The Widow

Scene 7 - Made a mistake

Scene 7 – Made a mistake

Nagising si Ralphe dahil sa pagtunog ng kanyang telepono, hindi ba’t pinaalam niya sa lahat na wag siyang isturbuhin dahil kakabalik lang niya galing London? He grunted as he reached for his phone on the nightstand, he answered the call and placed the phone in his ears.

“What?” he barked, wala siyang pakielam kung sino pa ito, kaninang alas kwatro ng umaga lang siya nakauwi.

“Sir Ralphe, si Jane to.” At bakit naman siya tatawagan ng PA ni Clara? Speaking of Clara, that damn woman left him in London without a fucking goodbye. She just left. He had been so worried that she was somewhere in London unsafe and unprotected but then when he forced his father’s hand pointing out that if Clara was in danger, then it was his job to do something.

So his father called people and they learned that Clara left on a red-eye back to Manila. With Ian fucking Areballo. He was so pissed, how dare she, there he was so worried about her while she was with her ex.

“Anong kailangan mo?” tanong niya dito. Hindi niya alam kung bakit talaga siya tinatawagan nito ngayon. Tumayo na siya sa kama at kinuha ang t-shirt na nasa lapag at sinuot ito.

“Pinapakuha na kasi ni Clara yung mga gamit niya diyan sa bahay mo. Pwede bang pumasok?”

Napahinto si Ralphe sa pagbibihis, pinapakuha na ni Clara ang mga gamit nito. At bakit ngayon lang? Napatingin siya sa pinto ng closet, hindi pa niya napapaalis sa kasambahay yung mga gamit ni Clara, hindi niya alam kung bakit. Siguro nakakalimutan lang niya.

“Sandali lang.” binaba na niya yung telepono at bumaba na rin. Binuksan niya yung gate para kay Jane at nang pumasok ito ay may dala dala na itong mga box. Sinabi niya dito na nauna na sa taas.

Siya naman ay pumunta sa kusina para uminom ng tubig. Nagmadaling umakyat si Ralphe hindi dahil gusto niyang magtanong tungkol kay Clara kundi dahil gusto niyang tignan kung tama ba lahat ng kinukuha ni Jane. Ou ganun nga.

Nang nasa kwarto na ulit siya, umupo siya sa leather chair na tamang tama yung posisyon dahil nasa tapat ito ng pinto ng closet, dun niya nakita si Jane na maingat na inaayos yung mga gamit ni Clara.

He frowned when he noticed Jane’s expression, in his line of work, he learned the different kind of expressions and all the shits that he needed. Okay so he wasn’t overly good at reading people’s expression especially Clara’s, damn that woman, she hid her emotions pretty well. There were a damn wall separating them always, he couldn’t blame her though, he also put a wall between them.

Pero ngayon, ibang iba yung mood ni Jane, kilala niya si Jane bilang isang masiglang tao. By god, when she caught them in the dressing room, instead of reprimanding Clara, she congratulated Clara. She was just a positive woman. Kaya ngayon na makita itong down, nagtataka lang si Ralphe. May problema ba? Si Clara ba iyon?

Gusto niyang magtanong pero dahil sa pride niya ay hindi niya magawa kaya umupo nalang siya habang si Jane ay patuloy sa ginagawa nito. Nang tumunog ang telepono niya ay agad niya itong sinagot nang nakitang si Lorna ang tumatawag.