Reigning The Haywire Land

02

Weeks have passed at sinunod ko ang mga sinabi ni papa, well I guess, my mom's too. Inubos ko ang natitirang mga linggo ko sa SHS na parang isang matinong estudyante, kaya naman I maintained my spot sa ranking.

I spent my vacation wandering while waiting for the result of my qualification exam sa isang University in London. Matagal ko ng hinihintay iyon, kaya naman ng dumating ay halos hindi ako makapaniwala.

I ran out from my room at excited na pumunta sa office ni papa. Pero natigil ako sandali ng maabutan ko silang seryosong nag-uusap ni mama.

"Ano pong mero'n? Parang ang seryoso niyo naman" tumingin ako kay mama dahil baka dahil na naman ito sa kanya.

"Nothing, just business. How about you? What's making my princess smile like that?" si papa.

I walked towards papa's table with all smile and handed him the result I've printed earlier. May pagtataka niya iyong tinanggap but after a while, he looked at me with wide eyes.

"You passed?" mangha niyang tanong.

I bit my lower lip habang nakangiti at masayang tumatango.

"W-wow! Congratulations, princess. I.. I knew you can do it."

I chuckled and hugged him. "Thanks, papa"

"Congratulations, sweetie" si mama, matapos basahin ang letter.

"Thanks, ma" ani ko at kumalas sa yakap kay papa.

Ilang segundo kaming nanahimik. Papa is sitting on his swivel chair. Mama is in front of him at ako naman ay nakatayo sa tabi ni papa.

I can see their glances from each other na para bang they can communicate by just doing that.

"We're really happy that you passed the test, Zeph, but we're afraid that you can't pursue it." si mama sa kalmadong boses.

My eyebrows met in confusion. "Pardon?"

Walang nagsalita sa kanila kaya't mas lalo akong kinabahan. Nagtinginan lang si mama at papa na para bang naninimbang kung sino ang sasagot.

"Uhm" tanging nasabi ni papa and cleared his throat. "Your mama and I decided na rito ka na lang sa Santiago mag-aaral"

Para akong nabingi matapos sabihin ni papa iyon. It's like I heard it clearly but my mind can't process it.

"B-but why? I mean, we already talked about this-"

"And we've already decided" singit ni mama. "Dito pa lang ang hirap mo ng pagsabihan, what more kung nasa malayo ka na? Passing that exam is enough, at least alam na nating kaya mo. That's what's more important."

My lips parted. "This is so unfair! Pinaghirapan ko iyon. You know too well how badly I wanted to study on that University... Papa" tawag ko na para bang siya na lang ang pag-asa ko sa oras na 'to.

High school pa lang pangarap ko nang mag-aral doon. I didn't take any entrance exams aside from that school at pinag-usapan na namin ito noon pa man. I cannot believe na kung kailang ito na, tsaka pa magbabago ang isip nila.

Dad opened his mouth to speak pero nauna na si mommy.

"And you know too well either that there are consequences of your actions"

So it is all about that. How unfair!

"You won't support me? Fine" I nodded na para bang naiintindihan na lahat.