The Contract

CHAPTER : TWENTY - SEVEN

Yanna

Abala ako sa pag aayos ng suot kong dress nang pumasok si Mom na may bitbit na kung ano. She was smiling all ears that looks like something good happened at her.

But I just shrugged my shoulder off. Maybe excited lang si Mom para sa mamayang gatherings na pupuntahan namin. Miski sila Sierra ay dadalo rin mamaya.

"Yanna." She called.

"Hmm?" I hummed as I was busy fixing my necklace that Demonyita gave me a month ago.

Busy rin ako sa pagaayos ng buhok ko at pinatirintas ko ito into a headband style.

Lumapit sakin si Mom at nasa likod ko siya ngayon where I can see her looking at me directly to my eyes in the mirror.

I got her features but my attitude got inherited by Dad.

Kaya kapag nagsama kami ni Dad minsan at parehas inatake ng pagkamaattitude du'n sumusuko sa amin sila Mom at Mamita even Lola Carlita.

Dahil once na sinumpong kami pati sila Damay.

"Alam kong hindi mo pa naibibigay ang heirloom kay Felicity." She started that made me stopped on my spot.

I never tried to open up about it but she was the one who opened it now.

If giving the heirloom to Demonyita wasn't a big deal for me but for them it is.

"I cannot give it to her that easily Mom." Sagot ko sa kaniya atsaka naglagay ng clear contact lens.

Ayaw ko naman magsuot ng eyeglasses during gatherings, madaming tao pa naman ang mahilig mang asar sa gatherings na 'yon kapag malabo mata mo.

I've been there. A lot of people bullied me because of my eye sight.

There's a time na tatanggalin nila bigla salamin ko and they gonna ask if I can still see them when in fact I can totally see them but blurry.

Mambubully na nga lang tatanga tanga pa. I'm not blind mga bobo.

"Why? She's your wife now. Why don't you give it to her?" Her brows furrowed and held my shoulder blade.

Ramdam ko ang pagdiin nito sa hawak niya sakin pero binalewala ko lang iyon. She always do that.

Trying to control me again.

The first time that I came out about my sexuality. Hindi talaga ako tanggap.

Mom was so shocked at first but Dad he already knows it.

He sense that I don't like girly stuff during my childhood and teenage days. Nagbago lang ngayon nagkakaisip na ako.

Mas siga pa nga ako dati sa mga tambay diyan sa kanto noon pero ngayon halos hindi makabasag pinggan gumalaw. Masyadong babaeng babae kung kumilos na siyang kinatuw nila Mom.

Akala siguro nila bumalik ako sa dating daan without knowing naligaw na ako at hindi ko na alam kung paano pa bumalik du'n.

Ung bonding na meron kami ni Mom before nagbago na. She became like this.

A manipulative Mom.

To be honest nu'ng highschool ako Tapos nalaman nila Mom na may nanliligaw sakin na babae they eventually talked to the girl.

I don't know what they talked about.

But after that hindi na nagparamdam sakin ung manliligaw ko kuno kahit na nakikita ko siya sa Campus noon.

Kung makikita niya ako sa daan ay agad itong lilihis o hindi kaya babalik nalang sa pinanggalingan niya.

I'm not that dumb to not to know that my parents are the one who's behind of it.