Husband and Wife: The Vow

HAW: Chapter One

ABBY GALE ORTEGA-ABELLARDO

"What's with the face, Gale? Bakit lukot na naman yang mukha mo? Ang aga aga eh sinisira mo naman ang araw ko." Inirapan ko lang si Jean sabay bagsak ng bag ko sa upuan ko. Jean Andrea Forteza is my only friend since High School. She used to save me from my bullies since I am the school weirdo in High School. Kasalanan ko bang ang sasama ng ugali nila at hindi ko kayang makipagplastikan? If they are doing that everyday then ibahin nila ako dahil hindi ko yun nasisikmura. "Nag-away na naman kayo nung asawa mo noh?"

"Sige, punyeta ka, lakasan mo pa." Bwisit na ito.

"Bakit ba kasi hindi niyo pa aminin? Ilang taon na ba kayong mag-asawa?"

"Hindi nga pwede diba? This company is special to him since it is the only thing his mother left him after she died. He's still struggling to prove that he deserves his position and I don't want to be a kryptonite just because I wanted to be recognize. I can compromise."

"Hoy, nakakaintindi ako ng Tagalog at nasa Pilipinas tayo kaya magtagalog kang bwisit ka. Huwag mo akong ini'Ingles Ingles diyan. Yawa ka. At tsaka, hello, balak mo bang maging dakilang asawa o gusto mo lang mapatayuan ng rebolto as the Most Marupok Wife? Talo mo na si Zeinab niyan."

"Sino si Zeinab?"

"Oh my goodness! Have some social life pwede? Hindi yung nagpapakamartyr kang asawa diyan."

"Hindi ako nagpapamartyr, okay? I just don't want to be the cause why he's not going to achieve all his dreams. Alam kong importante sa kanya yung kumpanya and if I am going to stand in his way just because of these standards that society's making me do. I am not selfish, okay?"

"Oo, pero he's being selfish. Tell me, bakit ka bad mood? What did he do this time at bakit ka bad mood?" She asked.

"He got up late and forced me to take the long way. Baka daw may makakita kung magsabay kami sa short cut."

"You see that? Isn't that being selfish? Alam mo, hindi rin naman kasi kita maintindihan eh, harap-harapan na ngang hindi ka niya nirerespeto yet you are still concerned about him."

"Hindi ko naman gustong gawin ang ginagawa ng ibang tao sa akin. If they wronged me then I don't want to do the same. I don't have the audacity to call out someone being of their wrongdoings yet I am also making the same mistakes."

"You've got to be the weirdest couple I know. Remind me again why you married him?"

"I had no choice, okay? It was the last will and testament of our grandparents. He even looked for me and family because if he fails to marry me at the right age, mafoforefeit ang rights niya sa kumpanya ng nanay niya and his mom means so much to him."

"It's not as if patay na ang tatay niya. The Chairman is a nice man."

"Yes, I know that. Pero iba ang attachment niya sa nanay niya."

"Well, whatever you say. Hindi ko naman alam kung ano ba talaga ang nangyayari sa inyong dalawa. I am just basing my assumptions purely on your stories and statements."

"It's just that, ugh, minsan kasi napupuno na ako and I just need to let some steam off. Nakakabaliw." We then started on our tasks in order to lessen the pile of paper stack on our table. I was actually planning to finish this yesterday and have an OT but it was raining hard and if I don't get on the shuttle, baka hindi na ako makauwi. By the way, there are few people who knows that I am married to the CEO/President. Jean, my best friend, and the cafeteria lady who always brings us food from downstairs. I have asked Jazz to tell her to bring us food in our workstation para hindi na namin kailangang bumaba and he agreed naman. It's the leats he can do to make my life better since I never agreed to work here. Tinatimingan lang nila kapag wala nang tao or kapag busy ang lahat para hindi nila mapansin.