Chapter 31

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Hey, It's Me, Karma

Death

I witnessed Javaughn's outburst that day. Galit na galit siya sa ginawa ni Jericka. Tahimik lamang akong dinadamayan si Magentta habang nakapulupot dito ang bath towel at nanginginig. Javaughn admonished Jericka to quit causing troubles to other people. Nagkaroon pa sila ng saglit na away sa harapan mismo namin dahil hindi niya matanggap ang lahat ng sinabi ni Javaughn.

"Ano? Are you siding that woman? Eh hindi ba ginamit mo lang 'yan para sa akin!?" aroganteng-arogante siya pagkasabi noon at narinig naming lahat na nandoon. Kahit ng mga maid na dinadaluhan ang kaibigan ko.

Bumagsak mula sa pagkakatayo si Magentta, hindi ko alam kung alin sa dalawang dahilan: sa panginginig ng binti dahil sa takot sa nangyari kanina o sa masakit na salitang ipinukol ni Jericka. Alerto ang pagbaling ni Javaughn ng tingin kay Magentta at balak pa siyang daluhan kung hindi lamang sa kinakaharap niyang argumento.

Javaughn clicked his jaws in anger. Bago pa siya may magawa ay naunahan na siya ni Tita Jacinvte noon.

Awang ang labi ni Jericka sa pagkakagulat. Naakatabingi ang kaniyang ulo sa isang banda at hindi man lamang siya nilapatan ng ibang reaksyon dahil sa nangyari. Tita Jacinvte slapped her! Malakas pa iyon dahil mamula-mula ang mukha ni Jericka at dinig na dinig ko ang pagkakalagapak ng palad nito sa mukha!

"How dare you say that!?" Tumaas ang boses ni Tita Jacinvte.

Nandilat ang mga mata ni Jericka at hinarap si Tita Jacinvte. Nang makabawi siya mula sa sakit at gulat ay sinagot niya iyon nang pabalang.

"Bakit mo ako sinampal!? Totoo namang ginamit lang siya ni Javaughn. She's not even his girlfriend! Kaibigan lang siya ng babaeng 'yan kaya niyo pinapanigan!" Dinuro ako nito.

"I've always hated you for my son," Tita Jacinvte revealed.

Napasinghap si Jericka dahil doon.

"At mas lalo mo lamang pinatunayan iyon dahil sa mga nangyayari. You put the blame to my son again!" Nag-uugat na ang leeg at sentido ni Tita Jacinvte sa galit. "You are the one who cheated on my son so why are you acting as if you are the victim now? Bitawan mo na ang anak ko! You are taking advantage of him!"

That was the last time we had a very close encounter with Javaughn's girlfriend—ex-girlfr­iend rather. Naghiwalay sila sa araw rin na iyon habang pilit si Jericka na pinapalayas ni Tita Jacinvte sa bahay nila. In the first place, she was not invited by Tita Jacinvte or anyone from the house. That lunch was for me and Magentta, not for her. Hindi ko lang alam kung saan niya nalaman na naroroon kami. Probably Javaughn told her out of respect.

We came to know that she cheated and Javaughn doesn't know what to do with their relationship. She was unapologetic with her cheating. Javaughn was confused if they had already broken up or they're still in a relationship despite that, he asked Magentta for a date. He never thought of using Magentta to get his witch girlfriend back. It was Javaughn's first step of moving on from Jericka but she had him chained on her. Gaya ng sinabi ni Tita Jacinvte ay umaakto siyang biktima. She was claiming that Javaughn cheated on her just because he was jealous of some other guy.

Hindi naman naging sigurado si Javaughn sa pangangaliwa ng girlfriend niya dahil hindi siya mismo ang nakasaksi noon. Ayaw niya rin sigurong paniwalaan na magagawa iyon sa kaniya kaya nakasarado ang isipan niya. Sa huli ay sarili niya ang pinaparusahan doon.

He accepted the accusation that he used Magentta because of his strong sense of responsibility. He thought he was wrong and he was indeed cheating.

Iyon ang ikinuwento sa akin ni Tita Jacinvte habang nagpapahinga si Magentta sa isang guest room. Javaughn was attending to her along with the maids while Tita Jacinvte told me the story behind all of this.

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