So Close Yet So Far (ON HOLD)

Chapter 34

Leaving was the right decision for me. I realized my worth and the importance of prioritizing myself.

It's been more than a year. I could say that I have moved on.

I left that same day, my father tried to stop me but nothing is stopping me.

After what I have experienced, I don't think I could spend one more day in that place.

That day, akala ko hahayaan ako ni Hugo na gawin ang gusto ko na makipaghiwalay at umalis para makapiling na niya ang babae niya but I was wrong.

I got wary, I have already given him what he have always wanted, his freedom to love Gwendolyn freely and now they could build their family without me being a burden.

But he is thick faced. Hindi ko alam bakit hindi niya magawang pabayaan ako na siya naman itong may kasalanan kung bakit kami humantong sa ganito.

I remembered how he pleaded when I turn my back at him, I was heavily guarded by my fathers men, reason why he can't come near me. While my father is beside him, stopping him from doing advances.

"Hey." Sabi niya pagkalabas ko sa opisina ng aking ama na tila nakaginhawa ng marahan nang makita ako. He smiled at me weakly.

Umalis siya sa pagkakasandal niya sa pader at naglakad patungo sa akin.

Pero imbes na pansinin siya ay nagsimula akong maglakad patungo sa elavator.

"Where are you going?" Marahan nitong sabi nang napansin nito na deretso ako paalis.

Sumalubong sa akin ang security guards na pinapunta ng aking ama dahil sa tingin nito ay hindi ako hahayaan ni Hugo, base on how he acted inside his office awhile ago and my father was right.

"Let's go home." Sabi ni Hugo at tumigil sa harap ko nakikita ko ang pangamba at takot sa mukha nito. He looked at me pleadingly.

He tried to hold my hand pero hindi ito makalapit dahil hinarangan siya ng mga tauhan ng aking ama.

Why does he even look like he doesn't want me to leave. Clearly this is what he wants, dapat mag celebrate pa siya.

Umiwas ako ng tingin sa kanya. I don't want to look at him.

Nakita ko ang malakas na paghila sa kanya ng mga tauhan ng aking ama paalis sa dadaanan ko.

For some reason he looked lost and weak. Nakatingin lang ito sa akin, scared on what is happening or on what I am planning to do.

At dahil nasa harap ko siya kahit hindi ako nakatingin ng deretso sa kanya, I saw in my peripheral vision that he is looking at what I am holding. My passport.

"Saan ka pupunta? Are you going take a vacation? Kailan balik mo? I will wait." Marahan at nagsusumamo nitong sabi.

As if he is expecting me to come back to him after what happened.

He looked so weak that he couldn't even fight back from the security.

He is in denial, I could see that but I think it is slowly entering his senses what is happening with our men surrounding me and shielding me from him while my dad is looking at us emotionless.

"Let's end this, It is for the best." Sabi ko ng hindi tumitingin sa kanya at mabilis na naglakad at tuloyan na siyang tinalikuran.

"What do you mean." Sabi niya na may kaba sa boses.

"Fuck! Let go!" Sabi niya at nag simulang magpumiglas sa mga tauhan.

Hindi ko mapigilang bumaling sa gawi nila. Nakikita ko na nakakawala siya pero masyado silang marami para tuloyan siyang makawala. I feel like all of my father's men are here to stop whatever he is planning to do.