Forever Agape [FS#1]

QUE SERA SERA

C h a p t e r  33

"You'll take the full body check-up," Isinandal ko ang likod sa backrest, niyakap ko na lang ang sarili. "Don't be afraid, you'll not take the virginity test, Hurricane. Checking the shape of the hymen and the two-finger test is not a valid indication of intercourse." Nanatili ang mata ko sa kanya habang sinasabi iyon.

"Virginity is a social construct. The test simply doesn't respect a woman's integrity, Ate Fiona. My statement is enough and reliable, there's no need for me to take it. It just doesn't add up." Hinilamos ko ang palad. Nasa wisyo pa ako para makapag-isip ng tama at mali.

Katahimikan ang lumukob sa aming dalawa at sa pagkakataong iyon ay tila bumulong sa akin ang isang posibilidad. Nanliit ang aking mata habang pinaglalaruan ang dulo ng tela ng uniporme. Hindi maitatangging malapit  sa linya ng katotohanan ang isang ito.

"Perhaps, someone challenged her," I spoke. Ate Fiona looked at me with amusement in her eyes. "I'm not wrong, right?" She nodded as she smiled. Now, it all makes sense. She rushed this for a reason. "Tito Paul," Bintang ko.

"I don't know," Mabilis na sagot niya. "She'll surely work behind the curtains now," Aniya. "Perhaps, she's already in doubt." Napakunot ako, kibit balikat itong pinutol ang sasabihin.

"In doubt of what?" Umiling ito, mas mabuti sigurong si Mommy na lang ang sumagot sa akin. Mas malilinawan ako. "Why sought this full body check up, then?"

"Masama bang patignan ka?" Palihim akong umirap, hindi niya mamadaliin ang isang ito para sa wala lang. True enough, she'll do the magic behind the curtains now.

Wala nang ibang sinabi si Ate Fiona, pawang mga mababaw na dahilan lang ang lumabas sa bibig niya. Siguradong may malalim pang dahilan, sadyang hindi niya alam o talagang ipinagbawal na sabihin. Hindi ko naman siya pipilitin, sapat na ang narinig ko. The rest of it will come, Mommy's the only one who can tell me the whole truth.

Tumigil ang sasakyan nang nasa bukana na kami ng hospital, lumabas ang aming family driver at pinagbuksan ako ng pinto, ganoon din si Ate Fiona. Hindi ko na dinala ang bag, sarili lang ang dala ko. May ibinilin pa si Ate sa driver bago kami pumasok, may kinausap siya sa lobby at tumuloy na kami.

"They're asking for Mrs. De Vera," She spoke. Kibit balikat naman akong hindi sumagot sa kanya, baka fans. Lumakad kami papunta sa pamilyar na pasilyo at huminto lang kami sa harap ng isang pinto.

Ate Fiona opened the door for us and I went in first. My gaze immediately went to Doctor Mendez, Aleana's Dad. Matamis na ngiti ang ibinungad niya sa amin, tumayo siya't inabot ang kamay sa akin. Iniabot ko rin ang kamay at pormal siyang binati.

"It's been a while, Hurricane." Tumango ako't ngumiti. Kinamayan niya rin ang kasama ko.  "I'm quite surprised that you're not with Aeryn for this session, she never missed one, now she did." He continued. We sat immediately after greeting each other.

"She didn't inform me with this one, Doc. I'm surprise too," Sagot ko, napatingin sa akin si Ate Fiona at ngumiti lang. Kilala niya na ako. Ngumiti sa akin ang ama ni Aleana at inabot ang record book.

"Your mother loves surprises," He turned his gaze to Mother's Secretary, they beamed at each other. "That's what makes her amazing right? You don't know what she's up to," Doc shook his head, still smiling.

Surely, my mother already left a mark on the mind of these people. Either for the good or the bad, it's how they see her. In the field of business, she's lethal. In front of the child she raised, she's still a mother.

"Shall we start?" I simply nodded, he turned his swivel chair in my direction as he starts the preliminary examination. It includes my height and weight, then blood pressure and pulse rate. "Are you in a healthy living?" I slightly nodded with that question.