Kismet's Perfect Fiasco

Episode 31

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Natatawa akong tinitigan ang nakanganga niyang mukha. Tila bang gulat na gulat siya sa kanyang nakikita.

"You are not going to stand there with mouth parched for the whole night, are you?" I chuckle.

"You are... kidding me." She finally said after she recovered. Blinking, she frantically raked her eyes to my helicopter.

I laugh at her adorable reaction.

Actually, this helicopter is my Grandpa's gift for my thirteenth birthday and this building is owned by my Mother's family.

The reason why I don't want Novy to know about this is because I don't want her to be intimidated by me. Growing up, I am always isolated to everyone. Ayaw nila akong lapitan dahil utos ni Grandma, my Mother's mother, na 'wag akong palapitin sa kahit na sino man maliban sa mga anak ng elites na preferred niya. Since the day I was born, sila na ang namimili ng mga tao na dapat kong makahalubilo.

Lumaki akong ako lang at ang kambal ko ang aking nakakausap. It's bullshit. Ako lang ang pinagbabawalan na makihalubilo sa iba dahil ako ang tagapagmana ng kumpanya na ito. Ako kasi ang first son sa side ni Mum.

While I am living my life in misery, my twin is living his life like a normal kid. He is always the favorite one. The good one. The no-heir-pressure-to-lift shit one. That's why he is always the receiving end of my anger. I really hate him. I really hate that I am the first one to fucking came out of my mother's womb. It should've been him. Kaya mainit ang dugo ko kay Harrie eh, he reminds me of my fucking twin.

At first, I tried to let them know that I don't want the responsibility, I want them to transfer the heir shit to my twin but Grandma insisted that it should be me. She really wanted it to be me. Iyon na daw kasi ang nakagawian ng pamilya. Ang unang anak ng unang anak nila ang dapat na maging taga-pagmana ng kumpanya.

From that moment, I knew that I am going to be their puppet that is why I started to rebel. I began to join fraternities where I learned to do crimes. My Mum hid it to my Grandma. Nakatira kasi si Grandma sa California kaya't kahit na magrebelde ako dito ay hindi niya malalaman. Pero sabi ni Mum, malaking gulo daw kapag ipinagpatuloy ko ito kaya't sinabihan niya akong hahayaan niya akong mabuhay nang normal kung ititigil ko lang ang pagrerebelde. Pumayag ako.

Magmula noon ay pa-sikreto na kaming tumira sa Cavite, walang nakakaalam ng tunay na estado ng buhay namin. Lahat ay sikreto, kaya't hindi ito alam ni Grandma.

Naging masaya ako nang mag-transfer ako sa Cavite. Naging mas malaya ako. Walang nakakakilala sa akin. Walang nakakaalam na isa ako sa tagapagmana ng isa sa pinakamalaking real estate Company sa Pilipinas. Walang intimidation. Walang isolation. Even my friends, hindi nila alam ang totoong pagkatao ko.

Pero wala pa ring nagbago, ako pa rin ang tagapagmana. Ang kaibahan nga lang ay hindi ako nakagapos sa mga utos nila. Akin ang buhay ko hanggang sa makapagtapos ako ng College.

Akala ko, okay na ako doon sa set-up na 'yon. 'Yung magsasaya ako sa teenage life ko tapos papatayin ko ang sarili ko sa trabaho after College and worst, susundin ko ang arranged marriage na gusto ni Grandma.

Pero hindi, nagbago ang plano ko nang makilala ko si Novy. I don't want to be isolated from her for the rest of my life. I know it's too early to say this but I want her with me forever. I am deeply inlove with her. I am wonderstrucked by her. And I am the living witness that love at first sight really exists.