Cruel Summer

LXII.

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SUN 12:08 AM

Ares Madrigal
I'm sorry.

Enzo Sullivan
FINALLY! TANG INA, MADRIGAL! NO'NG BIYERNES KA PA NAMIN SINUSUBUKANG I-CONTACT DAHIL HINDI KA TUMULOY SA FLIGHT MO! SIR SID ALSO CANCELLED ILOCOS!

Ares Madrigal
Nasa condo na ulit ako.

Enzo Sullivan
Where the hell did you go!? We were worried sick! Kasama mo nga ba si Ma'am Aphrodite!?

Ares Madrigal
Hindi na. Sinundo siya ng best friend niya, 'yong Zobel.

Deimos Angeles
Hindi na!? So you were really together, huh!?

Ares Madrigal
Yes. I'm sorry.

Ares Madrigal
I also got fired, man. 😅

Deimos Angeles
Puta! Ba't nga ba hindi? You're having an affair with his wife! Sigurado na akong alam niya!

Ares Madrigal
*were. Tapos na kami.

Ares Madrigal
Alam na ba sa office?

Enzo Sullivan
Hindi, tang ina. Ang alam pa rin nila 'yong sa States.

Enzo Sullivan
Hindi ka naman talaga kasi papasok nitong Friday dahil flight mo ng gabi, 'di ba? Tapos kami, bound to Ilocos na dapat. Nagulat na lang ako, nag-cancel si Sir Sid. May sakit daw si Ma'am Aphrodite. So I told Deim and we tried to contact you about your flight pero 'di ka rin sumasagot kaya nakaramdam kami na may nangyari. Tang ina, hindi naman namin alam na tama ang hinala namin. Umalis ka nga talaga kasama si Ma'am Aphrodite.

Deimos Angeles
I think Sir Sid is trying to hide it. Nahihiya siguro na malaman ng mga colleagues natin.

Ares Madrigal
Maybe, or maybe he's also trying to protect her.

Enzo Sullivan
Oh, eh tang ina. Ikaw paano ka? Kung pareho niyong pinoprotektahan si Aphrodite. You got fired, bro!

Deimos Angeles
Kahit naman hindi pinaalis si Ares, sa tingin mo ba dapat pa rin siyang magtrabaho sa kompanya?

Ares Madrigal
Totoo. Hindi ko rin naman kaya. I would file my resignation if he didn't fire me.

Deimos Angeles
Ano na plano mo ngayon? Tapos na kayo, wala ka pang trabaho.

Ares Madrigal
I'll still go to US. Kailangan kong lumayo, na matagal ko na dapat ginawa.

Enzo Sullivan
Nagsisisi ka na ba?

Ares Madrigal
No. I will never regret being with her. I just wished we met sooner, noong pwede pa. Then maybe... we could've loved each other at the right time.

Ares Madrigal
Timing, what a fucking asshole.

Deimos Angeles
That's the price you have to pay.

Ares Madrigal
I know.