The Lips Of Red (A Girl Cursed Into A Gay)

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Chapter 35 : Ointment

"S-Sir I'm so sorry po! Magbabayad po ako!" I hate my tears so much, it keeps on falling. I look like a caught thief in this situation and I hate it. I hate it too that he saw me crying! I feel so weak!

And I just called him sir!

I kneeled down to gather the big broken pieces carefully but this man behind me grabbed my hand and pull me away from the floor.

"Huwag ka diyan, baka mapaano ka!" matigas niyang sabi habang tiningnan ang kamay ko tila naghahanap ng sugat tsaka lamang ako binitawan.

Why is he concered of a maid? And why is he here? He's supposed to be venturing into the properties of the Zamora out there with his fiancee and not here!

"K-katulong naman ako dito, gawain ko po ito." I answered and I can't look at him.

From my pheripheral vision I can see that he's wearing a bench shirt and a simple maong. Maybe he graduated already. Maybe he meet Miss Kimber a year or a month after he realized what a big turn off Jarred really is without knowing that she is fake.

Namumukhaan niya kaya ako? Kumpara noon ay mas kayumanggi na ang balat ko dahil sa trabaho at hanggang bewang na ang buhok ko. Siguro iniisip niya ngayong kamukha ako ng ex niyang si Jarred! Ex na matagal niya ng kinalimutan.

This time I finally find the courage to look at him straight in the eye. And I'm so surprised that he is already looking at me, surveying every parts of me with twinkling nostalgic eyes. And now I'm shaking and utterly nervous because of his stares.

"You look like my girlfriend." lumaki nalang bigla ang mga mata ko dahil sa sinabi niya. At napaiwas ako ng tingin dahil hindi ko kaya ang mga titig niya!

Girlfriend?

"Ang ganda naman po ni Miss Kimber para maging kamukha ko po." malumanay kong sabi at medyo nanginginig pa. Gosh, be brave Jarred!

"No." sabi niya. What does he mean?

"Oh my God! What happened here!" at dumating na nga ang kinatatakutan ko!

Miss Kimber is catwalking with her heels towards our direction and her eyes on the floor where the broken pieces are. And she is damn angry.

"Pulutin mo yan! Anong tinayo-tayo mo diyan?" turo ni Miss Kimber sa sahig at mabilis naman akong umaksyon hanggang sa bigla nalang dumating si Simon para tulungan ako.

"Ako na Jarred baka mapahamak ka!" at bigla nalang akong nanlamig kasi tinawag niya akong Jarred sa harapan mismo ni Cain! At ang lakas pa ng boses niya!

Damn! Buking na ako! Simon kasi eh!

"Tulungan na kita, Simon." sabi ko pero hindi ako hinayaan ni Simon. Pawisan si Simon at madumi ang kamay niya, halatang galing lang sa trabaho at pagod na pero tinulungan niya parin ako.

"My gosh! Ikaw ba ang nakahulog niyan? Anong masasabi ni mommy! First day ganito agad! This is a bad omen!" si Miss Kimber pero hindi ko na siya pinansin at hinarap pa kasi hiyang-hiya na ako. Tiningnan ko nalang si Simon habang nasa sahig siya.

Nasasaktan na talaga ang puso ko. Hindi ko alam kung kaya ko pa bang mabuhay ngayong engaged na pala si Cain at hindi sinasagot ni mommy ang tawag ko. Parang gusto ko nalang mamatay.

Diba dapat matagal na akong patay? But Lola Paning found me! They should just let me rot in the mud 'till I die! But why I am here? To suffer even more? Dammit!

"Kimber, ako ang nakabasag." mas lalong nanlamig ang buo kong katawan sa sinabi ni Cain. Napalingon ako sakanya at nagulat ako kasi sakin na pala siya nakatingin ngayon. At umiwas ulit ako ng tingin.