Protecting My Professor (Fairfield University -1)

CHAPTER 24

Sinalubong ako ng seryosong tingin ni daddy sa pintuan, and I was surprised when my older brother appeared behind him, giving me a stern look.

I sighed heavily and twirled my car keys in my hand.

"Why are you late? We've been waiting here for a while," my brother said first.

I bit my lower lip. "We just had dinner."

Daddy cleared her throat, "Who were you with? Your adopted girlfriend?"

Nag alab ang tingin ko sa kaniyang sinabi. I clenched my fist, pinigilan ko ang aking sarili na may masabing hindi niya magustuhan.

My older brother furrowed his brow behind him and stared at me as if waiting for my answer, but daddy spoke first.

"Her girlfriend is a professor. What's worse is that the woman's life is a mess dahil ang umampon sa kaniya ay involved in politics, and your sister is trying to play the hero." he chuckled.

Hindi ko pinansin ang sinabi niya at walang pasabing pumasok ako sa loob ng bahay. Naramdaman ko naman ang pagsunod nilang dalawa sa akin. Ayoko sanang masira ang araw ko ngayon lalo at masaya ako dahil kay propesora pero eto naman at sinisira nila.

Totoo talaga na kapag masaya ka ay may susunod na kalungkutan, kaya hindi sa lahat ng araw ay puwede kang maging masaya.

I went straight to the kitchen and drank some water to calm myself, pero hindi ko yata magawang kumalma dahil lumitaw bigla si kuya sa harapan ko.

"Who's the girl?"

"It's none of your business, why do you care?" I couldn't help but snap at him.

"Cassandra Stacey Villanueva right? Dad said." He laughed, "She's familiar, isn't she the girl from the Villanueva family who's always been involved in trouble since she was a kid?"

Tumaas ang kilay ko at nakapamulsang hinarap siya.

"How did you know her?"

"Why not? She's just someone being fought over by her biological parents and her adoptive father from when she was a kid." He patted me on the shoulder before continuing, "You don't know her well enough to get involved in her life."

"At ikaw kilala mo siya? Hindi ka umuuwi dito kuya kaya wala kang alam!" I shouted at him, "Buhay ko ’to at wala na kayo roon kung siya ang mamahalin ko."

"You're so stubborn. Just listen to dad because it's for your safety... and the safety of that professor."

Napabuntong hininga ako at gumulo na naman ang aking isipan. Tangina, wala akong alam sa mga nangyayari dahil bigla nalang din naman akong pumasok sa buhay ng propesora at tanging alam ko lang kaya siya laging nasa kapahamakan dahil involved sa politika ang pamilya niya.

The professor didn't lie to me about not knowing what was happening to her. I trust her, and she's the only one I will believe.

Babae ako, hindi babae lamang. Kaya ko siyang protektahan kahit ganito lang ako.

“Dad is protecting you, Samantha. So stay away from that professor to avoid getting involved in the trouble,” my brother said before he walked away from me.

Napailing-iling ako at kinalma ang sarili ko at sinubukan kong walain sa utak ko ang mga sinabi niya.

Ang sakit sa ulo, ano nga ba kasi talaga ang rason kung bakit sinusundan siya ng kapahamakan mula pagkabata siya? Ano nga ba talaga ang rason?

Damn it! 

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I found myself in a bar, drinking alone. I had no desire to socialize. I just wanted to be alone and think clearly.