking his eyes off the road. "Gigisingin nalang kita pag malapit na tayo,"

Staring blankly at the window next to me, nilingon ko siya.

"Ayos lang ako. Besides, I don't think I can fall asleep knowing I'm going back to Manila anyway,"

He glanced at me. "Why? Are you still worried about Tito Francis?"

Hindi ako sumagot. Tinikom ko ang aking bibig at nag-iwas ng tingin. I admit, I am worried about that. Pero mas iniisip ko ang maaari nilang maging reaksyon sa oras na sabihin ko sa kanila ang totoo.

"Huwag mo nang alalahanin si Tito, Fayre. With his current state, I don't think he's capable of doing the things he did to you before." he paused for a bit. "However, now that Samuel Li is back from whatever business he had to attend to somewhere, and with your supposed marriage with him still on-hold, there's a possibility that Tito Francis might still be thinking of pushing it pag nalaman niyang nakabalik ka na,"

Anthony smiled at me.

"But I'm sure Tito Lucio won't let that happen, none of us would so you don't need to worry. We never liked that man anyway," halos pabulong niyang sinabi ang mga huling salita.

I pursed my lips. 'Never', huh?

"Why do you hate him so much?" marahan kong tanong.

He seemed taken aback. Namimilog ang mga mata niyang nilingon ako. Kumunot ang noo niya.

"What do you mean 'why'? Don't tell me you forgot what he did to the Navalez Furnitures?" he reminded in a irritated tone.

I looked away guiltily. "We're not sure if he really did—"

"Of course, we are!" Anthony cut me off. "Sinabi sa amin ni Tita Ana lahat ng impormasyon na nalaman ni Tito Francis noong pina-imbestigahan niya si Samuel Li. There's no doubt that he really did planned and took the Navalez' down! Alam kong alam mo din ang tungkol doon,"

Kinagat ko ang pang ibabang labi. How can I forget? Mommy is also against Dad now. Siguradong sinabi na niya sa kanila ang lahat ng detalyeng nalalaman niya about Sam. No wonder their accusations were like that.

"E-Even so, we can't put all the blame to him. I mean, the Navalez was at fault for what happened too! Masyado silang naging kampante! Alam nilang marami silang maaaring maging kakompetensya sa linya ng business nila yet they remained unbothered about it. They know what's coming to them but they didn't do anything to prevent it from happening—"

"I can't believe you're blaming them,"

"I'm not! All I am saying is, may kasalanan din sila sa nangyari, if they were more cautious then maybe..." I trailed off.