Pariah's Wrath

Chapter Thirteen: Hope

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LUCIANA

Luciana

"So hija are you ready for tomorrow?" ani ni Mrs. SaintClaire. Kasalukuyan kaming kumakain ng hapunan.

Umawang ang labi ko at napatigil sa pagkain. The food that I was eating seems so hard to swallow even more. I looked up and saw that they were all looking at me.

"Opo." simple 'kong tugon at agad naman nagbaba ng tingin. Nagpatuloy na kami sa pagkain, katulad ng dati it's always Mrs. SaintClaire at Georgina ang buhay ng konbersasyon sa hapag kainan. Patuloy ang paguusap nila tungkol sa kasal namin ni Gabriel. Hindi na ako nagsalita dahil ano ba ang sasabihin ko? Na ayaw ko? as if I have a choice.

Panaka-naka akong tumatango at kunyareng nakikinig sa usapan, at sumasagot pagtinatanong but aside from that I didn't really talk much. 'Di ko kayang makipagplastikan na ayos lang lahat sa akin, na para bang gustong-gusto ko ang magaganap na kasal for me to be hands on to all the wedding details.

"Maybe Luci and kuya shouldn't sleep in the same bedroom tonight! di ba may traditiong ganon?" Georgina suggested habang nakatingin ito sa kuya niya at kumindat pa. I looked down towards my food at 'di na umimik. Same room or not wala naman 'ding magbabago, ikakasal padin ako at habang buhay ng nakatali sa demonyong pamilyang 'to.

Nahihirapan akong huminga tuwing magkakasama kami sa iisang silid, sa kwarto pa nga lang namin ni Gabriel ang kapal na ng tension, lalong lalo na dito. I missed my family, I missed our dinners puno ng tawanan, mga kwento sa naganap sa araw namin, at ang pagsalo-salo namin ng pagkaing niluto ni mama.

I stopped my thoughts from further reminiscing my family dahil ayoko ng umiyak. Wala namang magagawa ang pagiyak ko.

"Maybe Luci should sleep in my room since-"

"No." Matigas na ani ni Gabriel that silenced everyone.

I saw how irritation passed through Georgina's face but in just a blink of an eye nawala 'din ito.

"Hayaan na natin ang kuya mo, Georgina." ani muli ni Mrs. SaintClaire." Hindi naman totoo mga pamahiin na ganyan." she continued while lightly chuckling.

Uminom ako ng tubig to help me swallow the food that I was chewing. Even if Mrs. SaintClaire tries to be as lively as possible, the tension in this room is so thick. It's like there's an invisible war between all of us but we couldn't fight it head on so instead we're all in this room trying to be as civil as we all can be.

Mabilis 'din namang natapos ang hapunan. I politely excused myself at pumanhik na. I don't care if I may seem rude for heading upstairs earlier kahit alam 'kong gusto pa nila ako kausapin para sa gaganapin bukas. Ibigay na nila sa akin 'to. They took away a lot of things from me, at least give me this fucking night for myself before I competely sign my life off to them.

The tears that I was trying to hold on suddenly started spilling as I climb the stairs towards our room. I didn't even bother to wipe it off my cheeks dahil para saan pa? my eyes wouldn't stop leaking. Masmabuti ng maubos na ang mga luha ko ngayong gabi kesa gumawa ako ng eksena bukas. I don't want something bad to happen to my dad dahil may mali akong kinilos dito.