Last Time We Met (Marupok Series #1)

LTWM 15

I must be crazy right now.

But no one can ba crazier than Arman, right?

Or I might be crazier than him right now? 

Bwisit kasi na Kai 'yon! He doesn't have to say something like that. He shouldn't say something like that infront of me...using that kind of tone. Talagang nangongonsensya sya ha? And he is really working hard for me to do his favor huh? Pwes, hindi mangyayari 'yon! I love Tim so much.

"Do I?" Biglang tanong ko sa sarili ko. Bigla akong umiling. "Yes, I am." Mabilis na sabi ko, not minding what I just said a while ago.

Naaalala ko, noong kaming dalawa pa ni Kai. Everything was just a mess...a chaos. Sobrang daming problemang nagsabay-sabay. We're together for a year and that's it...maybe we are not just for each other? Kasi, when I met Tim, that's when everything starts to take place. Hinintay nya akong makapagtapos ng pag-aaral. Hinintay niya akong makapasa. Hinintay niya akong matanggap sa trabaho. Tim was there when I planned on having my own house. While I was having my time on achieving my dreams, Tim was doing fine too. He started making money through his business. Masaya kaming dalawa. We never have a serious fight for three years. May mga pag-aaway pero wala pang sobrang lala na pag-aaway. Plus, my mother really likes him.

I stopped the car somewhere.

Tim was always there to choose me. He didn't doubt spending his whole time with me. He didn't doubt a thing. He really is sure about me. Like, he really knows that his love for me will have no end.

"But, why am I thinking the opposite?" I said as I open my bag and quickly saw a small box. 

The ring. I brought it with me. I don't know what slipped in my mind but I just decided to take it. But now, I think I know the reason why I brought it with me.

I stepped on the gas and put on a fierce expression because I know I will be doing a tough decision in my life. This decision might save me from the dilemma I'm currently in or worst might drown me. 

"Ano bang gagawin ko sa'yo?" I said as I looked at the ring that is inside my bag right now. "Ang dami ko ng problema, dumagdag pa itong isa na 'to." Pabulong kong sambit matapos makita na may isang sasakyan na nakaharang sa daanan. 

Ano bang ginagawa ng sasakyan na ito sa gitna? 

Tinigil ko ang kotse ko at bumusina. I pressed it long so that the driver inside can sense that I'm in a hurry but I got no respond from it. Seems weird that it is infront of the highway where there's not much cars go through here. Parang sinadya talaga itong ilagay sa gitna ng kalsada dahil walang gumagamit or dumadaan na mga sasakyan dito lalo na kapag gabi. This road is a nightmare because the surroundings are darker at night and instead of postlights, trees everywhere are getting the way of the light that makes the road look gloomy. 

Abot-abot ang pagtataka ko kaya naisipan ko nang lumabas ng sasakyan ko. I knocked on the driver's seat window but again, there's still no response that I got. At dahil kakaiba na ang kaba na nararamdaman ko, kinuha ko na ang cellphone ko sa bag habang dinidial ang pulis. Dinidial ko na ito nang biglang makarinig ako ng isang malakas na putok ng baril. Halos mapatalon ako sa gulat at naibagsak ang cellphone sa sahig. 

"B-Baril?" Nanlalaki ang mga matang sabi ko. Nanginginig ang mga kamay kong kinuha ang cellphone ko sa sahig at tsaka nagulat nang may makitang lalaki na tumatakbo papalapit sa akin. Grabe ang kaba ko lalo na nang makarating na ito malapit sa akin dahil ang puti nitong polo ay nabalot ng kulay pula at puro galos ang mukha nito. 

"T-Tulong...Tulungan mo ako..." 

Bumagsak ito sa sahig matapos nitong humingi ng tulong sa akin. Dali-dali naman akong lumapit sa kanya para alalayan sya papasok ng hospital. I dialed the police number again and told them what just happened, while I was on the phone I heard another gunshot.