CHAPTER 51

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We’re here at the Restaurant habang naghihintay ng order namin sa table. Malapit na ang graduation..at isa pa ’yon sa mga iniisip ko.

“ Hoy, Chant! Ba’t parang hindi na maipinta ’yang mukha mo?”

“ Nothing, Tania. Naiinis lang ako do’n sa pinapanood kong drama. I really hate cheaters.”

“ Sino bang may gusto sa isang cheater? Wala, girl, wala. So, I’m not gonna invalidate your feelings.”

“ Sobrang greenflag nung main lead tapos parang micro cheating na rin yung ginagawa ng female lead. Ugh! It sucks! He deserves someone better talaga!”

“ 𝘕𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘬𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨...𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴....𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.”

“ In real life, do you think pareho lang ang timbang ng babae at lalaki pagdating sa cheating issues?”

“𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢...𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘯 '𝘺𝘰𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱, 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘪 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢'𝘺𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢'𝘺𝘰.”

“ I’m not sure anymore, Chant. They all have their own reasons kung bakit sila nagche-cheat. Like what they said, cheating is a choice not a mistake.”

“ 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢-𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯?”

“ Ikaw, Dawn? What can you say about it?”

“ 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘢. 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘢 𝘣𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪-𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘺? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪, 𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘬𝘩𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘢 𝘯𝘢.”

“ Dawn?”

“ 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘰.”

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