Julia
"Wait, stop." Sabi niya at hinatak niya yung braso ko.
Keep calm, Julia. Please don't cry.
Lumingon ako sa kanya but I didn't look at him. Kung gusto niyang mag explain, parang ayokong marinig.
Sabi ko na eh, mauulit nanaman. T'wing pupunta ba 'ko dito sa restaurant na 'to, may hindi magandang mangyayari?
"My parents are here, and Charisse as well." I looked at him with eyes full of shock.
Anong ginagawa nila dito? Was it all planned? Gusto ba nila 'kong i surprise? Well, ganun nga ang nangyari. They surprised me, but not a good one.
"I'll explain to you everything. Just please...please follow me at the second floor, near the function hall." He said then he left me.
What was that? I took a deep breath.
Kapag ba sinundan ko siya, magiging okay ba ang lahat? Mawawala ba 'yung sakit na nararamdaman ko ngayon?
I know that I deserve to be hurt, because of what I did to him. I left him. I hurt him. I broke up with him.
Is this what I truly deserve? Yung malaman na nag ccheat sayo yung boyfriend mo? Kasi, ang sakit eh.
I hesitated whether I will walk to him or I will just run away from all these sh*ts.
Ilang minutes akong nakatayo sa entrance ng resto na 'to. And for how many times, I experience being criticised by all the people coming into this place.
Because I look like a mess. Sabi ko, hindi na 'ko iiyak pero anong nangyari? Wala, umiiyak parin ako and I really hate myself for doing this.
Umiiyak nanaman ako sa Blue Moon Restaurant na 'to.
But I end up smiling, ready to know more revelations.
Nung unti unting sumara yung elevator, napahinga ako ng malalim. There's no turning back. You have to face all of these para matapos na, Julia.
Ilang sandali pa ay bumukas na yung elevator, ilang segundo akong nakatayo sa loob bago ko naisip na lumabas na.
Unti-unti akong naglakad papunta sa function hall ng mapatigil ako.
Kaya ko ba talaga? Kaya ko bang tanggapin kung ano man yung i eexplain nila sakin?
Knowing that his parents are here, and that girl is here, alam ko na kaagad yung pag-uusapan.
It's all about that freaking arrange marriage.
But I smiled again, at patuloy ng naglakad pero nawalan ng ilaw. Great timing.
Bakit naman magkaka brown-out dito?
O talagang nakikisabay lang 'to sa nararamdaman ko ngayon?
Mas lalo kong naramdaman ang sakit. I feel so empty, at nagkataon pa talaga na nagbrownout. Really.
Pero maya maya pa ay may mga candles sa paligid ang lumiwanag, still not enough for me to see the whole place.
Still not enough to light my mood up.
"You look so wonderful in your dress. I love your hair, like that~." Napatigil ako ng marinig kong may nag ppiano at kumakanta sa function hall.
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