Kidnapped (A Romance Story for Filipino Wattpadders)

109: Ang babaw mo

Tristan

After keeping Tita Erica company for a few hours, I drove to Amber's workplace. I've been missing her a lot, and I endured so much and stopped myself from trying to see her. I wonder if she felt the same...

E kasi naman. I'm a lousy liar.

Okay, people may think that's weird. How can a playboy like me possibly be a lousy liar...

But it's true. Pagdating kay Amber, hindi ko kayang magsinungaling. At least not about the most important things.

And I know how important her Mom is to her, tapos eto naman ako, keeping the truth about her Mom's condition. Everytime I tell her about her Mom over the phone, I have that uncomfortable feeling of leaving your stomach during a roller coaster ride. And I'm afraid I won't be able to lie if I meet her face to face, so I refrained from seeing her while I tend to Tita Erica.

I practiced some lines over and over inside the restroom before driving off. Para naman hindi makahalata si Amber.

Tita Erica really worries about her safety. And she's afraid that Amber learning the truth about her will make her daughter take some drastic measures to get her out of the mental hospital.

"I'm doing fine here as you can see. There's no need for my daughter to worry about me. Kahit papano, I have to regain my dignity as a mother. I should be the one to protect my Amby now." Yun yung mga sinabi sa akin ni Tita Erica and I understood the depth of her words.

Medyo nakakaguilty nga towards Tita, because all this time, I've been secretly hating her for leaving the young and helpless Amber all alone while obsessing over her own pain and misery. Pero ngayon, alam ko na. Tita Erica knows her faults completely without me telling her.

Right now, medyo may nagli-linger pa ring guilty feelings about my two-months-worth of lies towards Amber but I'm confident I can handle it now.

It's alright. You're a perfect liar to your girlfriends. Just think of it like that...

Okay, that seems weird. Nilalait ko na yung sarili ko in fear that I might let something slip to Amber.

Ganito na lang... Just keep in mind that whatever you do, Tristan Vaughn, you do it for Amber.

Amber won't get angry at me from keeping this from her...

I think.

I hope.

Di naman siguro siya magagalit, right?

I'm going crazy here.

Tristan, Tristan... Just concentrate on driving. You getting stuck on a car accident is just going to make Amber more stressed.

I finally arrived. I went off the car and took a deep breath before going inside the cafe.

Okay. I was stupid.

I kept on calling myself over and over again by my name and I actually forgot that Tristan Vaughn is a hot, trending, ultra-charismatic star na hindi pwedeng basta-basta lang pumasok in public places like cafes.

I think you know what happened next.

It was chaos.

I opened the glass door, hearing the 'ding' sound from the bell at the top of the entrance. Then I saw Casper, Jeremy and Amber's new best friend Kristie snacking on some cupcakes while Amber was standing up and taking some orders. Heads swerved in my direction, and someone said, "Di ba si Tristan Vaughn yon?" while pointing at me. Some people stood up, followed by fangirl shrieks, scraping of chairs and thudding footsteps towards me.