“Were you able to sleep?” Marahan kong tanong at tinigil ang ginagawa ko.
He called and whenever he is calling me these past weeks, I stopped whatever I am doing to give him my full attention.
“A little bit.” He tiredly responded.
I looked at him with concern and let out a deep breath.
“How about your Mom, how is she?”
He let out a heavy sigh. “She is doing good…she is keeping her medication and hoping that it won't get worse.”
Nabasag ang kalooban ko. Bago nagbakasyon ang Mama niya rito ay na operahan rin ito dahil sa kidney failure. And now she is encountering another illness. This must be extremely hard for them financially and emotionally.
“How about school…”
I stopped myself mid sentence when he casually pulled something in his drawer and right in front of his phone, he pulled a cigarette from a rectangular cigarette box.
“Spencer!” Asik ko ng isubo niya ito.
I was shocked as I looked at him but when he finally looked at me in the camera, he seemed so taken aback too at his actions. But he seemed so natural at it, as if he had done it in front of me before!
“Why the fuck are you smoking?!” I horrifiedly asked.
He clenched his jaw and put down his cigarette stick on the side of his table. Hindi siya makatingin at iwas ang tingin.
“Kailan pa, ha?!”
God. He will probably be the last person that I would think would smoke but here he is!
“Months ago…” He weakly answered back.
Humugot ako ng malalim na hininga pero hindi ko pa rin maiwasan na makaramdam ng galit. He is killing himself here and his Mom is sick, fighting for her life!
“Stopped it, Spencer.” Mariin kong utos.
He licked his lips and looked at me frustratingly.
“I can’t, okay….this is making me fucking calm.” He insisted, clearly not buying my words.
I get that he has tons of issues and problems right now but seeing him acting out like this was beyond my comprehension. And he should be keeping his money for more important things, not with this type of thing.
He's not just wasting money but he's killing himself slowly! Kaya paanong hindi ako magagalit sa ginagawa niya?
“And next what? Huh? What would help you calm down after you're not satisfied with that stick?”
“I am not addicted to it, okay? I just consumed some if I needed to give myself a break.”
Pumikit ako ng mariin at umiwas ng tingin sa kanya.
People might think differently with cigarette use but I will never think of it as a positive and normal act.
“I’m sorry…” He suddenly murmures.
Minulat ko ang mata ko at muling tumingin sa kanya. I looked at him critically but I couldn't hide my disappointment.
Muli akong napahinga ng malalim.
“I’m just concerned, Spencer…” Mas mulumanay kong saad.
“I know…I know…” He uttered, disappointed too.
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Laws in Love II: Spencer Ace
General FictionNina likes Spencer more than she have ever thought. Or maybe it was too much...or was it?
