Playful Melodies Book 2: Precious Miracles

Kabanata 39

Kabanata 39

Lips

Napasinghap ako nang biglang sumulpot si Felix sa harap ko. Naupo siya upuan at kumunot ang noo niya sa akin. I looked away and swallowed nervously.

Simula talaga noong sinabi sa akin ni Basty na may kinalaman siya tungkol sa pagtatangka sa buhay ko at sa pagbagsak ng kumpanya nila, I can never look at him the same way again. Whenever he approaches me, I would flinch. Whenever he talks to me, I would just say something that would dismiss him, hindi na kagaya ng dati na marami akong sinasabi sa kanya.

Ang hirap na magtiwala, pati sarili ko hindi ko na kayang pagkatiwalaan.

“You okay, Mace? You’ve been weird lately.”

Darn.

“I’m fine,” I said.

Basty was outside talking to someone on the phone. We’re in a private room of a restaurant and today we will have a meeting with the client. Nauna kaming dumating dito ni Basty, he went out to answer a call and now suddenly Felix showed up, I am not sure if Basty noticed him entering the restaurant or not. Alam ko naman na sasama sa meeting na ito si Felix kasi siya yung head Engineer pero hindi ko iyon kaagad naisip kaya nagulat ako sa biglaang pagsulpot niya. I didn’t even have the time to hide how shocked I was.

“You went here alone?”

“No. Basty’s outside. May kausap sa phone.”

He nodded. “You got back together?”

Alam kong alam niya ang sagot doon. He just wants a confirmation from me. Tingin ko nga ay alam na iyon ng lahat ng katrabaho namin dahil halos ayaw bitiwan ni Basty ang kamay ko kahit nagtatrabaho kami sa site. We didn’t even try to hide it. I think some of them even saw us kissing one time. It was just a peck and I scolded Basty about it, sabi ko huwag niyang gawin iyon kapag nasa labas kami.

At ang balita na nagbalikan na kami, ay nakarating na rin sa Manila salamat kay Basty! He told Sandro on the phone and who knows maybe Sandro told someone about it. But Sandro doesn’t seem to be really the type to do that, but I don’t know, I don’t even know Sandro that much. But with the rate of how things are going, hindi na ako magugulat na aabot kay daddy o kaya sa pamilya ni Basty.

Normally, I would have said yes to Felix’s question immediately. But with Felix, it’s a different case. Kung totoong may kinalaman siya, is my relationship with Basty the last thing I want to confirm to him? Paano kapag sinabi kong oo, tapos sinabi niya sa mga kasama niya, tapos babalik nanaman sila sa unang plano nila na patayin ako? I overthink things a lot… but I fear that this isn’t only me overthinking, I am just being cautious.

If Basty’s right, it’s either Felix is a great actor or I am just very gullible and stupid that I didn’t notice his true motives.

At the end, I said, “Yes.”

One of these days, alam kong malalaman rin naman niya, malalaman rin nila. Kaya bakit pa kami magtatago? I would just trust Basty, I know he will protect me, I will protect him as well. If Felix is a part of it, that would be a shame, but I just hope that he isn’t. A huge part of me is still wishing that Basty’s investigation is wrong. Even though I know that there’s a large chance that it’s correct.

I watched Felix’s reaction when I said yes. Tumango-tango lang siya, parang alam na ang magiging sagot ko.

“Well, then, I am happy for you, Macy,” he said and smiled.

Nanliit ang aking mata. Now, I don’t know if he meant that or it’s just part of his acting.

Pumikit ako ng mariin. What am I even doing? If Felix wants to kill me, he would have killed me already, right? Kasi alam niyang kahit wala na kami ni Basty, I cried for him a lot. I’ve been telling him stories about us, and from there maybe he can conclude that Basty still loves me and killing me would still have an impact? Pero anong alam ko? Ako nga akala ko wala ng pakielam si Basty sa akin, e. Baka ganoon rin ang akala nila kaya tinigilan na nila ako. Hindi ko na alam ang iisipin ko.