THE PROFESSOR'S MANIPULATION

CHAPTER 57

Like what people used to believed and so am I, when you get so much happiness, there's much more sadness that will consume it.

Like how our lives is being manipulated. We will love, hurt, and being healed by someone, and then it turns out to be the same cycle again.

Sa bawat taong pumapasok sa buhay natin, may nagdudulot ng saya, mayroon ding lungkot, sakit at poot.

Facing the man that represents that love has different side. The love that conquers everything, and the love that is passionate, where I have the love that conquers everything for Cline and the love that is passionate for Johann.

Tahimik kaming pareho. Kung kanina ay malaking ginhawa ang pagkikita namin ni Sonya, kabaliktaran naman kay Johann.

Na sa isang vip room kami where we had his mother and father beside him, while I'm all alone facing them.

Tumikhim ako at lumunok. Hindi ako makatingin ng maayos sa mga magulang niya, especially that they are looking at me coldly.

Tumikhim ulit ako at naglakas loob ng magsalita. May pagkumbaba pa rin akong binati ang magulang niya kahit walang kasiguradohan if they will return the favor.

"G-Good afternoon po tito, tita." bati ko at bahagyang yumuko. So as expected, they didn't respond and just ignored my greet.

"H-Hindi ko po alam na nandito kayo. Akala ko k-kami lang ni Johann." pauna ko. Nagsisimula na namang manigas ang lalamunan ko and everytime I gulp, amg hirap ilunok.

"We should be here. We want to hear your lies." si tita. Napayuko ako. I gulp and sigh.

"Mom." I heard Johann, warninging his mother.

"Psh! Sana lang ay kapani-paniwala ang sasabihin niya." I heard tita murmured.

Nag-angat ako ng tingin sa kanila. Johann is silently looking at me, waiting for my words.

"I'm sorry. I know it's not enough but I'm not here to just say sorry, but to explain and clear everything between us." panimula ko. Nagsisimulang sumikip ang dibdib ko sa mga gusto kong ipaliwanag na makakasakit sa kaniya ng husto.

"Do you want me to talk directly or you will ask?" Because honestly, I don't know where to start.

Huminga siya at umayos ng upo. Matigas ang ekspresyon ng mukha.

"I will ask. Isang tanong, sagot agad." tugon niya. Tumango ako sa kondisyon niya.

"Kailan pa?" Kumurap ko sa una niyang tanong."Kailan mo pa ako niloloko?"

What he added stop me. Napatitig ako sa mukha niya. I watched how his eye's started to get wet.

"Johann-"

"Kailan?" Ulit niya. I sigh and right, he wants a direct answer.

"Noong na sa Pilipinas ako." sagot ko at umiwas ng tingin. Tumango siya at nagtiim ang bagang.

"Bakit? Bakit mo nagawang bumalik sa kaniya? He hurt you." he said and started to cry. His tears fall like an overflowing river.

"Johann, believe me, I tried to avoid him. You knew my history of him. It traumatised me." I stop and gulp." But no matter how traumatized I am, I still choose to give the purest love I can give with all my heart."

"What about our son? Hindi mo siya minahal kung ganoon? You used him as a rebound."

Umiling ako sa bintang ni tita. Never in my mind, that idea cross.

"I love Johann tita, but my love for him isn't that deep to commit myself to him. I love Johann, but I love Cline more that I am willing to anything just to be with him." sagot ko. Umiling siya at pagak na natawa sa sagot ko.