CHAPTER 22
(Hindi maintindihan ni Devon ang sarili kung bakit pumayag syang samahan si Ericka na magshopping. Sabi ng isang bahagi ng kanyang isip ay kailangan nyang maging nice kay Ericka kung gusto nyang matupad ang kanyang ambisyon. One of the reasons kung bakit sinamahan nya ito ay gusto nyang malaman kung bakit ito nagbalik. Kaya habang namimili sila ng damit sa ladies section ay)
DEVON: Close talaga kayo ni Sam noh?
ERICKA: Oo naman.. I met him when we were in High School. Alam mo naman siguro yun diba..I mean yung tungkol sa amin ni James,ni Sam at yung sabunutan namin ni Tippy…(nagsmile ito) Natatawa talaga ako kapag naalala ko yung ginawa sa akin ni Tippy…napakaselosa nya talaga..
DEVON: Nakwento nga ni James sa akin…
ERICKA: Are you and James dating? (napaka straightforward nito kung magtanong. Nang tingnan nya kung may bitterness ba ito while asking the question ay wala syang mabasa sa mga mata nito)
DEVON: Ha?? (hindi nya alam ang isasagot)
ERICKA: If you worry about me..Well, you don’t have to… What James and I had was already a history…
DEVON: Didn’t you come back for him?
ERICKA: Of course not! I came back not because of James but because of Sam…
(nawindang sya sa sinabi ni Ericka…)
I’m not yet over with Sam. When I met him few months ago in Japan, I felt like ..he’s still in my heart..Kaya when Inno asked me to do the OST, I grabbed the chance so I could be with him again. Now, that we both grow up and I saw James already moved on…I think this would be the perfect time that I would take chances to win Sam’s heart. I may sound stupid but I do like him a lot until now.
(nakita nyang seryoso ang Ericka sa sinasabi nito kaya kinabahan sya. Paano kung magkaroon nga ng chance na ito at si Sam ay magkarelasyon? Naiisip palang nya ang ganitong bagay ay nasasaktan na sya. Akala pa naman nya ay nakalimutan na nya ang namumuong damdamin nya para kay Sam pero nasasaktan pa rin sya. Hindi na sya nakapagsalita at)
ERICKA: Alam mo kahit happy-go-lucky si Sam..He’s really nice…He loves his family the most. (it’s the first time na narinig nya ang tungkol sa family ni Sam kaya nacurious sya at nagtanong)
DEVON: What about his family??
ERICKA: Alam mo bang ngayon ang death anniversary ng Mom nya? (nakita nya ang lungkot sa mga mata ni Ericka.)
DEVON: Patay na ang Mom nya?
ERICKA: Her Mom got killed in a motorcycle accident when he was 6.
DEVON: Oh My God!!! (naramdaman nya ang kalungkutan na naranasan ni Sam kasi yun din ang naranasan nya)
ERICKA: It was Sam’s first day of school…He was so makulit that when he got off the car ay hindi nya napansin yung isang motor race bike na mabilis tumatakbo. He was supposed to be hit but his mother saved him. Bumagsak sila at tumama yung ulo ng Mom nya sa semento, he fell down on his Mom’s body. He saw his Mom’s head was bleeding..she was immediately brought to the hospital but she was declared DOA.
(Natutop ni Devon ang bibig sa natuklasan)
DEVON: So nakita nya ang buong pangyayari?
ERICKA: Absolutely…that incident motivated him to race…The person who hit his Mom escaped and hindi nakita ng mga police. Though he was wearing helmet, Sam told me that he can remember the eyes of the driver. Sam is searching the person who killed his Mom kaya sya sumali sa motor crossing. He knew that the man used a motor race bike but he couldn’t remember the number, kaya hindi mahanap yung suspect and at that time wala ni isang tao sa paligid.
DEVON: That was long time ago..Hindi na nya makikita sa race track ang taong hinahanap nya.
ERICKA: Sam told me that he was sure the driver were in his teens at that time kaya possibleng nasa race track pa rin sya.
DEVON: But???
ERICKA: Just let him do whatever he wants…He knows when to give up searching for justice.
(Hindi nalang sya nagsalita at nakinig kay Ericka. Ang dami pa nga nyang hindi alam kay Sam. Naguilty tuloy sya sa ginawa nya dito. Hindi nya maimagine ang hirap at sakit na pinagdaanan nito mas mahirap pa nga sa pinagdaanan nya kung tutuosin.)
(Dahil 16th death anniversary ng kanyang Mom ay pumunta sya sa cementeryo para manalangin. Naalala pa nya ang masakit na aksidenteng sinapit ng kanyang ina. Seeing his Mother bleeding at wala syang magawa made him feel useless. Joining the race is the only thing he could do para mahuli ang taong kumitil sa buhay ng ina. He’s positive that the man is still in the race track, ang motor bike na gamit nito ay katulad din ng sa kanya. The look in his eyes were the only thing na naaalala nya. The consecutive death of his parents caused him so much pain. Unang nawala ang kanyang ina, few months after ay nawala din ang kanyang ama dahil sa isang trahedya. Having no parents at an early age made him a tough person. He maybe look happy outside but the truth is his badly hurt inside. Joining the race seeking for justice and having shattered heart were too much too handle. Travelling to other countries looking for the person whom destroyed his innocent Mom is somehow tiring but then he’s still hopeful that one day he can have the justice that he has been searching for quite a long time. He then talked to his parents tombs)
SAM: Mom, Dad..I don’t know how long would it take for me to move on. I tried hard to hide the pain. I project a fake smile in front of others but at the end of the day I couldn’t help but to reminisce the tragedy that both of had gone through. And then I met this one girl whom I consider special to me but it seems that I’m not the man of her dreams. I was more hurt that she couldn’t love me back. I thought that if I fall in love I would forget the pain in my past but having unrequited love hurts me evens more.
(Pagkatapos mag-alay ng kunting panalangin ay nakatanggap siya ng tawag mula kay Tippy)
SAM: Don’t worry I’m fine.. I just visited the cemetery. I’m going home after this call. I might be going there after a few days meeting in Japan..Ok? Take care. Bye!
(Namiss nya tuloy ang pagiging brat ni Tippy. She’s a brat pero hindi ito nagsumbong sa kanya sa ginawang pananakot ni Devon. Natawa sya na nakahanap ito ng katapat pero nagalit din sya ng husto ng lokohin ito ni Devon. Tippy suffered too much sa isang aksidenteng na naging dahilan ng pagkaroon nito ng hydrophobia.
