“Hey man, congratulations! Never thought you’ll be tied up so fast. The beast has been tamed!”
“Shut up. You’ll be the next one Jake and I bet you’ll be tamed as fuck as I am.”
Me? I wish. Natawa na lang ako kay Scot at umiling. It’s very hard to believe in love. I’m not bitter nor emo, I just think that, I don’t really know what that really means. It’ll be too shallow. Pero sa tingin ko naman mahahanap ko din ang totoong pakiramdam at kahulugan nito.
Not that it really matters to me as of now. I just looked at Scot Evans Padua’s wedding and I knew instantly that he already found love and man, he chained it immediately.
“Enjoy the party Jake, puntahan ko lang si Stacie. Namimiss ko na eh,” sabay tapik sa balikat ko. Tinamaan talaga ‘tong mokong na’to. Madly smitten. Binatukan ko si Scot.
“Whatever arsehole.” Nauna na akong umalis sa harap nya at pinasadahan ng tingin ang buong hall.
Nagpatuloy ako sa pagkuha ng litrato. Maganda at engrande ang kasal at reception ni Scot na ginanap sa Solaire and I won’t deny that it suits his lovely wife. Sa pagkakaalam ko, she’s a model on his company.
Hindi ko naman alam ang buong storya nila dahil namalagi ako sa America para doon tapusin ang kolehiyo ko. Nagtrabaho na rin ako sa kompanya ng aking ama. We own a five-star hotel and have almost 45 hotels all around the globe.
Nagawi ang camera ko sa bandang likod and I saw a lovely girl. Pale complexion, slender body, long legs and her short black hair is perfect like it was really made just for her. Goddamn it, she must be Aphrodite’s descendant.
I shook my head and laughed a little. Tumingin ulit ako sa kanya at natigilan. She’s got teary eyes while staring at Scot who just found his wife. Why are those almond eyes crying? Ganyan ba siya kasiya sa kasal nila Scot? I took a picture of her and zoom it.
Something tells me na hindi ito yung tinatawag nilang tears of joy.
Who is she?
Naglakad ako papunta sa kanya. Hindi ko siya kilala pero damn it Jacob, damn your curiosity!
“Jacob Matthew Healy! Kailan ka pa nakauwi? Why didn’t you call me?!” nilapitan ako ng ni Julienne at sinabit ang kanyang braso sa akin. She’s one of my friends sa circle namin nila Scot.
“Just yesterday. Ngayon lang ako nakahanap ng time makauwi. Busy,” kaswal na sagot ko kay Julienne. Agad kong ibinaling ang tingin sa babaeng pupuntahan ko sana. “I missed you. Nakakatampo at hindi mo ako sinabihan but anyway, that doesn’t matter. What matter is that you’re here.”
Ngumiti ako kay Julienne at dahan dahang tinanggal ang braso ko sa pagkakakulong sa kanyang kamay. “We should hang out! You know, catch up with our circle,” masayang dagdag ni Julienne na may tingin na hindi mo basta matatanggihan.
“Sure, next time.” Hindi pa nakakasagot si Julienne ay nilagpasan ko na kaagad sya.
Where is that girl? I should at least ask her why she’s crying. I don’t know why I’m curious but I need to satisfy this curiosity, even if it killed cats millions of time.
Nakarating ako sa pwesto nya at nadismaya ako dahil wala na siya. Did she left?
Pinasadahan ko ng tingin ang buong hall para mahanap siya. Baka sakaling mahanap ko siya. But after almost half an hour of searching, she’s nowhere to be found.
