Lust and Found Memory

THE HIDDEN MEMORIES

Chapter 1

What the heck ! Where are you going to bring me? Let me go !
You idiot! I don't know you- ouchhh!

"Di ka pa rin nagbabago ! Ang OA mo pa rin , parang nasubrahan nga lang Dine ! The man told me as if he knows me . "

"What ? What did you call me ? Dine? I'm not Dine , my name is Monique ". I said looking directly into his eyes but I don't know why , the time I looked at him there was something I can't explain . It feels like I'm new person suddenly, so I looked away.

"Hahh Monique ? Grabe talaga gumamit ka pa ng ibang pangalan ieh kitang kita naman na walang masyadung pinagbago ang features mo ! At wag mo nga akong ine.ingles . Alam kong major in English ka peru no need na ipamukha dahil kilalang kilala kita, "he said na para inapakan ko ang dignidad nya . Hah, lalaki nga gwapo pa peru parang babae kumibot ang bibig , ang daldal.

I'm sorry but I think you've mistaken me of someone you knew. I need to speak English of course dahil naninibago ako but I'm not English major and I can understand naman ng tagalog. I'm a corporate coordinator as you can see. I'm not a teacher. I have to go . Bye.

Peru bago pa ako nakalayu ng tuluyan , hinawakan na naman nya ako ng mahigpit sa braso na feel ko ang redness niyon .

Hey ! One ! if you don't let me go , I'll call the guards to drag you outside . I said being irrated to him .

Look ! Ganyan na ba kataas ang pangarap mo na kinalimutan mo na ang mga taong nagmamahal sayo at ang pamilya mo. Talaga nga yatang hindi ikaw si Dine , dahil ang Dine na kilala ko ay mapagkumbaba at hindi kayang iwan ang mahal nya sa buhay . I could see pain in his eyes as he was saying those words.

I don't care if you say bad things about me, as if you're important . And I did not leave anyone and the least I don't have to explain myself to unknown person . So excuse me I have important jobs to do . At agad-agad kong naglakad papuntang pinakamalapit na elevator . He's strange but I can't say he's creepy .

8:00 pm
Nastress ako dun sa lalaking yun . I just hope I won't see him tomorrow but I think it's impossible as I can see nagtatrabhu sya sa company ayun sa I.D na suot nya . Iniisip ko yun nag tumunog ang phone ko .

Summer after high school when we first met ( yun ang ringtone ko , I don't know but ng narinig ko tu prang alam na alam ko ang kanta)

Hello dad?
~Hi , how's my baby and your first day to the company ?
Well okay lang naman po but ahhm ( I was thinking if I'm gonna told him what happened earlier)
~why what happened? Something wrong?
No , nothing. All was fine , I lied (nakapagtataka naman sobrang maldita ko pagdating sa ganitung bagay , hindi ko pinapalagpas ang anu man but this time parang may pumipigil sa akin na hindi ko dapat sabihin )
~I see that's good to know . I thought you we're stress out.
Napatawa na lang ako sa tinuran ni dad . That's why I really love you dad , you always spoil me .
~of couse you're my life , I just want the best for you.
Thank you dad ! I love you po . Good night . Gotta hang up now. See you later.

All this words seems unfamiliar to me. Parang ngayun ko lang nasabi yun . But, well of course siguro nga kasi sabi ni Yaya Aika hindi naman kami close ni dad dahil sobrang busy nya. He did everything daw para mabangun ulit ang business nya, wala daw syang time sa akin simula ng mamatay si mommy nang lumubog ang barko na sinasakyan namin . Ako lang ang nakaligtas. Nag away daw sila papa nun kaya naglayas si mommy kasama ako . Kaya simula nun sa Australia na ako pinagtapos ni dad ng college , 5 years ako dun .

January 16 2017

Good morning Ms. Monique , bati ng mga guards at syempre I greeted them back .

As I was on my way sa elevator someone called me .
Julianne hey ! tawag sa akin ni Luke
"Ohh hi Luke , what are you doing here?" (Luke is one of my classmates in some subjects in Australia peru I.T. sya)
Well I'm here to visit my friend. I think he'll arrive soon. Oh here he is , nakangiti pa nyang sabi na nakatingin sa likod ko .

And of course to my dismay , I didn't look surprise when I saw that man again . So sya ang friend na idiot ni Luke . Psshhh .

Ken , bro ! At na fist bump pa talaga . Peru nakatutok ang mata nya sa akin .

"Julianne, this is my friend Ken . And Ken this is Julianne my future wife ."

the moment Luke said those words nag iba ang aura nya para syang galit na galit . Di ko alam kung bakit .

"Iba-iba talaga ang pangalan mo nuhh , last day sabi mo Monique at ngayun Julianne naman ? Sa susunod ano pa kaya ?" walang ka kurap kurap nitong sabi .

"You think I'm lying . Well sorry Mister but those are my names what could I do? Any problem with that? " Di ko na napigilan na maging sarcastic habang si Luke naman nagtatanung ang mga mata .

"Did I miss something ? I think you know each other? "

"Tell your friend what's my real name so he can know me better at para alam nya ang kaya kong gawin . Bye. Excuse me. " I hurriedly go inside the elevator without bothering to look at them.

"Ahhm bro what just happen ? Kilala nyu na ang isa't isa?"

"Yes .kilalang kilala ko sya peru pinapalabas nya na di nya ako kilala.
Sya si Dine Lianne Lucin Santiago ."

"Hah? Ano ka ba bro . Anong pinagsasabi mo . Ang pangalan nya ay Monique Julianne Aragon . The daughter of one of the richest people in Cebu . "
Confident na sabi ni Luke but hindi ako maniniwala . I know sya ang dati ko pang hinahanap .

"Tingnan mo to , di ba parehung pareho cla ni Lian ng mukha . Pinakita ko sa kanya ang picture ni Lian na nilagay kos sa likod ng I.D ko ."

"Yes , I can say that para lang syang kapatid ni Lian peru pare imposible ang sinasabi mo. Close friend ng family namin ang family nila . At classmate kami ni Julianne noong college . Lian has the same age of you sabi mo nga kaya 26 na din sya , but Julianne is just 22 . Sobrang layu naman nun. Kalimutan mo na sya parang miss na miss mo na sya kaya nakikita mo sya kay Julianne dahil may pagkapareha sila but I can assure you ,mgkaibang magkaiba sila ng ugali . Julianne is more of a spoiled brat . She's very frank and very girly in dressing . And as what you have mentioned Lian is simple , humble and shy. They are so different. " Paliwanag ni Luke sa akin .

"But 'di ako titigil malaman kong sya ba talaga si Lian . Papatunayan kong sya si Lian. 5 years ko syang hinanap at hinintay . At ngayung ramdam kong sya si Lian , hindi ako susuko Luke ."

"It's up to you but don't say I didn't warn you . But one thing Ken , Monique is my future wife . Kaya kung sagasaan lahat kahit ikaw na nagligtas sa akin ,mapasaakin lang sya . "