Escaping Lies

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Nakalipas na ang mga araw simula ang nangyati sa park ngunit heto ako at hindi makalimutan ang nangyari.

Tuwing naiisip ko ito ay di ko maiwasang pamulahan ng pisngi. He just called me by my first name! How did he know it? I don't have any fuckin' idea on that!

Did he just have an investigation? Did he felt something strange so he used his connections to know my name? I'm so confused. Kaunti lamang nag nakakalam ng totoo kong pangalan. I always say to the people I interact with is, I am Xyrelle Moreno. Daughter of a business tycoon. That's it.

Kataka takang alam niya ang first name ko. I consider my first name to myself only! alam ni Riane ang first name ko but I didn't even let her call me that!

My first name. Thalia. Ako lamang ang nakakaalam kung bakit ayaw kong tawagin nila ko nito. Xyrelle Moreno is a strongest person I know for me! She is the type of my other identity that is, pretender.

Siya ang pretender ng buhay ko. Pretend that is everything's alright. That she's not hurting. That she can handle everything. That she's used to all the pain.

While on the other hand, Thalia. She is the weakest part of my identity. Weakest that only myself knows this. She's fragile. She's hurting. She needs someone to lean on. She needs comfort. She's weak.

Kaya ako'y takang taka kung bakit niya alam ang first name ko. Ayokong tinatawag ako 'non. Nagiging mahina ako. Laging nagiinit ang gilid ng mata ko at nagbabadya ang luha dito.

Ayokong tawagin 'non dahil 'di naman nila pinaninindigan. I have bestfriend when I'm on my highschool. She's the only one that I consider to called me that name. She knows what I've been through.Then things go complicated. She betrayed me. Hindi niya pinanindigan ang mga pangako niya! She knows how weak I am, but instead to pull me up, she's the one who pulled me down figuratively!

Simula nang nangyari 'yon ay nagkaron na ako ng trust issue. Kaya laking pasalamat ko dahil pinagtyagaan ako ni Riane. She's the only one who patiently wait for me to trust her. She's the only one I know that has a good intension to be my friend.

Maraming nagattempt na kaibiganin ako dahil sa nalaman nilang isa ako sa mga anak ng business tycoon na sikat sa pilipinas. They think that they can get some from me. Siguro nung napakiramdaman nilang wala silang mahuhuthut sakin ay hindi na nila pinilit ang sarili sakin.

That is when I realized that some people tend to be friends with you not because they want, but because they have some thing they want from you.

That hurts though.

"Miss Moreno!"

Napapitlag ako sa tawag sa akin, nasa klase pa nga pala ako. Stupid me! Bakit ako nagrereminsce sa klase?! Patay ako nito, terror pa naman 'tong prof na to.

Please, save me!

Dahan dahan akong lumingon at sana pala ay di ko na lang ginawa. Nakatingin silang lahat sa 'kin! Alam kong maganda ko pero 'wag niyo ko titigan! Nakakapressure 'to oh!

"S-sir"

Nahihiya ngunit napilitan akong tumayo. Alam ko na ang kasunod nito. Lalabas na ko kaya't magiisio na ko ng tatambayan ko! Two hours pa naman 'to, wala pa ata sila sa kalahati.

Nalintikan ka na, Xyrelle!

"You must be daydreaming again, perhaps, deep thinking, so you didn't hear calling you thrice! You know the rules in my class. No daydreaming, while I'm discussing. So, may you please go out to my class?" sarkastiko ngunit may diing ani nito.