"Paolo!"
Mabilis akong itinulak ni Jessica palayo sa kanya, making me fall down the couch. She quickly ran towards Paolo, enveloping him with her hands, crying on his chest.
"Anong ginawa n'ya sayo?" He asked her, as calm as anyone can ever be after seeing their wife beneath someone they loved before.
Bakit hindi s'ya nagagalit kay Jessica? He's supposed to be mad, pero bakit ang kalma kalman nya, at parang wala syang pakialam sa 'kin.
"I'm right here, you fucking moron." I interrupted. "Go ask me yourself."
After he heard what I said, he let go of Jessica and pushed her gently to the side.
"Jessica, book a plane ticket for Canada." He says to her while his eyes looking straight at me. "We're leaving tomorrow."
"Pero Paolo, what about the hou-"
"Jessica, please." He says, closing his eyes trying to control himself. "Let me handle this guy. Ako naman ang problema netong gagong to eh."
The fact that he called me 'gago' seriously made me want to laugh. I'm enjoying this. I'm enjoying that I can finally talk to him, one on one. Man to man.
"Ano bang gusto mo ha?" He asked me, anger finally building in his eyes.
"Easy." I smiled, taking a seat on the couch, crossing my legs. "Your wife."
"Are you out of your mind?!" He shouted, veins showing beneath his neck's skin as he threw the glass from the dining table beside him.
"Paolo, please..." Pigil sa kanya ni Jessica na wala pa ding tigil ang pag hagulgol. "Please baby, let's just leave."
Tingin nya ganun lang ako? Parang isang tuta na pwedeng iwan para tumigil sa pag tahol? This freaking wench. Ano ba sa tingin nya ako? Suddenly I feel heat raising from my body, and the urge to punch something. Or better yet, someone.
"Leave?!" I asked, standing up from my comfortable seat. "Oh, don't you dare just fucking leave me. I know that you know and that we all know that you're still fucking in love with me!"
"Xander, please!" Jessica begged for my silence. "Matagal na kitang hindi mahal. Kinalimutan ko na ang lahat ng namagitan sa atin."
Jessica took a step forward, making Paolo stand behind her who doesn't do anything but just stand there like an idiot.
"Oh bullshit!" I shout. "Kinalimutan mo na ang lahat? Ni minsan ba hindi mo ako minahal? Ni minsan ba, hindi mo sa akin sinabi na you're in love with me?" I asked, taking two steps closer to her.
"Xander, tama na." She sniffs. "That was all in the past, si Paolo na ang mahal ko ngayon and-"
"Yeah, well that's what you told me 10 years ago before we fucked for the first time."
Jessica's eyes widened, at hindi ko alam kung masyado lang akong naka focused sa mga mapupulang mata nya that hindi ko namalayan na palapit na pala si Paolo sa'kin, with his fist landing right on my cheek that made me fall down the floor.
He takes the chance to sit right on top of me, punching me as hard as he can and as many times that he can manage.
The impact felt solid. Wala akong naramdaman sa una, but as soon as he let go of his blows, dun ko lang naramdaman ang sakit. I felt it numbing it first, until the impact finally kicked in. It's like parang naalog ang buong ulo ko. Sa bawat suntok na binitawan nya, I felt his pain and his anger.
Tumakbo si Jessica papunta sa kanya at hinila sya palayo sa'kin. My vision became blurry na hindi ko gaanong nakikita ang mukha nya as he got pulled back. Although I realized that his knuckles were stained with blood. My blood.
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