///Horror and a little brutal. SPG
"Vince, bakit tulala ka?"
Namulat si Vince nang tinawag ko ang kanyang atensyon. It's like he's staring at something invisible.
"Ma, sino yang nasa tabi mo?"
I was shocked that he, too, sees her. And maybe this is the right time to reveal to him the truth.
"She's my best friend, anak."
I nervously responded.
"Ah. I never heard you talking about her. Kwentuhan mo nga ako tungkol sa kanya." he insisted.
"I don't want to talk about her, Vince. She's a liar. My best friend is a liar."
"Liar? Bakit?" pagtataka nito.
"She lied to me about everything. She lied about me and your dad, France." I started bursting out in tears.
"Anong ibig sabihin mo ma?"
"I had an amnesia nung mabangga ang sinasakyan kong taxi sa isang puno. All I remember is that I got married to your dad and I had you."
His face was covered with confusion and to lessen it, I gave him more details.
"Isang gabi, umuwi ako galing overtime sa trabaho at nakita ko sila, my best friend and husband, kissing in the house, under my roof!"
"What did you do then, Ma?"
I don't know why but I had the urge to continue what I started. The truth has yet to be revealed.
"Can you keep a secret?"
"Yes ma"
"Pinky promise?" I asked, giving him my finger which he then reciprocated. That is our tradition.
"I pretended that I didn't noticed them. But when my best friend came home, I followed her and stabbed her in her own room. Stabbed her to—"
"Death?" he finished my sentence like it was the most obvious outcome.
I nodded.
"Do you want me to continue?"
"Ye-yes po." he hesitantly said.
"After knowing that she was dead, your father told me everything. Sabi niya na siya talaga ang asawa niya at hindi ako. That she lied to me and convinced your father to lie to me too because I had amnesia. Pinapahiram niya lang daw sa akin ang asawa niya because she thought that I would get better immediately with proper care and comfort from a husband."
I knew everything was so difficult to process for Vince because he is just a teenager.
"Hindi ko naman ginusto ito. It's her fault she lied to me." I defended myself.
Vince stayed silent.
"Do you want me to finish, anak?"
He responded with a nod.
"Truth is, I am the liar. From the start, I never even had amnesia. I have liked France since elementary yet she stole him from me. That's why I pretended to have no memory of everything knowing that she, as my best friend, will do anything to cure me. I lied about amnesia, about your dad, and you."
Tears raced down my eyes as well as Vince's. Both of us were emotionally exhausted about all these revelation.
But then, he slowly wiped his tears away, and that is where everything started to go crazy .
"Now ma, ikaw naman ang tatanungin ko. Can you keep a secret?"
"Sure anak."
"Pinky promise?" he asked.
"Pinky promise." I said.
"When heaven gets you, don't tell God I killed you. But if hell is where you go, then say hello to Satan for me."
After that, he angrily stabbed me, just like what I did to my best friend, who's now nowhere beside me.
"Keep this as a secret, best friend."
And then everything went black...
