MARAHUYO

M- 31

Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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"Other than the kiss, what else happened?" he intrigued her.

She shook her head. She had been crying for an hour already it makes her head ache, "Wala. Wala nang ibang nangyari."

"Please lang naman, Lea," he frustratingly sat down the bed and brushed his palm against his face, "Sabihin mo na 'yong totoo. There's no point hiding the truth. You've been caught."

She lifted her head up to look at him, "Aga, I'm telling you the truth. Nothing else happened aside from the kiss."

"And you think I'd buy your lie?"

"Ano ba?" she wanted to shout but due to her sobs, her voice cracked instead, "Ano pa bang gusto mong marinig?! Sinasabi ko na 'yong totoo. Bakit ba ayaw mong maniwala sa akin?"

"Ang hirap mo na kasi ulit pagka-tiwalaan, Lea," it was like he spitted on her, "Hindi ko alam kung paano ako maniniwala sa lahat ng sinasabi mo. Niloko mo nga ako, eh. Kaya mong gawin 'yon nang paulit-ulit."

"Aga, nagsisisi na ako sa ginawa ko. Mali lahat ng 'yon. Kaya gusto kong... gusto kong ayusin natin 'to."

"Bakit ka pumunta sa condo niya?"

She was surprised that he knows about that and she couldn't hide it on her face, "H-he was drunk. Tinawagan ako ng bartender to pick him up kasi magsasara na sila. I have no choice but to go."

"Bakit?" he asked, "Hindi mo naman siya responsibilidad, Lea."

"Pero he needed help and I was the only person who could do that kasi ako lang ang nakaalam."

He shook his head, still in disbelief, "What happened next?"

"Hinatid ko lang siya sa condo niya. 'Yon lang. Wala nang ibang nangyari, Aga."

"You entered his unit."

"I did pero hinatid ko lang siya."

"You stayed inside the unit for an hour, Lea. Anong ginawa ninyo sa loob? Nag-tumbang preso ba kayo?" the sarcasm just made her heart crumple. She has never heard him this sarcastic before.

"Wala nga kaming ginawa."

"Are you going to admit the truth or not?"

She gathered all her strength to shout at him, "Ano ba, Aga?! What else do you really want to hear?! Na ano? We had sex?! Is that what you want to hear?! Bakit? Gano'n na ba kababa 'yong tingin mo sa akin para pag-isipan ako nang ganyan?!"

She made a mistake and she is admitting everything but it pains her to feel that her husband is accusing her of something she did not do.

What pierced her even more is to hear his reply, "You can't blame me for thinking this way, Lea. Kasalanan mo 'to. You kissed him at hindi malabong hindi mo siya hinayaang galawin ka kasi hindi mo kayang makuntento sa akin."

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Tomorrow is the last night of her concert. After the first night which was extremely tiring, she gathered up all her strength to ask her husband who was at the moment, busy with his laptop, "Aga?"

He hummed as a response but did not look at her.

"Pwede ka na ba bukas?"