"Until when, bro?" Anton asked him.
"I said I'll make it work, and I will, hanggang kaya ko."
"Why don't you talk to Maddie?"
"Alam mo, we can't blame Bea din naman."
"Naintindihan ko point mo, bro, pero ilang beses pa ba nya kailangan gawin ito sayo? She's a walking red flag and she's everywhere!"
"I need Maddie to look after her."
"Alam mo, Thirds, may mas mabuti kang magawa."
"Let her go?"
"And this marriage. Look at you, wala ka pa isang taon may asawa, pero parang pasan mo na buong daigdig."
"I love her, I really do." Thirdy said.
Tumawa si Anton.
Nagulat sya when he turned to Thirdy, nakayuko sya nakahawak sa ulo.
"Bro, okay ka lang?"
"Anton, I can't let her go. Mahal ko sya, pero masakit eh, sobrang sakit pero kakayanin ko to!"
"Ano nangyayari dito?"
It was Maddie.
"Thirdy? Are you okay?"
Lumapit agad si Maddie kay Thirdy and sat beside him.
"Asan si Beatriz?"
"Umalis, pupunta daw LGV."
"Eh Sunday ngayon, her parents are probably at the farm."
"Like na muna bro sa taas, makapagpahinga ka muna, kanina ka pa wala tulog."
"Huh? What's happening ba?" Maddie asked in confusion.
"Dito ka lang papatulugin ko muna itong si Thirdy ha."
Maddie has been trying to contact Bea, pero can't be reached lang ang naririning nya.
She wasn't left with much option but to send her messages, numerous, actually.
After a few minutes, Anton emerged, looks nagpahinga na si Thirdy.
"Hoy, baka naman gusto mo ako kwentuhan at diko alam nangyayari dito!" Maddie told Anton.
"Saan ba kayo galing ni Bea kagabi?"
"Kagabi? As in last night? Di naman kami umalis ah."
"That explains it!" Biglang sigaw ni Anton.
"Ano ba, Anton, will you please tell me what's going on, di ko naiintindihan sinasabi mo."
"Bea was out last night, umuwi sya may kasamang lalake, and he was leading him to her room!"
Napanganga si Maddie sa narinig.
"Baka may gusto ka sabihin, isarado mo bibig mo." Sabi ni Anton sa kanya.
"Teka, as if naman kasalanan ko. Hindi ako ang kalaban dito noh." Maddie quickly explained.
Maddie slowly walked to the sofa, parang she wanted to vomit sa narinig nya.
She knows Bea, she has been her friend for as long as she can remember but she can't believe what Anton just told her. She knows how Bea hated the idea of the fixed marriage but she wasn't expecting her to go this low.
"Maddie you have to help us here, nakita mo naman siguro how distraught this made Thirdy."
"How? All I can do is to knock in some sense sa ulo ni Bea na diko na alam kung saan napunta. I know she can be cruel at times but not this harsh."
"Then do it! Maawa naman kayo sa kaibigan ko, he's trying his best to make this work. Thirdy is into this marriage, heart and soul." Anton told her.
"But you know hindi ito gusto ni Bea. She will make it hell for Thirdy para lang mag give up si Thirdy."
"So, does it mean dimo kami matutulungan?"
"I'll try to help the best way I can but I can't dictate Bea to love Thirdy. Pwede ko lng sya pagsabihan about the wrong things that she's doing."
"Maddie, this is not the first time."
"Not the first time, anong hindi ito first time?"
"Ilang beses na nagdadala ng lalake si Bea dito even though she knows andito si Thirdy."
"Seriously? Tapos ngayon nyo lang sinasabi sa akin?"
"Thirdy doesn't want anyone to know."
"I'm not just anyone. Ikaw na muna bahala kay Thirdy, hahanapin ko si Bea."
And Maddie left, determined to find Bea, today.
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Short update lang bago ko makalimutan may story pala ako 😅
