Chapter 16: Deciding
Abigail's Point of View~
Wala akong ganang kumain ngayon. Hindi ako nakatulog ng maayos kagabi dahil paulit-ulit na sumasagi sa utak ko yung mga alaala namin ni Laurence. At nakakainis talaga kapag naaalala ko yung rason niya kung bakit hindi niya ako magawang pakasalan.
"Eat more. What's wrong now?" sambit ni ate Dail.
"I don't have appetite." walang gana kong sagot.
"You don't need an appetite to eat. Just eat." sermon niya.
"Ate. This is my friend's story. Kilala mo si April, diba?"
"April? Oo. Why?"
"Well, April recently broke up with his boyfriend she dated for a long time. And that boyfriend wants to get back together with her. But a new guy has come into her life. So..."
"Did Laurence ask you to get back together?"
Nagulat ako sa naging tanong ni Ate. "Pa'no mo nalaman Ate?"
"Wag na wag mo na yung babalikan, gets mo? Magso-sorry siya at sasabihin niyang mahal ka niya but he will never let go of his old ways. Ganyan talaga ang mga lalaki."
"Honey, don't lump me into that category. I'm not like that." pagrereklamo ni Kuya Billy. "At Abi, matagal na kayong nagsama, you should give him another cha--" hindi na naituloy ni kuya Billy ang sasabihin niya dahil pinapatunog ni Ate Dail ang kutsara niya at tila ba'y galit o hindi nagustuhan ang sinabi ni Kuya Billy. "Abi, agree ako sa sinabi ng ate mo."
Mag-aaway na naman kasi sila kapag kumontra si Kuya Billy sa idea ni ate Dail.
"You already have your new toy in front of you, why do you keep on looking for the old one? Don't do such a foolish thing, okay?"
Si Dale ang tinutukoy niyang new toy .
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Nakaupo ako sa kama ko habang yakap-yakap ang mga tuhod ko. Kahit ano-anong bagay na ang sumagi sa isip ko. Nakatitig sa kawalan.
Napalingon ako sa table ko at nakita ko ang dalawang bagay na magkatabi. Dale's handkerchief and Laurence's ring.
Bumaba ako sa kama ko at lumapit sa table. Tinitigan ko ang dalawang bagay na nakapatong.
As I look at the ring, memories with Laurence are flashing.
From the first met...
I was in a rush and he was walking at the university's hallway when he accidentally bumped me. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." He muttered then helped me pick up all my stuff.
To our first handshake...
"Laurence Lee." he held his hand higher while smiling.
"Abigail Colt." I accepted his hand and he gently shook it.
To our first date...
"What do you want to do? Watch movies?" he asked.
"Let's eat first," I said.
To the break-up...
"Why are you rushing on our marriage? It's very suffocating!" He said sounding mad.
"Do you even want us to be married Laurence?" I asked in pain.
"I'm really tired and sick of this." He uttered.
And lastly, to the closure...
"I regretted a lot of my decision."
"After dating for seven years, I became numb about my feelings. I've forgotten about my feelings for you."
"It was suffocating. The whole marriage issue was suffocating. I've just gotten my first job and I wasn't ready to get married. I was nervous, but you kept on pressuring me to get married. So I felt like I was dragged into it."
His lines are hurting me again. My vision is getting blurry. Tears are almost falling.
I was hurt but at least I've known the reason and realized that his love for me was never enough for him to take the step of getting married.
Dale's handkerchief. I secretly smile as I looked at it. It all started with the tears and the handkerchief. I then realized that Dale has done so many things for me since we met.
The incident...
I was all broken that time. Tears doesn't stop from falling. It was the day Laurence and I broke up.
"Are you okay?" he asked and handed me his handkerchief.
The drunken incident...
"Get out! Tell me I was wrong Laurence. Tell me that what I saw is not true." I slammed the door of Laurence's unit.
"Tell me I was wrong," I begged.
I fell on the floor because my body is getting weak. My knees are feeling numb.
I saw someone who's wearing a red jacket in front of me.
"I'm sorry." Are the only words that came out from my mouth. And then my vision became black.
When I woke up in the morning, I was on a soft bed. I was in Dale's condo unit.
That moment he saved me from the Laurence...
"Who is he?" Laurence said straight to the point. "Why did you sleep with him that night?" I can see that he is pissed off with the idea of Dale and I sleeping together in one unit.
"It's none of your business!" I uttered.
"I need to talk to you." he tried to sound calm.
"What's the point of talking Laurence? We have nothing to talk. Go to your girlfriend and talk to her."
"What girlfriend are you talking? I only have you." He sighed.
I smirked. "You're the worst ."
I then felt an arm around my shoulders. "Did you wait so long Love?" Dale asked.
I was shocked.
"Can't you see that we're talking. Leave us." I can hear Laurence's irritated voice.
"I made an appointment with her first." Dale uttered. "What do you want me to do Love?" he asked me.
"L-let's go." I managed to smile.
I looked at Laurence, "Don't come back again."
The confession...
"Believe it or not, I fell in love with you at the first sight."
"Don't push yourself too far, it's hard for me to watch you suffer."
I secretly smiled at that moment. I can feel butterflies in my stomach.
I was staring at my reflection in the mirror. I grab my phone and dialed.
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