FORBIDDEN LOVE SERIES: THE MISTRESS

EPILOGUE

My first love was controlling, selfish and toxic. I loved a girl who made me like her own puppet. I loved wrongly, immature and controlled. I was like her own puppet, she had me wrapped around her fingers. I was manipulated, leaving me hurting another girl for her.

I thought, Ella will be the one saving me but she drawn me more in deep sea of regret and sympathy. I was caged by her villainess and insecurities.

The second one, was her. A young girl from a town province who I just took a glimpse of. She was in front of an ice cream vendor who kept on glancing at her exposed legs. I didn't have the courage to go out of my car and point that out so she'll know someone is eye fcking her already.

She looks like she's just sixteen. I did something bad to someone the day before that. I did something terrible for love and I chose to runaway. I was afraid. Then, I saw her.

She was fanning herself with a cut carton paper. She was waiting for her mother and sister who were buying ice cream.

I don't know what she's saying but I guessed it was because of the heat and she's pointing something in front of the market, a store for footwears.

I had to leave that day but I kept on looking at her through the side mirror of my car. Her brows were still knotted and she was ranting something to her mother. That was just a guess.

I received a message that day from Ella. The regrets and conscience were eating me up, making me stay up all night and questioned myself if I was still doing right.

I was on my way to Manila when I stopped in front of a jeep station. The girl from yesterday was standing there. She was shouting something so I had to pull down my car window to hear her.

The distance between is just near so I had the chance to hear her.

"Hoy, ikaw! Sakay ka na! Saan ka ba?" She asked the boy like he was one of her friends.

"Sa may palengke" The boy scratched his head while looking shyly at the girl.

"Oh, sakay na. Dadaan kami ng palengke. Magbayad ka lang, ha! Papabili pako ng sapatos sa tatay ko. Huwag kang mag-wa-one two three at makukutos ka sakin" she even hit the side of the jeep twice and then shouted again. "Sa may La Paz! Dalian niyo na, sumakay na kayo. Huwag na kayong maarte, may space pa yan!" Sigaw nanaman niya.

I smiled while looking at her. Pinagkasya ko ang oras ko sa panonood sa kaniya. I loved how she rolls her eyes, make a sound with her tongue when she's dissatisfied with something, shouts and even on how she talk shts behind someone's back. That's not good. I just told myself how I like this teen girl judge someone. This is so bad.

I averted my eyes as she suddenly looked at where my car was. Agad kong pinaandar ang sasakyan ko. I pulled up the car window again, too afraid that she will notice that I was gawking at her. I was about to leave when I noticed her walking towards to where I was. Sht.

Taranta ako kung anong uunahin ko.

She stood in front of my window. My car is tinted but why the hell I felt like she was looking straight in my eyes. She fixed her hair and I had the chance to see her beautiful face clearly. She's too close and I am becoming more weirder as I stared at her through my window. She doesn't know I was there, watching her how she made cute faces. She pouted her lips, made a flying kiss and she even tucked some strands of hair in the back of her hair.

Fck. I was too enchanted to her beauty. She's young for fck's sake. She's too young.

"Ang ganda mo talaga, Maurice. Ganda ganda mo" she complimented herself as she made more cute faces.