Conveniently Married

Chapter 6

               He just couldn't believe it. Pumayag na naman siyang magpakasal. Ba't minamadali pa nila? The wedding was going to take place a week from now. Pero di pa rin nagsisink in sa kanya na matatali na siya. If he didn't have a conscience, he would've probably told his father and Camille to fuck off or go to hell. Pero kahit papaano, may kakaunting utang na loob pa naman siyang nararamdaman sa ama niya kaya pumayag siya.

But never in his wildest dreams did he think that he would marry Camille. When he thinks back to his high school days, he realized that he wasn't really in love. He was in love with the idea of her. Her beauty and what she stood for was what attracted him. SI Camille ang babaeng inakalang niyang di niya makakatuluyan. They say you always want what you can't have and that's why he was attracted to Camille back then.

Pauwi na naman siya ng San Rafael. May final fitting siya sa barong niya. He just doesn't get why he couldn't wear one of his available suits. Di na siya magtataka kung nakabarong tagalog at filipiniana ang mya bisita nila sa kasal. His dad and future father in law were into that kind of shit. But for him everything was too traditional. Isang malaking kalokohan lang naman lahat.

Who in hell does arranged marriages in this day and age, he wonders. Mas naniniwala pa siya na yung may mga lahing intsik ang gumagawa nun. Pero parang mas mabuti pa sa kanila at di sapilitan ang pag-aasawa base sa kung sino mang gusto ng mga magulang.

Dumaan muna siya sa isang coffee shop bago makarating sa kanila. He was so fucking tired. Kakagaling lang siya sa isa sa mga site at puyat pa siya dahil pinilit niyang tapusin kagabi ang plano para sa isa sa mga gagawing building nila.

Kakapark pa lang niya ng sasakyan nang mapansin niya nag pamilyar na gawi ni Camille sa isang lamesa. Di pa ganun kadilim kaya agad niyang nakita ang babae. Nakayuko ito at kung di siya nagkakamali ay may luang tumutulo mula sa mga mata nito.

Ang lalaking nasa harap nito ay pamilyar rin. Joshua Dominguez. The bastard who had the balls to scream at Camille in his father's house. Gusto niyang lapitan ang mga ito. Gusto niyang malaman kung anong ginagawa ng mga ito nan magkasama. Magkahawak kamay pa ang mga ito.

But he didn't. If he was honest with himself, he knows he had no right. Ito naman talaga ang totoong mahal ni Camille. Napilitan lang naman itong magpakasal sa kanya. Kung biglang aatras si Camille sa kasal, only he's ego will hurt. Not his heart.

So he placed his order and waited for it on the other side of the room, kung saan di siya makikita ng dalawa. Pero di niya maialis ang atensyon sa dalawa. Camille continued crying quietly. Kung ano mang sinasabi ni Dominguez, mukhang tumatagos talaga ito. It was only instinctive to want to defend Camille, at least, that's what he made himself believe. Ilang beses ba niyang kailangang ipaalala sa sarili niya na wala talaga siyang karapatan kay Camille?