The moment of truth has come. I'am already waiting here for the one who has been a threat to my marriage. Today, Ill end everything. I will try to end everything.
When she entered the coffee shop, I want to hit her. But I prevented myself fromdoing such, aside from the fact that it might make a scene, she is still a girl. Anong laban niya pag inupakan ko siya? That will be a little bit unfair.
"Hi, Kief! How are you?", and she tried kissing me pero umiwas ako. "I thought you're excited to see me, Babe!"
"Dont call me that, Trincs. We're done. Matagal na." it still doesnt sink in me na sin Trinca nga ang gustong sumira sa buhay namin ng pamilya ko. "Why are you doing this?", I ask her straught to the point, kase gusto ko din ng straight to the point answer from her.
"Because I love you, and you are in love too, but not with me."
"I was inlove with you, but what you did Trincs? You put it into waste!"
"I asked you to wait for me, right? Mag-aaral lang ako, at babalik din agad ako sa yo afterkong mag-aral. Pero when I get back, what? May ibang babae na pala, may asawa ka na pala!", I totally remember how she entered my house and kissed me infront of my wife. I can still remember how humiliated she was and how furios Mika was.
"Oo. I have waited for five long years, Trincs. Anong gusto mong gawin ko? To wait another five years. Didnt you know how hard it was for me?", I heard her sob. "No talking, no texting, no communication, no, nothing at all! I was trying to reach you, Trincs. I went to your house halos everyday, nakikiusap para lang ibigay nila ang contact number mo para macontact kita. Pero sa halos five years kong paghihintay at paghahanap ng paraan para makita ka, walang nangyari, Trincs. I am no super human para hindi mapagod. I have a heart which is capable of being numb. I have a brain who knows when to stop."
"Akala mo ikaw lang ang nagsakripisyo, Kief? My five years was a hell. One of my parents' conditions for them to send me to Australia to study Law, is to either break up with you or not to communicate with you. Ayokong makipagbreak kase I love you so much, I cant afford to lose you."
I never knew that story. Mahirap din ang pinagdaan niya, naiintindihan ko kung bakit niya tinanggap ang conditions ng parents niya, I know how she wanted to become a lawyer. It was her dream. And she was more than determine to achieve what she has been dreaming of.
"I totally understand, pero you could have explained it to me, Trincs. I felt like I was cheated. I felt like I was left behind. It felt so damn painful, Trincs.", I tell her what I felt for the five years tthat she wasnt here. "You cant blame me for letting go, I was done. I was done hurting. I was done left out. I was done with everything. I wanted to have a normal life again. And I did, and that's when I met Mika."
"And I felt happiness like I have never felt before. I felt the happiness that even you, wasnt ableto give. I felt loved, cared and needed like never before. I love her. And I will always do. So please, Trincs. Leave us alone . Please dont touch my family, please dont destroy my marriage. They are my life. Please stop this!", I am crying already. I am ready to kneel. I am more than willing to do everything.
"You are happy, loved, cared and needed now, Kief! What about me? I am unhappy, unloved, no one cares and no one needs me. I cant stand the scene that you are truthfully happy and contented with your life, while mine is miserable as hell!"
"You just need to let go, Trincs. Accept the fact that its not gonna work anymore. I already have my family and I love them to bits. You can find someone who would love you the way I love my wife."
"But I want it to be you, Kief!", she yells and everyone in the coffee shop looks at us. "I dont want everyone else but you. Why cant you understand? Which part of that you dont understand?"
"I already have my family, Trincs. Try to understand. I love them, and I am not gonna leave them for you and not with anybody else!", I shout. I couldnt contain myself anymore. My madness isnt controllable anymore. I cant control my anger because of what she said.
"I am sorry, Kief! Because of all these happening to me, I amnot going to let you be happy while I am in this hell!"
"What do you mean, Trinca?", she gets something out of her clutch bag, its like a mini remote controll. Parang sasabog yung puso ko sa kaba. I know what she is trying to do. Please, God! No, please! "Trinca, what the hell are you tryingto do?!?"
She smiled evilishly, hindi na ito ang babaeng nakilala ko, hindi na siya ang babaeng minahal ko. Where is that woman now? Because of her selfishness, nagkakaganito na siya. Dahil sa tinatawag niyang love, now what she has become?
Nakakatakot siya. Nakakatakot ang maaring mangyari. Nakakatakot ang maari niyang gawin. Natatakot ako sa posibleng mangyari sa pamilya ko!
"Cheers to my 10th year of hell residency!", she picks up her coffee mug and cheers it to no one, I stared at her. This girl right next to me is so unbelievably impossible. "I want you, Kief to accompany me there. Would you want me to throw a welcome party for you?"
She was playing the remote controll in her hands as if anytime from now, she'd do some naughty tricks.
I cant breath in nervousness. Akala ko dati, yung panganganak lang ni Mika ang ang makakapagpapakaba sa akin ng todo, little did I know, its still Trinca who I believe is up to something that has to do with my family.
"You see, Kief, this is like a big red button, One wrong click and...............BOOM!", I am freaking no stupid not to get what she said. I run to the exit of the coffee shop, baka sakaling may magawa pa ako to stop what Trinca is planning to do.
"Baby, baby!", she suddenly blocked my way. "I think, their super hero is going to be late.", as she press the red button on the remote control she is holding.
