Liraya Series #1
A 12-year gap. A teacher-and-student relationship - Alindra Lerinn Rivera didn't expect that all of that could happen in just a blink of an eye. Same as she didn't expect that she would fall in love with this particular guy so much...
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Chapter 17
I immediately faced my mother when I saw her. In my whole life, I've never been this nervous before at ngayong kinakabahan ako nang ganito kalala, dahil pa iyon sa sarili kong ina. I don't know why I feel this feeling of exploding because of tension right now.
“What are you doing here, Mom?” pagtatanong ko sa kaniya kahit halos sumabog na ang puso ko sa kaba.
“Is he the reason why you left last time? And don't you ever lie to me 'cause I know the truth..”
Namilog ang mata ko sa narinig mula sa kaniya. What? She already knew the truth?
“I said I was with Rachel for weeks kaya ako nawala---”
“I said don't lie to me!” she screamed angrily. The calmness on her face that she was trying to maintain is now completely gone. “Nakarating sa aking nawala ka at pinahanap ka ng Daddy mo! Nalaman ko ring dito ka tumutuloy nang umalis ka sa mansion! Now tell me, what's your connection with that guy? Is he your boyfriend?”
I walked away from Yves for him to not hear our conversation. I know my Mom very well, she's always calm but when she's mad, she's definitely mad and she will say a lot of bad things. I don't want Yves to hear that. Mas lalo lang masisira ang pangalan ng pamilya namin sa kaniya.
“Stop it, Mom. He is not my boyfriend,” I intently told her when she followed me.
Napaiwas kaagad ako ng tingin sa kaniya nang makita ko ang galit sa mukha niya.
“But you like him?”
I looked at her directly. I didn't speak. I didn't answer her for a second. Pasimple kong nilingon si Yves na nakakunot ang noo. He's probably intrigued at this moment.
Hinawakan ni Mom ang siko ko saka pinaharap sa kaniya. “I'm talking to you!”
“Oo!” I answered loudly. “Yes! I like him, Mom! Gustong-gusto ko siya that's why I'm with him right now and the past weeks that have passed! I like him and you can't do anything about it!”
I'm shocked when she immediately slapped me so hard upon hearing those words from me. I even saw how Yves walked closer when he saw what happened. Kitang-kita ang pag-aalala sa mukha niya. I know that he wants to help me pero inilingan ko na lang siya.
“You're not allowed to like him! You see? He's nothing but a poor man!” Tinuro niya pa si Yves habang hawak ko pa rin ang pisngi ko. “Wala kang mapapala sa lalaking 'yan! And you even made your Dad pay for their hospital bills! Are you that obsessed with him, huh?”
I chose not to speak up yet. Iyon pala ang nalaman niya. Wala na akong pakialam kung saan o kanino niya nalaman. Dinadama ko pa rin ang malakas na pagsampal niya sa akin kanina.
“Tomorrow morning I'll send you back to Manila. Forget that you've been here! Forget everything including him!”
Ngumisi ako. “That's what I really want. Gustong-gusto ko nang umuwi sa Manila para hindi na kita makita! But before I leave this place, let me tell Dad about your secret first! Sasabihin ko sa kaniya, Mom na may kabit ka at niloloko mo siya! I will make you suffer, too just like what I experienced when I figured out the truth!”
