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PRECIOUS RUBIE'S POV
"Hurry up, Pzrae! It's already quarter to seven! Your dad might come anytime now!" I yelled to my daughter's room.
"Just fixing my hair, Mom!"
"I'm excited to see Ate Ziria!" Deilan giggled. "I missed her so much!!! Geezz!"
"Dad, do not prepare your car. Zarious gonna fetch us," I informed Dad as I took a seat on the sofa, waiting for my daughter to finish what she's doing.
"Yah! Mario is not coming with us, though. He's meeting his boyfriend," Dad responded.
"Who's the guy, Ate Maria?" Deilan teased the gay fixing his hair in front of the mirror. "Is it Boy Abunda?"
Mario has a clean haircut and narcotic manly face. His jaw is angled perfectly... and he looks like a god! For me, it's a big shame for girls that this handsome man is... a barbie.
"I'm done, Mom. Let's go." Buti na lang ang ganda ng mood ng anak ko ngayon.
"I'm coming, too!" Dad exclaimed, excited.
"Am too!" my brother seconded. Magkasundong-magkasundo, ang sarap pag-untugin!
Zarious did not slept here. Ang pakinig ko kasi kay Tita, Zarious needs to take some medicine. Hindi ko naman alam na may maintenance na pala siya, jusme.
Pinauwi ko rin kasi siya kaagad kasi nga gawa ng maintenance niya. He even insisted that he'll be sleeping here 'cause he wanna be with his daughter pero pinilit ko lang siyang palayasin kasi nahihiya ako kay Tita. Inalok niya lang ako na sa kanila kami magbreakfast at isama ko ang mga kumag na 'to. Pumayag na rin ako no'n para lang lumayas siya.
Hindi rin kami nagkausap ni Tita Zaria kagabi kasi pinutol ko agad ang tawag nang magpakilala ako. I don't know why. It's just, I'm kind of nervous... and guilty.
She lost her husband because of me. Because of that freaking scandal.
Pagkatapos ng lahat ng ginawa nilang kabutihan sa akin... 'yon lang ang igaganti ko?!
I admit it, I'm guilty.
"Are we already complete?" asked Zarious as if we're elementary children going for a field trip! "One, two, three, four... oh! We're five, including me! Let's goooOooO~"
"Let's goooOooO~" panggagaya ni Dad at Deilan kay Zarious habang sumasakay kami sa dala niyang itim na van.
Pzrae sat in the shotgun seat habang sa isang side, sa likod ng driver's seat, ay magkatabi si Deilan at Dad. Ako naman, nandito lang sa sulok at dinudutdot ang cellphone ko.
"Deilan! Ang laki mo na, ah!" Zarious said as he drives the van. "Kumusta?" he looked at Deilan through the rearview mirror.
"A-Ahh... I can't u-understand Filipino." Deilan embarrassedly chuckled. "I forgot about it..."
I saw Zarious mouth formed an "oh".
"Hey my stupid Dad! Where are we going?" Pzrae asked rudely.
"We're going to our house, my beautiful daughter." Zarious winked at Rae.
"Is your house as big as Lolo's mansion? Or it was just kind of... cheap?"
"Your Lolo's house is kind of bigger," singit ko. "But their mansion is more modern," I contrasted.
Napatango-tango lang si Pzrae sa sinabi ko.
Medyo mahaba-haba pa ang byahe. Dad and Deilan are just talking about girls while Pzrae and Zarious are sharing an awkward atmosphere in front.
BINABASA MO ANG
Heart 2: Precious Heart
Romance[WARNING: SPG/R-18!] Precious Rubie Carrascal only wants to survive against the challenging road of life. She have nothing but her seven-year-old brother 'cause their mother left them alone in an unknown reason. She was strong, until she met Zarious...
