Married But Secretly Waiting

•I gave my blood, sweat and tears for this - MBSW

Florence's POV
Finally the long wait has arrived! Graduation na namin ngayong araw. I'm so happy dahil nakarating na rin ako sa kinatatayuan ko ngayon.

Sobrang proud ako sa sarili ko dahil nakayanan kong maabot itong entabladong kinatatayuan ko. Sa lahat ng paghihirap ko ay proud na proud ako sa sarili ko.

I graduated with Summa Cum Laude and as the valedictorian of our batch.

Oh diba pano ba naman ako hindi magiging proud sa sarili ko kung yan yung naging bunga ng paghihirap ko?

I deserve to be proud of my self because I gave my blood, sweat and tears for this. We all did, kahit yung dalawa kong ulupong na mga kaibigan.

Speaking of Connor at Sasha ayun. Si Connor ay grumaduate din ng Summa Cum Laude at bilang Salutatorian ng batch namin. Si Sasha naman ay Magna Cum Laude.

Wala naman saakin kung anong ranko ng mga kaibigan ko dahil kahit ano pa man ang makuha nila ay proud pa din ako sakanila.

So right now here I am giving my Valedictorian speech.

“Good Morning Herbentias, I would like to thank the parents for witnessing as their children walk on this stage to claim the reward they deserve. I would also like to thank our dearest proffesors and our instructors for giving us the knowledge and advice to be these people we had become, thank you to our dearest educators for the patience you had given us through the rough and worst part of our journey, thank you for giving us enough lessons not only the academics ones, but the lesson we have to put in ourselves to become a better version of ourselves to reach the proffesion we had been dreaming off. Thank you to our mentors and instructors for guiding us with our journey in student teaching. It's difficult, but you were there to be our compass in the road of numerous path. I would also like to thank the Lord, for making us the strongest soldiers for us to reach this far.

To my fellow graduates congratulations and I am so proud of you for putting so much efforts and for sacrificing so many wonderful things to make our dreams become our reality. But sadly.... we have to make new adjustments to be welcomed and to feel home in our new realities. Let us become the people we planned to be since our princess and pirates years. From this day let us close this chapter of our lives and let us open a new one. Just like what Ms. Taylor said ‘the scary news is you're on your own now, but the cool news is you're on your own now!’ and we all know we have the freedom to finally do what we want. From the ups and downs, the terrifying scenes, nerve wracking situations, as we walk alone on the road of freedom of choices let us always remember to think about the lessons we learned and those people who had help us to get where we are standing up right now. Once again I'm Florence Mackenzie Herbertia Dela Mercano the valedictorian of our batch. Congratulations and goodluck to you my fellow graduates as we continue our journey to a victorious and triumphant life!”

Bago ako umalis sa entablado ay nagtama muna ang mata namin ng babaeng minamahal ko.

Oo, hanggang ngayon ay mahal ko pa din si Jelena at walang oras na hindi ko siya inisip.

Kahit gusto ko siyang kausapin at sabihin ang totoo na mahal na mahal ko siya ay hindi ko magawa.

Dahil lang naman sa kabuteng Adrien na yan.

Oo isa siyang kabute dahil tuwing nais kong lapitan si Jelena ay parati siyang lumalabas o nagpapakita.

Tanginang obsess yan.

Aba walang hiya siya.

Alam ko narin na totoo ang sinasabi saakin ni Jelena na hindi niya ito mahal, paano?

Pinaimbestigahan ko kasi si Adrien at dun ko nalaman na ang pamilya nina Jelena ay may utang sa mga Acoszta na kailangan nila bayaran o mas mababankrupt sila lalo.

At eto namang ulupong na Adrien na 'to ay obsess masyado kay Jelena at gustong gusto naman nung gaga na pakasalan siya nung bebe ko.

Ayun buti nalang talaga at pumayag ang mga magulang ni Adrien na 3 years lang ikasal yung bebe ko sa psychopath nilang anak.

Dapat lang nuh! Kundi ako talaga mismo kikitil sa buhay nung lalaking yan.

Charizzz good citizen po ako.

Pero ayun nga, hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa kami naguusap ni Jelena, miss na miss ko na siya.

Pero masyadong mapaglaro ang tadhana at pilit talaga kaming nilalayo sa isa't isa....