Napatalon ako sa gulat nang pumasok si Hansse sa office dito sa bahay nang walang paalam. She was giddy and didn't even notice my surprise.
"Bakit? You got any problem?"
Mabilis siyang umiling. I laughed when she hopped to be near my table. It looks like she cannot control her excitement and it shows.
"Anong kailangan mo?" Hindi man niya sabihin ay alam ko na kung bakit siya nandito. I may not be able to read minds but I can understand movements.
Ngumiti siya nang malawak bago umikot para mapunta sa tabi ko at yakapin ako. She pressed her lips to my cheek and gave me a tight embrace. Natawa na lang ako.
"Tell me what is it," I demanded. Hindi siya nakasagot at nang iangat ko ang tingin ko para tignan siya. May pag-aalangan sa mukha niya.
Naintriga tuloy ako. "What is it?"
She bit her lips before she bravely met my stare. "Promise me na hindi ka magagalit."
Tumaas tuloy ang kilay ko. "Bakit hindi muna ako magagalit?"
She sighed. "Just promise me first that hindi ka magagalit kay Mom?"
"Bakit ako magagalit? May ginawa siyang masama?"
"Just promise me!" She whined.
"Fine. I won't." I definitely won't. No matter how draining our last conversation was, she really got a point. She's right and it's damn infuriating. Isa pa, nakakasawa na rin ang makipag-away.
She has a sense and I have to face that. Isa pa, sa pakikiharap ko sa kanya ay imbes na mabawasan ang kasalanan ko, mas nadadagdagan pa. I almost forgot she spent many years with me suffering and now that she already cut me off, I should already banished my shadow that lingers with her... but I didn't. Ako talaga ang problema niya.
Kaya nga siguro galit siya sa akin dahil nasaktan ko siya. I guess I should have learned from my mistake yet I still kept on being an asshole instead of being considerate of her feelings.
Matagal nang nagtiis iyong taong iyon sa akin... siguro nga dapat na akong maging mabait. Damn. It's difficult to think I can be kind to someone. I was born bad like what my mother said. But I owe something to her and I need to make up to her. Maybe by giving her peace.
I also realize what we are doing is unhealthy. Especially when my bumblebee is being punished by it.
When I said that she should give me time to consider the truce to be true, I mean it even when she thinks I'm spouting nonsense words.
"Really?" She eyed me suspiciously like she didn't bite what I just said.
"Yes." I take off my eyeglasses in exhaustion. Ang kulit ng anak ko. Mukha ba akong kontrabida lagi? Like I always contradict her mother? I guess I need to change their impression now. "Hindi tayo matatapos kung hindi mo sasabihin kung ano bang dahilan kung bakit ka nandito."
"I want to go to Mom's tonight."
"At bakit?" It is still Wednesday. Masyadong malayo pa sa schedule ni Nessie kaya hindi ko alam kung bakit naisipan niyang bisitahin ang ina niya ngayong gabi.
"It's not her plan. Ako ang nagkaisip na puntahan siya," she insisted. Wow. I began to doubt the goodness in me. Mukha bang magagalit na agad ako kay Nessie dahil pupunta ang anak ko sa kanya?
"I'll let you go but..." Her joy suddenly disappeared with a groan. "Gusto ko lang malaman kung bakit."
Umiling siya. "You'll never let me go easily, right Dad?"
"Naghihintay ako," I reiterate as I tapped my watch.
"Fine. Magcecelebrate sina Mom kaya gusto kong pumunta. I want to be present in her achievement. Ihahatid naman niya ako sa uni bukas so walang kaso."
BINABASA MO ANG
The Truth About Us (COMPLETED)
Storie d'amoreI was once a writer. I may have succeeded in writing our love story... But I failed in giving us a happy ending. *** Nessie Tiernan, is now officially Nessie Cortez when the annulment of her marriage with Hagen has been finalized. She decided to mov...
