My Hot and Naughty Love

Chapter 10 - FORGIVENESS AND GOODBYES

CLEOFE'S POINT OF VIEW

After everything that just happened between me and Eros, we just stopped talking to each other. Hindi rin kami nagpapansinan o whatsoever. These days, wala na talagang matinong lalaki. Makahanap ka man ng perfect guy na gwapo at mayaman, you'll realize na hindi pa rin yun enough to be happy. I was right. I should not trust guys that easy. It was my fault I know, agad ako'ng bumigay. Lesson learned Cleofe.

On my way to our first class nagkasalubong kami ni Eros. Tumigil sya sa harapan ko pero I wasn't stupid enough para pansinin sya, pretend not to see him and walked passed through him. I'm not gonna fall for those lame tricks again.

"May nangyari ba?" sabay tingin sa'kin ni Rose at kay Eros

"Huh? Wala naman, bakit?"

"Last week lang nagtatawanan kayo, ngayon hindi kayo nagpapansinan?"

"Nge. Hindi ah. Ganyan lang talaga kami.." tawa ko

Pinatawag si Prof kaya lumabas sya sandali.. Pagbalik nya...

"Ms Fajardo, can I talk to you outside?" tawag sa'kin ni Prof

EROS POINT OF VIEW

Hindi na talaga nya ako pinapansin. Ganun ba sya kagalit sa'kin?tsk. Lumabas si Cleofe dahil pinatawag sya ni Prof. Mayamaya, nagmamadali'ng kinuha ni Cleofe ang bag nya at umalis. Pagbalik ni Prof, he just continued the class not saying what happened o bakit umalis si Cleofe. Ano kaya nangyari? I can't help myself but get curious so I decided to go take a look. Lumabas ako at hinanap si Cleofe. Nakita ko sya may kausap na lalaki. Biglang sya'ng niyakap nung guy at parang umiiyak si Cleofe. Then they just left, Sino yung guy na yun? Bakit sya niyakap? Bakit sya umiiyak?

CLEOFE'S POINT OF VIEW'

"Ms Fajardo, I'm sorry. I heard you're father passed away this morning. You're excused, you can go." mahinhin na sabi ni Prof sa'kin..

Nanlambot mga tuhod ko. Puro kaba lang naramdaman ko. Actually I couldn't believe it but still I grabbed my things as fast as I could, leaving no explanation to Rose. Then I saw Ethan. This time, I knew it's true. I couldn't hold back my tears anymore. Then I just felt Ethan hugging me.

Ethan drove me to the hospital. There I saw my mom sitting outside the morgue. Nung makita ako ni mommy, she hugged me. Again, I burst in tears. I went inside and saw Ethan's mom crying over my dad's dead body covered in white cloth. See the connection now? Ethan is my stepbrother. My mom and dad seperated a long time ago. Then dad married Ethan's mom. Ethan was already there even before my dad and his mom remarried, so di kami totoong magkapatid. Nonetheless, Ethan and I are in good terms. 

*CLEOFE'S FLASHBACK

I was a little girl then, aged 10. I can still vividly picture everything that happened that day. Sigawan nalang lagi sa bahay. Walang araw na hindi nag aaway sina mama at papa. At kahit ano'ng iyak ko, hindi nila ako pinapansin. Sila lang ang nag uusap, wala silang pakelam kung nakikita ko man ang nangyayari sa kanila.

"Sige lumayas ka! Sumama ka sa kabit mo! Hindi ka na nahiya! Hahanap ka na rin lang ng iba, yung may sabit pa!" sigaw ni mama

"Wag mo sila idamay dito. Yan ang dahilan kung bakit naghanap ako ng iba! Yang ugali mo'ng yan! Bungangera! Akala mo kung sino ka kung makapagmalaki sa'kin!" sigaw ni papa

"Lumayas ka. Lumayas ka! Iwanan mo kami ng anak mo at sumama ka sa kabit mo'ng may sabit! Mabubuhay kami ni Cleofe ng wala ka! Hindi nya kailangan ng tatay na tulad mo!"

"Talagang aalis ako! Dahil sawang sawa na'ko saýo!"

Kinuha ni papa ang mga damit dyan. At umalis ng di man lang nagpapaalam sa'kin. Eversince that day, mom has been drinking. Walang oras na hindi ko sya nakikitang umiiyak. Minsan bigla nalang nya binabasag mga gamit namin. And because of that I hated my father. Sinisi ko sya kung bakit nagkakaganito si mama. Sya sumira sa pamilya namin. Not long after that, siguro natauhan si mama. She pulled herself together and got back to her feet. She never mentioned dad ever.