Theodore

AINE 3

There's nothing more agonizing than this dinner. This was supposed to be one of those usual days she has - meeting with clients, talk with friends and associates and work, until the Martins' matriarch called her for dinner. 

"Are you Okay, Via?" Mrs. Martins asked her out. She wondered why the environment suddenly turned cold when her son arrived. 

No one dared to speak a word and she wondered why Olivia looked sick as soon as she saw Theodore. "Is there something going on? She wondered but did not blurt it out. 

"Yes, Tita." She smiled, hiding the heart wrenching pain. God knows how much she forced herself to smile despite the pain that she's feeling right now. Sitting next to the guy she's been longing for for years is not easy, not at all. 

"Are you sure? You looked bothered and sick." She asked but Via just gave her innocent smile. 

"I am very sure Tita. I'm just a bit tired but I am completely fine." 

She thanked all the angels when the old lady smiled. Mukhang napaniwala niya ito. 

It was the longest dinner she ever had. Wala siyang ibang hiniling na sana matapos na ang gabi para makauwi na siya. She can't stand for few more hours being in one house with the guy she hates. Yes, she hates him...so much it makes her heart breaks in to tiny pieces. Galit siya dahil iniwan siya nito pero mas galit siya dahil parang wala lang sa lalaki ang pagkikita nila muli. 

Ilang minuto matapos silang mag-dinner ay nag-aya ang matanda sa study nito to discuss about her Will. Olivia sighed. "Finally. After this I can go home." She told herself. 

"Now that we are all here, I want to talk about my Will." The old lady said. She just stayed quiet, trying her very best to avoid his stares. "This is why I asked you to come home, Theo." 

"Mom, you don't have to make a Will. Stop talking as if you're gonna die 'cause you are not. You are strong and please I hate talking about you dying or what." Olivia knows when he is annoyed...and he is sure as hell that he is very annoyed right now. 

"I am doing this for you. How many years have you stayed abroad? I did not meddle with your life there because aside from the fact that you will not listen to me like what you did all these years, I know you were in love with that girl...That's why you left diba?" His mother shot him with death glared. Pero sa halip na maapektuhan sa sinabi ng ina ay iba ang naramdaman niya. He felt sadness...and guilt. When his mother mentioned about his ex, there was a lump on his throat and there was a pang of pain in his heart. 

He looked at Olivia. She just stayed quiet and seriously looking at his mom. Blangko ang ekspresyon nito. 

"Mom, please let us not involve her in this conversation." 

"And why not?" His mother snapped. 

"Because it's irrelevant!"

"Irrelevant? Really now, Theodore?" May halong sarcasm ang tinig nito.