Villa Martinez Series #5: A Week Of Romance

Chapter 8 (Part 2)

Chapter 8 (Part 2)

Like A Whirlwind

Keegan

I had to marry early just to reassure my then girlfriend, Aviona...

Avi was my childhood friend and my best friend. And I loved her. For the many years that we've been together I dedicated my time and attention to her.

We merely graduated from college when she asked me to marry her. May balak din naman akong mag-propose sa kaniya at pakasalan siya. Of course she was my girlfriend and I dated with the intention to marry her one day.

Pero hindi pa iyon ang panahon na magpapakasal na kami. May mga plano pa ako at syempre kasama rin naman siya sa plano ko. But she wants it at that time...

I was already earning money even when I was still in my senior years in high school because of online gaming. I've become a pro gamer and it helped me to earn for my future aside from I'm really already enjoying playing video games, too.

My family was well-off enough. Pero ayaw ko rin na umasa lang sa pinaghirapan ng mga magulang ko. They worked hard for it and I wanted to work for my own, too. Alam na iyon nina Mommy at Daddy. I'm just lucky to have understanding and supportive parents like them.

Sinuportahan ako ni Daddy sa gusto kong gaming company business. He's also a businessman himself kaya natulungan din niya ako sa pagsisimula ko from his own experiences din. Because even when my father already had a business na mamanahin na lang niya sana noon sa grandparents ko he still chose to build his own and from his own hard work. May ibang mga kapatid din naman si Daddy na pwedeng mag-manage din ng family business nila ang mga tito at tita ko. Kaya siguro mas lalo pa akong naintindihan ni Daddy sa gusto kong mangyari. Which was to actually just start from scratch.

Si Mommy rin ay galing sa may kayang pamilya. She used to be spoiled by her family but they said that it changed when she met Dad. And that they're really for each other. And she's a loving mother to me too so just like Daddy she also supported me with what path I took.

And I think that I'm lucky to have no bad family background... Lumaki naman ako sa isang maayos na pamilya na sinusuportahan ako.

At hindi ganoon sa kaso ni Avi...

She grew up in a broken family. Her dad left her and her mom when she was just a little girl. And her mother remarried and prioritized her second family...

Kaya napabayaan din si Avi...

So I understand her. That's why I chose to understand her all of the time. Until she did something that I can no longer tolerate...

When she asked for us to get married already, I agreed to it and I married her. She said that she was so sad without a family and that she couldn't take it anymore. And she just wanted to have our own family together...

Inisip ko noon na ayos lang naman iyon sa akin. I can probably just marry her now even when we're still young, at medyo napaaga lang din. We will just learn about married life together. And I vowed to her on the day of our marriage that I will do whatever I can for her and our future together...

So Avi and I got married. And we lived in our own house as a married couple. And as for my parents noong una ay nag-aalala pa lalo na si Mommy pero pinayagan naman nila kami ni Avi and gave us their blessing...

I just later realized that Aviona lacked so much attention... And that she needed more of it that's why she cheated on me and I caught her sleeping with another man... I caught them naked on one bed. And it wasn't the first time that they did it...

The guy was even a cousin of mine. I never expected them to betray me like that. After all I didn't do anything wrong or bad to them to deserve what they had done to me...

I believe that I was good husband. And was even a good family and friend to that cousin. But he was such a traitor and a bastard.

And Avi... She needed more and more attention... That what I could give her wasn't anymore enough for her. After all that I have done for her all those years since we were young...

And then I learned that she's also already pregnant with another man's child... Even if I was her husband...

"End it already, son. We have our family lawyers. At sa ginawa pa niya ay pwedeng-pwede mo na siyang hiwalayan." Mommy almost begged me to do the divorce with Aviona right away.

When she knew about it she fainted. She almost got sick because she couldn't accept it and she couldn't believe what Aviona did and what happened to our marriage...

"I can't believe that girl! After I accepted her into our family, as your wife. Gan'yan pa ang gagawin niya sa pamilya natin? Sa'yo, anak? Hindi ko matanggap." Pagkatapos ay marahang hinawakan ni Mommy ang pisngi ko. There were tears already threatening to fall from her eyes as she still looked at me gently. And it made me sad...

"Keegan, you are my only child. You were the biggest blessing that ever came to me and your Dad. Kaya hindi ko hahayaan na sirain lang ng isang babae nang tuluyan ang buhay mo... Please, son."

Pagkatapos ay niyakap ko na lang si Mommy.

She was right about it. I can just do that thing right away to Aviona. Especially after what they did at nagpabuntis pa siya sa ibang lalaki. Pwede ko na siyang hiwalayan, and free myself from our marriage...

"I need time to think, Mom... I'm sorry..." Pero ito pa rin ang pinili kong sabihin kay Mommy habang yakap ko pa siya. And I heard her just crying already on my chest...

I'm sorry, Mom...

I also thought that maybe it was my fault, too... Kaya nanlalaki ang asawa ko... Siguro kahit pa naging tapat ako sa kaniya, ay naging abala pa rin ako sa trabaho ko. Although I already tried to make her understand, at para sa amin din naman iyon. Dahil nagsisimula pa lang talaga akong gumawa ng sariling kompanya ko at pangalan. And I just graduated from the university.

While Avi just stayed at home. Hindi ko naman siyang pinagbawalan na lumabas din at makipagkaibigan. And if she wants to work then she can, too. But she said to me that she was taking a rest first after graduating from college and after our wedding. At siguro ay dahil naging masyado rin akong maluwag sa kaniya...

I let her party with her friends even at night and at a club... Because I didn't want her to be bored in our house...

Kaya siguro ay may kasalanan din ako sa kaniya. Kasalanan ko din kay Avi na napabayaan ko rin siya... Because I got busy with work...

Kaya pinili ko na lang muna na umalis, lumayo... at mag-isip din muna bago pa man ako tuluyang makapag-desisyon.

And that's what brought me to the beautiful island resort of Villa Martinez. And where I met Kaia...

To be honest she was like a breath of fresh air to me...

She was a simple girl and really transparent... Parang madali mo lang malalaman ang iniisip niya at nararamdaman. That later on I realized and thought that maybe just like me she's just also here in the island because she has a problem that she left somewhere, too...

Dahil ganoon ako...

Maiiwan mo nga lang naman sandali ang problema mo kapag pinili mong lumayo, tumakas... Pero pagbalik mo ay nand'yan pa rin iyong problema. Dahil hindi naman solusyon ang pag-alis.

And I was happy to meet her... And I can only hope that I could've stayed longer with her at the island and the time we genuinely spent together wasn't enough because everything that follows since the day I first met her was just like a whirlwind...

Pero kailangan ko na rin bumalik para ayusin ang mga bagay...

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