Playful Melodies Book 2: Precious Miracles

Kabanata 28

Kabanata 28

Problems

A lot of things changed, I realized. Parang kailan lang noong ayaw ni daddy na pakasalan ko kaagad si Basty dahil gusto niyang tumulong ako sa kanya. Parang kailan lang noong nakatira pa si mama sa bubong ng daddy. Parang kailan lang… noong kami pa ni Basty. But now, like some sort of magic, daddy is rushing me to marry Basty−that will never happen anyway. Mom moved out because dad doesn’t want me to acknowledge her as my mother. And as for Basty…

I sighed heavily and massaged my head. Ilang beses ko ng sinasabi sa sarili na hindi ko dapat isa-isahin ang mga problemang ‘to dahil sumasakit ang ulo ko pero hindi ko lang talaga mapigilan.

Sa pagdating ng tatlo kong kaibigan, marami akong nakuhang mga bagong balita sa kanila. Including Cassandra’s progressing relationship with Yohan, or so she says. That’s because I don’t know if this is just Cassandra being assuming and an ilusyunada and she’s just imagining that her infatuation with Yohan is progressing pero sa ngayon it’s the least of my concerns. I have even bigger problems than my friends’ lovelife. At ngayon, may dumagdag pa.

“Kailan mo ba balak bumalik? Or are you staying here for good?” Sa kanilang tatlo, si Heather ang naglakas ng loob na magtanong nito.

“Hindi ko pa alam. I’ll just wait for Felix, I think,” sabi ko at uminom sa mainit na milk tea sa aking mug.

Nagtinginan ang tatlo kong kaibigan.

“Felix…” makahulugang sambit ni Heather. Sinipat ko siya at umirap sa kawalan. Here we go. During our conference calls back then, napag-uusapan na namin ito. I know where they would head next and honestly, I grew tired of it all.

“Is he making a move na?” Cassie asked, she smiled with no humor.

“He’s been making a move all this damn time, si Macy lang itong nagdedeny,” ani Heather.

Nakuha nila akong agawin mula kay mama kanina at ngayon kami na lang apat sa isang guestroom na tutulugan nila mamayang gabi. This guestroom has two large beds and the space is more than enough for the three of them. Si mama ang kasama ko sa kwarto mamaya and Aling Delfina gave one room for Makki and dad.

“Guys, stop that,” suway ni Lilah at gusto kong magpasalamat na lang sa kanya.

“Felix is my both my friend and my subordinate. Lahat ng ginagawa niya, that’s because of those two reasons.” Hindi ko alam ilang beses ko na itong sinabi sa kanila.

Binalot kami ng katahikan hangga’t sa nagsalita si Cassandra.

“It’s just that we heard some things in Manila while you are here, Macy.”

Kumunot ang noo ko.

“Pero hindi ko sasabihin because I don’t want to ruin your birthday,” agad niyang pagbawi.

Napairap na lang ako. They can’t just say something like that and leave me hanging.

“Cass. Ano ba iyon?” tanong ko at binalingan rin sila Heather.

“Well…” Cassandra paused. “Heather, ikaw na lang kaya.”

“Hah? Bakit ako? Sa’yo sinabi.”

Cassandra sighed violently. “We heard you’re already dating… an Engineer. Walang sinabing pangalan but who else could that Engineer be? E si Felix lang naman pinakamalapit sa’yo.”

Nag-angat ako ng kilay. Fake news! “Kanino niyo iyan narinig?”

“Si Dino? Yohan’s friend, kilala mo siya, diba?”