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"Tita Ari!" gulat na salubong ko nang buksan ko ang pintuan ng condo ko.
She looked at me sadly. "Nakipaghiwalay ka ba sa anak ko?"
Suminghap ako sa sinabi niya. Kinagay ko ang ibaba kong labi at bahagyang nag-iwas ng tingin.
"Pasensya na po, Tita..."
She shook her head and covered her face with her hand.
"Pasensya na rin, Maia. Hindi ko intensyon na pag-isipin ka tungkol sa sinabi ng tita niya. Alam kong iyon ang dahilan mo kung bakit ka nakipaghiwalay sa kanya. Hindi na dapat kita kinausap pa-"
"Hindi po," umiling ako at hinawakan ang kamay niya.
I could feel my heart slowly breaking when I saw tears streaming down her eyes. I don't know how to explain everything to her. I don't know how to tell her that it's not her fault. It was never her fault, because it's my choice.
It's just been days since Arthfael flew back to Canada when Tita Ari came to my condo. At that time, I was already packing my things because I wanted to go home to my parents for the evening.
I still needed to fix my family because I couldn't stand seeing my parents treating each other differently from how they treated each other before.
I've been devastated for weeks. I was like a fool waiting for Arthfael's message after I broke up with him. I was still waiting for his call to tell me he had arrived in Canada safely.
Fool.
I'm really a fool for waiting for his update even though I was the one who broke up with him.
I was crying every night, like how heartbroken people do. I never knew I would be that heartbroken. I couldn't eat properly and couldn't sleep properly. But I'm reminding myself that I did the right thing. I shouldn't be regretting what I did because it's the right thing. I pushed him to continue his dreams and not lose them to me, so why would I not continue my dreams and lose them for him?
He will comeback.
Even if it's not for me, I will be very happy if he's already successful, and I want to make him happy for me too if he sees me successful.
Magiging masaya rin ba s'ya?
Sana.
I tried my best to explain why I broke up with Arthfael to Tita Ari. I told her that it's for the both of us and it's my decision, so she doesn't need to blame herself. I didn't ask her how she knew that Arthfael and I broke up. She didn't tell me either. She just told me to take care of her when she leaves.
I'm all alone again and couldn't stop myself from crying.
Everything is in chaos. Problems came to me nonstop after that day. The issue of my design came to the public, and the things that I didn't want to experience burst out.
I was mad and tired of everything that had happened to me. I was frustrated that I had to face everything and fix everything alone, but that's really how life works.
I solved all my problems. I got my design back. I don't care what other people call me. It's still Valentina and Rian's fault. They copied my design, and I already told them that we could settle it without a public problem, but they made it public. They told everyone that I was accusing them of stealing my work. Binaliktad niya ako.
My cousins helped me with that matter. I was glad that they helped me with it. Hindi ko lang inaasahan na mas lalala ang gulo nang magkita sa isang event ang lola ko at si Valentina. My grandmother knew about what happened, and she clearly didn't like it. She slapped Valentina in public and told everyone that Valentina was the one who stole my work.
