Dale Harper
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8:45 PM
Dahlia:
What now, Mr. Harper?
Can't tell the truth?
Dale:
I'm sorry.
I lied in the part that I saw your account randomly.
Yes, I've known you since last year.
Sinabi ko lang 'yon para mapansin mo agad ako.
Dahlia:
Wait!
So hindi totoo na nakita mo si Aster na may kasamang ibang babae?
Gawa-gawa mo lang 'yon?
Dale:
Totoo lahat 'yon.
Hindi ako sinungaling na tao.
You see, I'm following your ex-boyfriend.
Dahlia:
What do you mean?
Dale:
I know everything because Aster is one of my co-workers.
Dahlia:
What?
Don't lie to me, Mr. Harper.
Kilala ko mga katrabaho niya.
Dale:
Let me finish before suspecting me, will you?
Dahlia:
Fine.
Dale:
A year ago. April 11, 2022.
I got a job in a department where your boyfriend is also working.
I thought I was hallucinating at first if he was the Aster Monesterio I know back in HS.
But when I heard him telling some of our co-workers about his "past," I concluded that it was really him. So I decided to stalk him right after our shift.
And I was right.
After he dropped out and transferred to another school, he started to fix himself.
That's when I knew that he already had a girlfriend.
At first, I didn't know that it was you.
I can't even recognize the girl's face clearly since it's blurred.
I didn't even believe that he would have someone else.
Sino ba ang mag-aakala? 'Yong dating Aster na tahimik at parating may bitbit lang na sandwhich, isa na ngayong hot papa.
Shit.
Chariz lang pala.
Mas hot pa rin ako.
Dahlia:
And?
What did you gain by stalking him?
Dale:
The next day, April 12, 2022.
A slim girl visited him at lunchtime. The pictures might be blurred, but I am sure it was different from that slim girl. But of course, I didn't conclude yet. Malay ko kung kapatid niya lang, 'di ba? Casual lang naman kasi sila mag-usap noon.
Or maybe I was just too focused on my work at that time.
Dahlia:
He doesn't have a sister.
Dale:
I know.
So when you visited him on the next day, April 13, 2022, I stalked her again after our shift.
I got nothing, but I saw his status and uploaded photos flexing his "girl," which is you.
After that day, another girl visited him.
Different girl from the first day.
And it was clear, that was not you.
I got confused as to why he had so many girls, so I asked one of his friends. That's when I confirmed that he was cheating on you.
Dahlia:
Ibig sabihin ay matagal mo na palang alam?
Dale:
Yeah.
Dahlia:
Tapos hindi ka man lang nag-abala na magsabi sa akin?
Dale:
I'm sorry. I got chicken.
Hindi lang halata pero mahal ko ang career ko. Pinaghirapan ko 'to. Marami muna akong pinagdaanan bago mapunta sa posisyong ito. Kapag nangialam ako, puwede akong masisante agad-agad dahil siya ang paborito at parating pinapaburan ng boss namin.
Dagdag din na ito lang ang tanging bumubuhay sa akin at sa mga kapatid ko.
Hindi ito puwedeng mawala sa akin.
Dahil hindi rin ako puwede sa mabibigat na gawin.
Dahlia:
Naguguluhan ako.
Anong ibig mong sabihin sa mabibigat na gawain?
Dale:
Mahina ang puso ko.
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