My Love

Prologue

Malakas ang buhos ng ulan sa labas ng tahanan ng pamilya Kho. Sa loob ng bahay ay magkatapat na nakaupo sa may lamesa silang mag-asawa. Tahimik na minamasdan ni Yumi si Russel habang kumakain ng hapunan ang huli. Ginabi nanaman ito ng uwi gaya ng dati.

Tila hindi naman alintana ng kanyang asawa na hindi siya kumakain. Ni hindi nga siya nito kinamusta man lang pagdating. He had been this cold for so long.

Alam niya na ang totoo. May ibang babae ang mahal niyang asawa. She was hoping it was just a bad joke, but much to her dismay, it wasn't.

Five years. Five years na silang kasal at akala niya ay walang titibag sa pagsasama nila, pero nagkamali siya. He had been fooling her for almost two years now. Pero di niya magawang komprontahin ang kanyang asawa. She's scared. She's scared that all of those hard work she gave to keep her family will be wasted in a matter of minutes. Or worst, seconds.

She was looking at him in a dangerous manner. Unbelievable! How can he act as if he's not doing anything?! Ang galing niyang magkunwari! At habang tinitignan ang kanyang asawa lalong nag-ngingitngit ang kanyang kalooban.

"Hindi ka ba kakain?" Tanong nito nang bahagya itong sumilip sa gawi niya.

Gusto niyang mapapalatak. Malapit na itong matapos kumain pero doon lang nito napansin na hindi niya ginagalaw ang pagkain sa plato niya. How unthoughtful of him.

"Hindi ako gutom." Tipid niyang sagot.

Napataas ang kilay ng kanyang asawa. Why not, her voice was low than usual. But she is not the type to nag, kaya mananahimik siya. Sa ngayon. For how long? Yan ang hindi niya alam.

"Kung hindi ka pala kakain, sana hindi ka na nagsandok ng para sa'yo. Sayang yung pagkain."

Ha! Mas concern pa ito sa gastos kaysa sa kalusugan niya. Hindi siya makapaniwala. But she remained her facial expression calm. Hindi siya pwedeng maging makasarili. Meron siyang anak na kailangan niyang isipin.

Speaking of their son, Rio is already four years old. But he is still young para maipit sa mga magulang na nasa bingit ng paghihiwalay. Walang kamalay-malay ang anak niyang mahimbing na natutulog sa kwarto na ang ama nito ay nagtatampisaw sa kandungan ng ibang babae.

Kung hindi lang sa anak niya, at kung hindi niya lang mahal ang kanyang asawa, the moment she found out that he had an affair with another woman, ay iniwan niya na ito.

Unfortunately, she's a fighter. Hangga't may nakikita siyang pag-asa para ilaban ang relasyon nilang mag-asawa ay ilalaban niya iyon.

"Kainin mo na lang din. For sure gutom na gutom ka dahil naipit ka sa traffic."

She gulped hard. May kung anong bikig sa kanyang lalamunan kaya nahirapan siyang lumunok pagkatapos sabihin ang mga katagang iyon.

Who was she fooling? He wasn't late dahil natraffic ito. He was late because he enjoyed being with his woman that he forgot the time.

She should have known dahil tumawag siya sa opisina nito kanina to check on him dahil nga malakas ang buhos ng ulan, and she was worried na baka ma-stranded ito. But to her surprise, nag undertime ang hitad!

Natapos ang hapunan, pareho silang naghanda sa pagtulog. She wore her sexiest lingerie to somehow entice him. Pero dahil nga napagod na ito, he didn't give a damn.

He just walked in their room and didn't pay her any attention and went to bed. And to top it all out, tinalikuran siya nito!

She tried to control her tears and the rage that was starting to form inside her. This is not the kind of marriage she dreamt of. This was not the kind of marriage he promised her.

She could only let her tears fall as she wonders how everything had come to this. How once her marriage was full of bliss now is full of sh*t.