Chapter 22
Jillian’s POV
“Oh tapos? Anong nangyari?” tanong ni Mitch. Kakukuwento ko lang sa kaniya ng nangyari over the phone.
Sinandal ko yung likod ko sa may couch, kakauwi ko lang. Pagdating ko ng bahay, tumunog ang phone ko. Ewan ko ba kung bakit parang may instinct tong si Mitch na nagsasabi sa kaniya na may chika siyang dapat marinig. And that is the reason why I am telling her this.
I lazily put my left foot at the glass table. “Sabi ko edi sige, kakalimutan ko na lang lahat ng sinabi nyang ‘yun sa akin,” I answered not knowing if I’m really doing this righteously.
“You’re a murderer!” sagot niya sa akin.
“What?!”
“You killed his heart,” err.
“Shut up Mitch, as if gusto ko ‘yun. Duh, that moment handa na akong layuan siya,” I explained myself while unbuttoning my blouse. May panloob naman ako na tube at ako lang naman mag-isa sa bahay.
“Wow! So you’re really planning to leave him? I mean stay away from him?”
“Mm,” I nodded as if kausap ko siya ng personal.
“Idiot,” mean na sagot niya.
“Ano ka ba Mitch, nakakainis ka na ah.”
“Ikaw ang nakakainis, nababadtrip ako sa ‘yo,” medyo irritable na nga ang tono niya.
“Bakit ka ba ganiyan?”
“E ikaw kasi e. Duh, sobrang hurt na ‘yung tao, akala mo ba kapag linayuan mo siya makakatulong yun? Akala mo kapag pumayag ka sa deal na ‘yun, poop at makakalimutan ka na niya agad? Torture ‘yun, yung lalayuan mo yung taong mahal mo dahil lang hindi ka niya kayang mahalin,” paliwanag niya.
“What am I supposed to do? That moment he was pleading and I can’t do anything. Know what? It’s painful, sa palagay mo ba madali ‘yun for me? No, heaven knows. Alam mo ‘yun Mitch gusto kong patayin na lang ang sarili ko,” tapos napasandal ako, intense na pala ako masyado kaya napatayo ako. “On the second thought ayoko pala mamatay, joke lang,” sabi ko.
“Ang funny no? Hard,” sarcastic na sagot niya.
“E ikaw Mitch?” paunang tanong ko sa kaniya.
“Ako? What?”
“Anong gagawin mo kung ang tanging paraan para matulungan mo ang taong nasasaktan ng dahil sayo ay ang saktan pa siya lalo? What are you going to do when you’re caught up between leaving him and hurting him more? Can you just abandon him and set him free? Or you’ll prefer staying by his side and watch him torture his heart? There’s no easy way in breaking someone’s heart. You know I never wanted this.”
