Signed (LeAga)

Chapter 6

It's 7 in the evening, rain started pouring from the dark sky. Lea stood in front of her office's humongous window overseeing the lonely streets of the city due to current weather. There are no stars visible, the moon is not as bright, and Lea feels a little tired.

The ambiance made Lea a little sentimental by remembering what happened the night she encountered him again after so many years of being accustomed to his absence.

Maybe those people from the past with memories you have burried deep down the ground are destined to meet you once again in the present to test if you have already set yourself free from the pain and the person.

With those encounters, you will realize that either your feelings have successfully faded away or it hasn't change a bit, and that's the worst part of it especially when there's no chance of coming back together at all.

The way he stares at me, it's full of wonder. His eyes scream happiness everytime they direct towards me. Is it because finally he has seen me again or just because he can see that I am in contentment now and that I was able to overcome the pain he left in me?

I can still access the galaxies through his eyes. I felt electricity and delight when he touched my hand. But why did you come back? To ruin my life again? To take your child away from me?

"Lea Ramirez!"

"What!?"

"Were you thinking of him?"

"Huh? Wala naman akong sinasabi."

"Palusot ka pa."

Vice came all the way from the set. He asked Leen, her secretary, to check her first because she doesn't want getting distracted when she's busy. She told him that she was trying to call her attention twice but she didn't notice her, so he, himself, decided to find out what's happening with her.

He saw her in the same position, deeply having thoughts, he said her name a couple of times but she wasn't moving, so he shouted her full name.

"Kanina ka pa namin tinatawag ni Leen pero parang ang lalim-lalim ng iniisip mo. Sino ba 'yon? I mean, ano ba 'yon?"

He almost laid himself down at the office couch. "Bahay mo, 'teh?"

"Hindi tayo aalis dito hangga't 'di ka nagkukwento."

"Masaya, mag-overnight kaya tayo rito?" She suggested while arranging the papers in her table.

He wailed. "Kagigil ka talaga, Ramirez! Kaya ka walang jowa!"

"Maganda naman."

"Tupa ka, 'wag ka na sana magkajowa!"

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When the rain stopped, Richard went to their room's balcony, a glass and a bottle of wine are with him.

The breeze is sending shivers down his spine and he could only rub his own arms to feel warm.

"Babe?" Dawn spoke and joined him. "Why are you drinking?"

"Pampaantok lang 'to."

"Sa pagkakaalala ko, nagpapaantok lang kung past midnight na ay hindi pa nakakatulog."

"Gusto ko lang uminom."

As a wife, she knew there is something wrong with him. He's been acting weird lately.

"Babe?"