"Let's get married, Lucas." Mei said with perseverance. Her eyes were telling him that she's sure enough for him to believe.
Lucas got surprised for the second time. It was a whisper from her after they kissed. Why was her decision got changed? Wasn't she mad at him? She despised him and even hate him?
Mei's changes was causing him to be confused. He's doubting. Upon looking deeply in her eyes, he couldn't see doubts or hesitation from her. Why... he can't understand. May tao ba na nagtulak sa nobya niya na magbago ng isip? Kung meron man, sino?
He looks troubled and Mei could notice his worries.
"But I have to ask you about my past Lucas in exchange of being entangled to you." She added.
Lucas pulled himself a distant from her. Now he knows why. It's not because she loves him but because she wanted him to tell her about her past. "I'm desperate, Lucas. At ayokong mamuhay sa mundong ito na wala man lang kaalam-alam patungkol sa sarili ko. I don't want to be dumb when things happened around me without having a single clue. If you wouldn't mind telling me about it, I will stand my choice with you. Trust my words."
Bumangon si Lucas at matiim siyang tinitingnan. His dark expression is back and she could tell that this is the Lucas she had known the first time they first met.
'She is talking about it as if she is dealing with me in terms of business.' Lucas thought. Most be this day the right time to spill about her? Does she do not want me to protect her anymore? Or maybe... This is the sign of her independence?
Does she don't want to be reliant with me?
Mei was waiting for him patiently. However, his silence told her that he was hesitating. He looks bothered. At sa tingin niya ay ayaw pa rin nitong sabihin sa kanya ang tungkol sa hininingi niya. She stood up from the bed.
"Hindi na kita pipilitin kung ito pa rin ang inaaalala mo. But this doesn't mean na hanggang dito nalang ako. I will find things out myself than sitting aback and waste time." This is for the better. Para alam niya kung ano ang susunod niyang gagawin at kung saan siya lulugar sa oras na mapapatunayan niyang nasa panganib ngang talaga ang buhay niya.
She left the room and Lucas wasn't able to go after her. His doubts were stopping him from going.
Mei understood him. Hindi naman kase kailangan na sundan pa siya nito at hindi naman talaga siya aalis. In able to dig back from the past... She needs Lucas.
Pero ang tanong... Saan siya magsisimula? Ni hindi nga niya magawang pagsalitain si Lucas. She crouched on her head nang makabalik siya sa kuwarto niya. Siguro dahil ito sa malaliman na pag-iisip at kawalan ng pahinga.
Naglakad siya sa papunta sa kama niya para din sana magpahinga nang biglaang tumunog ang kanyang cellphone. Napakunot noo siya. Maliban kasi kay Lucas at foster parents niya ay wala ng iba pang nakakaalam sa personalidad niyang numero.
Nagbago ang isip niya at imbes na humiga sa kama ay naglakad siya papuntang study table at doon dinampot ang cellphone na patuloy pa ring nag iingay.
Unknown number...
Sino naman kaya ito? Sinubokan niyang alalahanin kung may binigyan ba siya ng number niya noon. Pero wala talagang iba. She couldn't pinpoint kung sino man itong tumatawag sa kanya ngayon.
Napadila siya sa kanyang labi kasabay ng pagbukas niya ng glass door ng kuwarto niya na maghahatid sa maliit niyang balkonahe.
Should she pick this caller?
Well, yun lang naman ang solusyon para malaman kung sino ito. Hanggang sa tumigil sa pag iingay ang cellphone niya, pahiwatig na tumigil ito sa kaka contact sa kanya.
BINABASA MO ANG
True Love Sweet Lies
Ficção AdolescenteFrancine Mei Zaldua is known as one of the top students at university of Asturias in Cebu province. She is a talented and a smart woman who dreamt to succeed and give her family a new life in the future. She has the beauty of simplicity that screams...
