Casa Amore Series 01: Carolin Melody

Prologue

LYRON RIFF nervously sighed as he heard a soft mellow sound of the piano in the tune of Ikaw by Yeng Constantino filling the hall they are in.

Who would have thought that he would be in this situation? Kung nakikita siguro siya ngayon ng dating siya, malamang na akalain nito na nawawala na siya sa sarili niya.

Iniiwasan niya ito noon, pero ngayon ito ang pinakahihintay niya. Ang tuluyan na mapasakanya ang pinakamamahal niya.

Even when the procession started, he wasn't paying attention to the people walking down the aisle. He was busy looking for her. The love of his life.

And minutes after, there she was. He saw what he was waiting for, standing outside the door of the hall. Despite wearing a simple white dress, she still looked radiant as ever. His angel.

It has been years since he met her, but the effect that she has on him never changed. In fact, it intensified as time pass.

He can never imagine living a life without her by his side. Baka ikamatay niya pag nawala sa kanya ang anghel niya.

CAROLIN MELODY happily smiled as she finally saw the man waiting at the other end of the aisle. The love of her life.

He looked dashing in his black suit. But what she find adorable is seeing him nervously standing there.

But as he caught her looking at him, he instantly smiled and kept their eyes locked. Without her knowing, she finally reached the end of the aisle.

They hold hands and went to the makeshift altar where the priest was waiting.

They are having a simple wedding at one of the halls in his friend's hotel. Ang imbitado lang rin ay ang mga taong malalapit sa kanila. Hindi man ito ang dream wedding niya ay ayos lang dahil sa lalaking pinakamamahal niya naman siya ikakasal. Iyon ang importante para sa kanya.

Everything felt like a blur, she was so into the moment that she didn't really had the time to process everything happening around them.

"I now pronounce you man and wife, you may now kiss the bride."

Ang mga salitang iyan at ang magaang halik ng kanyang asawa ang nakapagbalik sa kanya sa ulirat.

Asawa. Ang saya sa pakiramdam. Sa kanya na talaga ang lalaking pinakamamahal niya, at ganoon rin siya rito.Finally, they will be spending the rest of their life together.

She is now opening another book of her life, together with Lyron Riff Fuentes, the love of her life.

Or so she thought....

Everything was perfect during the first three months of their life as husband and wife. It was like a dream, and if it was ayaw niya na magising at pipiliin niya na lang na manatili sa panaginip na iyon. She felt like it was a fairytale, ang asawa niya ang prinsipe na laging nariyan para sa kanya. At siya naman ang prinsesa na nagpapasaya sa prinsipe tuwing umuuwi ito galing sa trabaho.

Pero bigla na lang nagbago ang lahat. Sa isang iglap ang masaya na pagsasama nila ay nawala nang parang bula. Ang dating bahay nila na puno ng tawanan at asaran nila ay naging sobrang tahimik na.

And here she is again. Waiting for him to come home. Kahit pa na madalang na lang itong umuwi sa kanila.

Ano ba ang nangyari? Bakit nagkaganto kami? Masaya naman kami ah? Kasalanan ko ba? Hindi ba ako naging mabuting asawa? Pero ginawa ko naman ang lahat?

Ang daming tanong na tumatakbo sa utak ni Carolin, pero ni isa walang nasagot. Dahil ang may kakayahan sagutin iyon ay hindi pa rin nagpapakita sa kany.

Mag iisang buwan na mula ng huling umuwi si Lyron sa bahay nila. Hindi niya na alam kanino pa lalapit para malamang kung nasaan ito. Ginulo niya na ang mga kaibigan nito pero hindi rin nila alam kung nasaan ang asawa niya.

Para na siyang bangkay, ni hindi na siya nakapagtrabaho sa sobrang pag aaalala sa asawa. Kung hindi dahil sa mga kaibigan nila na pumupunta para kamustahin at pakainin siya ay baka namatay na siya ng tuluyan.

Hanggang sa magdadalawang buwan na mula ng huli niyang makita ang asawa. Nasawa na rin siyang maghintay. Lalo na ng makita niya ito sa telebisyon, kasama ang isang babae noong isang linggo. Malinaw pa rin sa alaala niya ang napanood niya.

"Kumakalat ngayon ang balita na kayo na daw ng rising singer na si Lyron Fuentes, totoo ba ito?" tanong ng host sa babaeng kasama nito.

"Yes, he is my boyfriend. Actually, we have been together for months now. We just kept it private dahil ayaw niya na isipin ng mga tao na ginagamit niya ako to be famous. He is the sweetest. Always prioritizing me. I'm so lucky to have him." masayang pagbabahagi ng babae na iyon at hinalikan pa sa labi ang asawa niya

At tuluyan na siyang nawalan ng pag asa ng makita niya na tumugon rin sa halik na iyon ang asawa niya.

Mapait na lang na napatawa si Carolin sa nakita. Heto siya at mabaliw baliw na sa pagaalala sa asawa. Pero ang asawa pala niya ay nagpapakasaya na sa piling ng iba.

A WEEK AFTER THE INTERVIEW she saw her husband in flesh. Looking at her with cold eyes, his face was emotionless.  He didn't even said a word. He just throwed an envelope infront of her.

Funny how life had its own twist and turns, how a sweet dream turned into a nightmare in a blink of an eye...

The man who promised her to be together for better or for worse, in richer and in poorer, in sickness and in health, till death to them part, was now handing her annulment papers.

I am Mrs. Carolin Melody Cruz- Fuentes, soon to be Ms. Carolin Melody Cruz again, and this is the beginning of another book of my life, now without Lyron Riff Fuentes.

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Uploaded: April 18, 2024