Chapter 6: Diamond Ring
(Venice's POV)
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There's got to be a mistake.. Siguro nga, may kung sinong nang-ttrip sa'kin.. If ever man! Anoh vah! Hindi pah ba time para lumabas?!?! Aatakihin na ko sa puso dito!!!!
Jerwin:M-Marriage.. M-Mom.. What are you talking about?
Mrs. Santos:Well, if you think about it, marriage is the perfect solution for everything that's going on, di ba, kumare?
K-Kumare?!? Kumare na ang tawag nya sa nanay ko?! Mag-kumare na sila?!?!
Jerwin:Solution for what? If this is about the bed-sharing that happened last night, kanina pa namen sinasabi snyo, nothing happened!
Mrs. Santos:We may choose to believe that nothing happened, but the fact is, you two shared a bed.. a man and a woman.. on the same bed the entire night.. :| Kahit anong sabihin nyo, what I saw and what my maternal instinct tells me.......
Ang old-fashioned.. -__- Old-fashioned na pervert ang utak ng mother ni Jerwin....
Ang contradicting...
Mom:And the pictures! Nako, iikot sigurado un sa internet, sa TV! Abah, Venice, magtatanong ang mga tao! Baka may mga sumunod pa na ilabas.. Hindi ka matatahimik, anak.
Ako:Pero.. This is all so sudden! I'm only 21........ Mahaba pa ang future ko.. May mga pangarap pa ko sa life.. Ang mga places to go, mga things to see.. In other words, ayoko pa mag-asawa.. T-T
Mom:It's not like it's an instant marriage.. Hindi naman kami ganun ka-cruel, di ba kumare?
Ai.. hindi ba? T-T
Mrs. Santos:Exactly. How about a long engagement? Di ba? Just think of it as an arranged marriage.
Jerwin:But, mom--
Mrs. Santos:No "buts", Jerwin. You are doing this! Think of all the positive publicity you're gonna get the moment we announce the engagement.. :D
Ako:Publicity? O_O
So publicity stunt lang ako!? Ganon?!?
Mom:Well, sabi ni Mrs. Santos, kung kilala ka ng mga tao, at kung madalas ka nilang nakikita, hindi sila magiging ganon ka-curious syo.. So, they won't mob you as much... probably..
Naramdaman kong napasandal si Jerwin dun sa couch.. Syempre, napalipad ung tingin ko sa kanya.. bahket nag-rrelax na toh?!? Nag-ggive up na si kuya?!?!?! Nababaliw ba sya?!?
