A SECOND CHANCE

CHAPTER 48

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Matuling lumipas ang dalawang buwan.  Napatakip ng mukha si Aldrin ng biglang lumiwanag ang buong silid.

"Aling Rosa please close the window I don't want any light in my room."

"Hey, Aldrin." sigaw ni Tammy na nakapemewang habang nakatunghay sa lalaking napatakip ang mga kamay sa mukha dahil sa liwanag na tumagos sa bintana.

Bigla siyang napabalikwas ng hindi boses ni Aling Rosa ang narinig.

"What the....why  are you here?" inis na sita niya dito.  Pero ipinabawalang bahala lang iyon ni Tammy.  Ni hindi nito pinansin ang inis sa tinig ng lalaki.

"Hello..... I called you so many times but you did not answer my calls so we decided to come over here.  Are you planning to drown yourself in alcohol?" nakapemewang pa rin ang babae.  Hindi alintana ang may kalakihang tiyan nito. 

"Look who's talking.  I wonder whose  fault that is...." kukumod-kumod na parang batang sabi ni Aldrin sa kausap at bumalik sa pagkakahiga at tinakip ang kumot sa mukha.

"Hey!" pilit inaalis ni Tammy ang kumot na nakatakip sa mukha niya.

"Please leave me alone I am not in the mood."

"Pare?" si Paul biglang sulpot sa pintuan.

"Pwede ba kayong dalawa iwanan nyo na lang ako." singhal niya sa dalawa.

Parang noong isang buwan lang ay galit na galit siya sa dalawa ni pinagbawal niyang pumunta ang mga ito sa bahay niya.  Pero itong dalawa ay may angking kakulitan talaga at isa pa these two know him better kaya hindi siya tinantanan ng mga ito hanggat hindi niya napapatawad.  Naalala pa niya ang nangyari two months ago.

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Habang tuliro ang isip dahil umalis ang asawa ng walang paalam at tatlong linggo ng walang balita dito ay naisipan niyang puntahan si Tammy sa bahay ng ama nito para dalawin at makausap na rin kahit siya ay hindi alam ang dahilan kung bakit bigla na lang nitong i-announce to called off their so called engagement. But he did not care.  What he wants is to have his wife back where she belongs.  With him. He hired a private investigator to help him find his wife.  Sabi nga ng ina niya mahirap hanapin ang taong ayaw magpahanap.  Mark is also crying, looking for his mom.  It hurt him to see Mark crying like that and he felt pity for his child.  Dahil kilala naman siya ng kasambahay ay pinatuloy siya nito at sinabing nasa loob ang amo.   Kaya dumeretcho na siya.  Tamang nasa pintuan na siya ng mansion ng mapansin na may kausap si Tammy, baka kaibigan sa isip-isip niya.  Hindi niya nakita kung sinong kausap nito.  Napatigil siya sa likod ng pinto ng marinig na umiiyak ang babae.  Masama man ang makinig sa usapan ng iba pero ayaw naman niyang makaistorbo sa mga ito.  Naisipan niyang lumisan na lang at bumalik na lang sa ibang araw pero natigil ang mga hakbang niya ng marinig kung sino ang kausap ng dalaga.

"What are you saying Paul? You mean Aldrin was the one who helped my father?" gulat na tanong ng dalaga sa lalaki.  But her father did not even bother to tell her.  She knows why her father was forcing her to marry Aldrin.  It was because his business was going to bankrupt.  She had the argument with her father when she knew about it.  That's the reason why she called-off the engagement. Aside from that, she emphatizes with Aldrin because she knows how he love his wife.  When Monique left Aldrin she was the one who was up close and personal with Aldrin and she witnessed first hand the heartbreak that he was experiencing.  She thought that if Monique was gone she would celebrate because this obstacle would be removed from their lives.  It was at that time she realized that she was not in love with Aldrin anymore.  Which is why she made the decision to call off their engagement. From the beginning Aldrin had already told her that he would not marry her.  She didn't want her father to used her as collateral.  She was more angry with her father when she found out that he was addicted to gambling. She blamed herself for being so naive about her fathers conniving behaviour and for being used in that manner.