Payb Takes Book 3

Last Payb

Hello everyone,

Officially, this is chapter 194 for this book which means we only have five more left.

For 593 chapters we shared, 2.6 million reads and thousands of votes and comments for the whole Payb Takes series, thank you very much. Mahal ko kayong lahat.

Sorry if nawala nang medyo matagal. I was sick, still am pero okay naman na. I was adviced by the doctor to rest for a couple of days so ayun but I'm back. Slightly, disoriented by the turn of events but still here and strong.

I have been reading your tweets and DMs and messages and I see a lot of questions asking, ano na ba talaga?

Honestly, I don't know, pare-pareho lang tayong naka-abang.

Para sa akin, like all written works that we read, how we comprehend the words in that letter is a matter of perspective. How we react, how we feel, how we think, kanya-kanya tayo diyan so I will not say mali ang masaktan o magalit pero sana wag natin silang sisihin. Tao lang sila and we should always keep realistic expectations from them.

Sa akin at sa Payb Takes din po ha? I always say. This is fiction. Kahit kailan, I never claimed any of these stories to be true kaya sana po mag-enjoy lang tayo dito, don't expect me to heal your wounds. I can't do that. Only you can do that.

We are all hurting I know but I can never find it in my heart to be angry at RJ and Maine so dito lang ako. Nakakapit pa din. Delulu pa din. Team 2018 pa din. Mahal ko sila. Hindi yun magbabago.

Yes, I was hurt but not because I felt betrayed by Alden and Maine like most. I was hurt by letter because I feel her pain while writing it. It was posted on impulse. It was a cry for help.

Malungkot siya. Sobrang lungkot to the point na parang hindi na niya kakayanin if she stays in the situation na nakakasakit sa kanya. She was asking for understanding. She wanted us to give her the chance to be free and she wanted the same for him, especially for him.

Although malaking factor yung last hanash with a certain a-hole because of the things she's been called not just by those known to bash her but also those who claimed to be shippers, I feel like what really pushed her to the edge has been an accumulation of past hurts not just for her but especially for him. She saw his struggle to always choose her and the LT and the consequences he suffered. So she asked for freedom for them both. Can't we give them that?

Kahit para na lang sa mga ngiting naibigay niya sa atin nung tayo ang malungkot, pwede bang ngayon na siya naman ang nangangailangan ng uunawa at magpapangiti, bigyan natin siya ng pagkakataon? Siya naman.

Delulu na kung delulu pero what if she said they are just friends to free him from the cage of expectations as being part of their love team and to keep whatever they have, had or will have away from public scrutiny?

Masakit na nakikita natin silang nasasaktan. Halata di ba? So bakit masasaktan, kung hindi nagmamahalan? This maybe the biggest challenge they have faced yet pero kaya nila yan. They will come out of it with happy smiles, important lessons learned, holding each other's hand tighter.

Matibay na sila sana tayo din. Malalagpasan din natin lahat to. Hinga lang. Laban lang. Pause and pray.

What am I saying? Wala naman talaga. hahaha... Just that thank you for reading Payb Takes and thank you for still supporting Alden and Maine.

Sabi nila, pain demands to be felt so for the last five chapters of Payb Takes, let's talk about this ordeal and how our favorite fictional couple deal with it.

Thank you so much for reading.

Deng