The Day I Broke Her Arm

16 This Sucks

Marki

I met Lynn when we were in grade seven.

My parents are known lawyers. Buong family namin lawyer. So expectation is susunod ako sa yapak nila. First word ko ata is 'Objection'.

At that time my parents are in heat. Sa media, sa mga tao.. sa lahat.

May kinuha silang kaso before about a hit and run na nakapatay ng bata. Sa CCTV nag suswerve yung kotse so ang netizens alam na agad na lasing. And the driver is anak ng politician. Dahil dun naging mainstream yung kaso. So when they took the job to represent the driver.. everyone hated them.

And me.

"Look at her.." a girl said followed by laughter ng mga katabi niya sa table.

"You're right.. she really looks like she belong in hell."

"Her and her whole family you mean."

Tsk.

Aga aga nakakasira ng mood. Sarap manakit.

Ever since kinuha nina mama ang kaso, araw araw na ako pinaparinggan ng mga to. Sila rin yung namamatid sa kin sa hallway..

The usual, I ignored them at naupo sa tapat nilang table sa library. It's supposed to be quiet here but ibang klaseng quiet to if lahat sila nakatingin sa ken.

Why do I get to endure this??

I hated them. I hated my parents. I hated being a lawyer.

"Oh look.." bigla sila napatahimik.. "Siya yun diba?"

Napatingin ako sa tinuro nila. A girl wearing glasses went inside the library.

Oh.. it's her.

"Yung accident nila before yung ginagamit na reference ng magulang niya for defense right?"

"Oh yah.." they giggled again. "Well now we know who hate her the most."

Bigla siyang napatingin sa ken and our eyes met. By reflex I moved away. Narinig rin siguro niya yung mga sinasabi nila.

Well atleast they got something right.

If merong may karapatang magalit sa kin dito, it's her.

What I heard is naaksidente sila ng parents niya when she was four years old and she's the only one who survived. Same sa kaso ngayon, kilala din yung driver. It was a big case before and naipanalo ng defense. Di ko alam ang nangyare sa driver and the details but I guess they didn't get justice.

So ginagamit ng parents ko ngayon as reference ang kaso nila before.

..and now she's reliving that trauma again because of us.

"May nakaupo dito?"

I looked up and saw her in front of me. "Ah.. w-wala."

Binaba niya yung bag niya and took a seat. She smiled at me and said.. "So anong itsura nila now?"

I blinked twice before looking at the mean girls behind her. "Sobrang gulat pwede mong shootan ng basketball yung bibig."

Natawa kami parehas.

I was confused at first. Anong ginagawa niya dito, seating infront of me. Lahat sa library nakatingin sa amin cos they're expecting her to hate me. She has every right to do so.

Teka.. Maybe this is a chance for me.

"Uhm.." I softly said.. "S-Sorry sa-"

"Don't." kumuha siya ng libro sa bag niya at binuksan. "Our parent's doing is not our fault. Wala kang dapat ipagsorry sa ken."