Inscrutable Inheritance

5 - Misis

Maverick's POV

"What the fuck are you talking about?!" Pasigaw kong sagot sakanya habang nakahawak sa pisngi ko na parang inaapoy sa lakas ng sampal niya.

Tinitigan ko siyang mabuti mula ulo hanggang paa, tapos pataas ulit. Nang magtama ulit ang tingin namin sa isa't isa, that's when I got a flashback.

"Ano?! Naalala mo na?!" Sabi niya nang makita niyang nanlaki ang mga mata ko.

I threw both my hands up in the air.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me."

Kasal niya pala yung ininterrupt ko a few years back. Yung sabi ko mukhang habol lang kasi ng babae yung pera ng lalaki kaya tumutol ako— siya pala yun.

Napahilamos ako as I remembered the details. The way I stood up and shouted 'Stop the wedding! She's in love with me.' kahit di naman totoo.

I also remembered the way she pleaded to the guy na wag maniwala kasi di niya ako kilala, but the guy refused to believe her. Nung nagkakagulo na sila, I just slipped out of the church like I didn't ruin somebody's life.

I suddenly grabbed both of her hands and looked at her fingers— walang singsing. Binawi niya agad yung mga kamay niya.

"Tanga ka ba?! Sa tingin mo matutuloy yung kasal namin after the stunt you pulled?!" Grabe yung pag hinga niya. Parang dragon na bubuga ng apoy. Galit na galit. "So if you're here to apologize, wag na! Walang magagawa ang sorry mo!"

"Wait, what? Apologize? Ba't ako magso-sorry?" I scoffed. "Kasalanan ko bang paniwalang paniwala yung fiancé mo? It just means he didn't trust you."

At dahil sa sinabi ko, nakakuha ako ng isa pang sampal. Pinantay niya naman yung sakit, kasi sa kabilang pisngi niya na ako sinapak.

Nagtimpi nalang ako. I massaged my cheeks a bit then gave her a smile.

"Look, I'm here dahil sayo pinama ng mom ko yung majority ng lahat ng ari-arian niya. I'm here because you ruined my life."

She smirked at me. The kind of smirk that will really get on your nerves.

"Edi quits na tayo." Sabi niya with a devilish look on her face.

She stepped inside the house. I quickly took a step forward para habulin siya but she suddenly slammed the door shut.

"Anong quits?! Open the door!" Sigaw ko as I kept banging on the door like my life depended on it.

Sumilip ako sa bintana pero bigla niyang sinara yung mga kurtina. "Umalis kana! Punyeta ka!"

"No! I'm not leaving! We need to talk!"

A woman around her 70s who was sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed around the subdivision by her maid suddenly called me. They were just supposed to pass by pero huminto talaga siya sa tapat ng kinatatayuan ko. At hula ko, makiki marites 'to.

I stopped knocking. Inayos ko yung tayo ko and I even fixed my polo dahil nakakahiya.

Bigla siyang ngumisi. Wow, she's amused by all this.

"Alam mo hijo, ang panliligaw, hindi dapat natitigil porket sinagot ka na niya."

I gave her a confused look. "Um, what...?"

"Ligawan mo ulit yung misis mo." Sabi niya sabay nguso sa pinto. She's talking about Alyx. "Para makuha mo ulit ang loob niya."

She winked at me and her maid started pushing her wheelchair again until they got into their house that was just two blocks away.

Di ko siya misis. At wala akong planong gawin siyang misis ko. But the old woman gave me an idea, and she had a point though.

What if ligawan ko?