Control The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 28

#CTG28 Chapter 28

"Congrats, Cha," Chester said, handing me the bouquet of flowers. All of my brothers were here... I wanted to ask them where Dad was, but I chose not to. It's my graduation day and I didn't want to ruin it by asking about him. Kayang-kaya niya talaga akong tiisin.

"San mo gustong kumain?" Chester asked.

"Wala akong pera..." I honestly replied. Kaka-bayad ko pa lang sa review center and I really wanted to stay in a hotel sa BAR weekend. Mas maganda kasi kung doon para mas mabilis makarating sa akin iyong mga last minute tip.

Ahia chimed in. "My treat."

I grinned. Manlilibre si Ahia, that's new! "Okay!"

It's my graduation. Ayokong malungkot. Today's a happy day. After 4 grueling years, naka-tapos din ako sa pag-aaral. At some point, I almost gave up, but I persisted... And thankfully, I reached the finish line... At least here in school. Alam ko naman na hindi dito natatapos. I still needed to pass the exam and to be a damn good lawyer... But today's worthy of celebration.

Nagpaalam ako sa mga kapatid ko na magpapaalam lang ako sa mga kaibigan ko. I immediately saw Jax with his family. Jax was frowning because his mom's forcing them to take pictures. Napa-ngiti na lang ako. If only Katherine's here, I could definitely say that Jax's life is already complete...

"Hi, Tito, Tita," I greeted. As usual, Joey was frowning at me. I learned to just ignore that. Jax's parents congratulated me. They asked me kung may kasama ako ngayon and even offered na sumama ako sa dinner nila, much to Joey's dismay. I just declined dahil kasama ko naman iyong mga kapatid ko ngayon. I was really happy that they went. Alam ko naman na busy sila lalo na si Chester at Ahia.

"Nakita ko si Katherine sa labas," I told Jax.

He simply nodded, abruptly ending any further discussion. If there's one thing I know about Jax, he's extremely hardheaded. You can't make him do something that he doesn't want... At kung ayaw niyang kausapin si Katherine, wala akong magagawa doon. Hell, sarili nga niyang kapatid hindi niya masyadong kinakausap, e. Ako pa kaya?

"Nakita mo si Rory?" I asked.

He shook his head. "No," he replied.

I pursed my lips. It's another reason why I couldn't be completely happy about this graduation. Yago and Rory broke up. Yago went to Seattle and didn't even bother to attend our graduation. Si Rory... I couldn't even begin to describe how she was. I couldn't help but feel pity every time I'd see her. She's a complete wreck.

I didn't want to be like her.

She looked so helpless... all because of one person.

One person who had the power to destroy you simply by just walking away.

"I'll just be having dinner with my brothers and then I'll go to Rory's condo," I said.

Jax nodded. "Okay. Diretso din ako dun pagkatapos namin. Ako na lang bibili ng pagkain."

"Good. Wala na akong pera," I said and he just rolled his eyes at me. Mabilis akong bumalik sa mga kapatid ko. We went to dinner and Ahia really paid... which was so weird dahil kuripot talaga siya. I guess he's really happy about my graduation that he decided to treat us.

I really wanted to spend more time with my brothers dahil bihira ko lang silang makita... but I also knew that Rory needed us the most right now... Kaya naman nagpaalam din agad ako sa kanila at dumiretso sa condo ni Rory. And thank God I did that because if I arrived even just a few minutes later, she could've drowned in her own vomit.