Julie woke up late the next morning, she was still pissed. She never imagined Elmo would say those things to her, if it's Ben she would not wonder and would not be hurt badly right now...but it's Elmo, she cannot even think of Elmo saying those things to his other exes...it's very foul and disrespectful.
' He did. Believed it. People have changed, so has Elmo. You've never been with him for the last five years...anyone could change in a day or two...
' You still have a soft spot for him, that's why you have a hard time accepting what he did. Don't forget that he still has unanswered issues with Janella. He changed, he even beat Janella, right? Nah, he didn't, I surely know he's not capable of doing that. He didn't. So how can you explain what he said last night? No one with a sound mind would tell you things like that. I don't know, maybe pinagdadaanan siya? Oh c'mon Julie Anne stop defending him, he's totally not the man you thought he is. From doing what he'd done last night, clearly he changed and have you forgotten what he did five years ago? He left you without saying a word and the next thing you knew he was exclusively dating Janine, he's a total ass! That's the truth, Julie. You've never been with him for the longest time, people do change and Elmo was one perfect proof. Ugh. What made him change like that?'
She was in battle with her inner self again, her mind still refused to believe he could say those words to her.
Her tears freely streamed down her face.
Five years had passed but somehow it still aches just hearing or seeing his name...deep inside she knew she still cares for him. She even bought an extra sim card just to send him an encouragement message when his scandal with Janella Salvador came out. How could she forget him completely if she shared almost all her first with him? He was his first love, first kiss, the first man she was intimate with, first man who broke her heart, her first heartache. He was the ideal boyfriend she could ever wished for, for two and a half years before Janine happened.
She was snapped out of her thoughts when Joanna knocked on her door.
"Ate? Ate, go downstairs na daw and eat your lunch."
She wiped her tears, took a deep sigh before she went to the door and answered her younger sibling, Joanna.
" Thanks JM. I'll be down in a bit. Ligo lang ako."
" Ate, okay ka lang? You sound like---umiiyak ka ba?"
"What? Haha guni-guni mo lang yan. And kakagising ko lang kaya. Sige na maliligo na ako, gutom na ako."
"Okay. Sabi mo eh. Pinaiyak ka ni Kim?"
"Nah. Why would he? Haha. Kaloka!"
" I thought you're giving him a chance? He's courting you, di ba?"
" Do you want me to give him a chance?"
"Why you're asking me? Ikaw ang nililigawan eh. Ayaw ni Mama? Hahaha another fuck boy Alves daw eh!"
" You think so? Parang he's not that type of naman, and he's God fearing, a religious man."
"So? You're giving him a chance nga?"
" Giving him a chance like sasagutin ko siya? You mean? Well, I'm not on that point yet.... What I'm saying is... I'm giving him the chance to make ligaw, to know him better, to be fair...right now parang siya yung consistent eh and yun nga religious. And hirap din naman sa sitwasyon now, di ba one of the best ways to know a person is spending time with that person, kaya nga we're cyber dating now. Hahaha. And you can't really tell, di ba?"
" But you've been spending a lot of your time talking to him lately and the adiks nakaka halata na rin, you always have the same igs. Puro religious quotes kana rin."
