Roller Coaster

RC --- Chapter EIGHT.two

Neither of us was prepared to see what we just saw. Both our faces astounded by what laid in front of us. Together, we stood frozen and after a few seconds, together we released the breath we didn’t know we’ve been holding.

He stepped inside his unit which most likely was a very elegant place before but now looked chaotic, everything disorganized.

Parang dinaanan lang ng tornado. There were lots of broken glasses, mostly from his glass and porcelain furniture. Four of his white couches slit open, the cotton appearing. Chairs from the adjacent dining area crippled and disarrayed.

I followed Miguel and stepped inside.

“Careful with your steps Zea. Baka may maapakan ka dyang glass.” His voice calm and balanced. There actually was no trace of anger, pain or paghihinayang.

“Your ex girlfriend is one vicious lady.” I trembled at the thought of her making all this mess. What have I gotten myself into? Am I going against a crazy amazona?

“She probably is.  Crazy, mad, weird.” He just echoed my mind. He went to his kitchen, I followed. It was as messy as the living room. Cabinet doors destroyed. Ang mga utensils, pans and casseroles, lahat nasa sahig. Most of the plates broken as well.

Sumunod na pinasok ni Miguel ang isang kuwarto, malamang kuwarto nya yun. Di na ako sumama dito bagkus ineksamin ko na lang ang mga nagkalat na bagay-bagay sa sahig.

Nagtagal din sya ng labin-limang minuto sa loob at paglabas nya may dala na syang isang gym bag. Nakapagpalit na rin ito ng damit. Blue jeans, green V-neck shirt at jacket na light brown.

“How was your room?” I couldn’t help asking. I was curious on what weirder ideas his crazy ex-girlfriend had.

He shrugged. “Not as chaotic but messy nonetheless. Naubos na siguro ang isang dosenang lipstick nun sa pinaggagawa sa walls ko.” He took his phone and dialed a number.

“Hello Ren. My house is a total wreck. I need people to fix it.”

Luminga-linga ako sa paligid habang may kinakausap siya sa phone. Gusto kong sumilip sa room nya pero naunahan ako ng hiya.

“Yeah! It is Kathleen.”

“No never mind. You don’t have to do anything to her. Not yet at least.”

Hindi ko namalayan nasa tabi ko na pala siya and he was directing me out of the place. Sumunod naman ako.

“Yeah, I’ll leave it open. Ikaw na bahala dito. I’ll be staying over some place probably for 2 days or more.”

We were outside the door and he was still carrying his bag. Naisip ko siguro gamit nya yung andun.

“Sige itry kong pumasok sa Monday.” Yun lang at tinapos na nya ang tawag.

“Sorry, you had to see such scene. Honestly, I knew Kathleen would do something terrible, I never thought it would be this bizarre though.” He was apologetic.

Sumakay na kami ulit ng elevator. “It’s okay. It’s not like I couldn’t handle it. In fact I’m puzzled on how you have liked such type of a woman.”

He laughed. The atmosphere’s tension was finally gone. “She was smoking hot and sexy and attractive. I guessed I was blinded by those.”

Psshh. Playboy ka nga.

“A dose of your own medicine. Next time you date someone, make sure to do a background check. Kakatakot, baka mamya di lang ganyan aabutin mo.” Napailing ako.