Best Part of Me

26

I woke up early in the morning, I suddenly remembered what happened last night so I sat down and look for him he wasn't here anymore. I saw a note on my bedside table.

'Call me when you woke up. I love you.'

I smiled and went to the bathroom but I felt pain between my legs. I opened the hot shower and just let the water fall on my body. I never regret anything that happened last night, it was satisfying and perfect. It made me love him even more.

After I took a shower, I dressed up and immediately dialed his number. He picked it up at the first ring.

"Goodmorning." I greeted happily.

"Goodmorning, how are you?" He answered, his voice was deep and it looked like he just woke up from a deep sleep.

"I'm fine. Puyat ka ba?" I teased and chuckled, I heard him laugh from the other line.

"Sakto lang." He answered while laughing. I rolled my eyes and sat in front of my vanity table.

"What are you going to do today?" I asked, he paused for a second before answering.

"I'm going to hospital, hahatid ko si mama sa psychiatrist niya." He answered. I just smiled and nodded even if he can't see me, I wonder what her mother's reaction was after what happened last night.

"Okay, call me if you're home. I love you."

"I love you too." He answered so I dropped the call. I looked in my bed and saw blood stains from last night, I felt my cheeks burn as I remember what we did. I shook my head and stood up. Inalis ko ang bedsheet dinala sa lababo, nilabhan ko ang parte na may dugo at tsaka iyon nilagay sa labahin. Nakakahiya naman kasi sa labandera pag nakita niya yon, duh.

I stopped fixing my bed when I heard a knock on my door. I walked towards it and opened it, it was Jonas. He went inside my room and sat at the couch. I crossed my arms and looked at him.

"Anong ginagawa mo rito?" Tanong ko.

"Maraming naghihintay sayo sa baba."Bored na sabi niya habang nagbabasa ng magazine.

"Ang ingay, ang daming bakla. Tawag ka don." Mas lalong kumunot ang noo sa narinig ko. Huminga siya ng malalim at tumingin sa akin.

"They're preparing for the marriage." He stated which made my mouth gaped open, the door opened widely before I could even utter a word.

"Zoe, let's go." Nakangiting saad ni mommy, I was confused the entire time but I followed her.

Tumambad sa akin ang napakaraming tao sa living room, everyone were looking at me.

"Omg, she's so pretty!" Matinis na sigaw ng isang bakla. Lumapit ito sa akin at hinawakan ang balikat ko, inikot niya ako habang pinagmamasdan ang buong katawan ko.

Nagsilapitan na rin sa akin ang ibang mga baklang kasama niya upang sukatin ang buong katawan ko. I creased my forehead and moved away from them, they all looked at me, surprised.

"Mom." I said in a warning tone. She just raised her brow at me, and crossed her arms.

"I want the best wedding dress for her." She said, I could feel my heart raging, and my hand trembling.

"Maiwan ko na kayo, I still have business to do but I want to see everything tomorrow. Okay?" Utos niya sa mga baklang nandito ngayon.

"Sure Marga, kami bahala." After that, she left me there alone. I never felt so helpless before.

They continued to measure my body proportions.

"How many layers of cake do you like?" Tanong ng isang bakla na tila leader nila. I just looked at her boredly and sighed.

"Ikaw bahala." Napatitig siya sa akin na tila hindi makapaniwala pero kalaunan ay tumango rin ito.

"Okay, let's have a three layered cake." I just nodded and sat at the bar stool after they measured my body. Sobrang sakit pa ng katawan ko hanggang ngayon, at ng pagkababae ko. Damn that guy.

"How about the color motif?" Tanong ulit nito sa akin.

"Anything." I answered.

"Girl it's your wedding, you should decide."I scoffed and poured a wine on a glass.

"I never wanted this." I whispered. She suddenly stopped talking and looked at me surprised, I looked at her too and saw the empathy in her eyes.

She sat beside me and poured a wine on her glass too.

"You will never know the feeling until you're forced to do something that disgusts you." I faked a smile and sipped on the wine. I was trapped on a cage built by my parents and I don't even know why. Why do I have to suffer for them?

"Do you want me to make it as ugly as possible?" I looked at her with disbelief.

"Can you do that?" I joked. She chuckled and nodded so I laughed with her.

"Anyway, do whatever you want. I should go." I walked away from that place and went back to my room.

Wala na si Jonas doon, I sat at my bed and took out my phone. I saw a message from my dad so I opened it.

'Baby, I forgot my office keys. Can you get it and give it to Jonas?'

I rolled my eyes and went out of my room to go their study room. It wasn't the first time that I went here, I just don't like going here, the books and papers make me dizzy.

I went to my dad's table to look for his keys, I opened every drawer but I can't find it. I really hate finding things, I don't have that much patience. I opened every drawer but I stopped when I saw a black folder, labeled as 'CONFIDENTIAL'. I decided to close the drawer and just ignore it, maybe it was just political things but my freaking curiosity was creeping into my system.

"Stop Zoe." I whispered to myself. I just continued finding for the keys.

"Fine, let's keep this a secret." I whispered again to myself, I went back to that drawer and get the folder. My heart was pounding fast, there's something in this folder that's pulling me.

I breathe deeply and calmed myself. It's okay, they won't know. I walked towards the door and locked it, I went back to the table and sat at the swivel chair. I started to open the folder, everything was just documents, sobrang daming nakasulat, hindi ko na inisa-isa.

"Wala naman pala kwenta." I whispered again, I stood up and I was about to put it back when a picture fell on the floor. I picked it up and looked at it, it was a portrait of a man in his mid 40's. He was undeniably handsome and appealing. I scanned the picture, I looked at the back of it and my heart instantly raced when I saw the name of this man.

Mr. Joseph Chance

This was Ash's father. I immediately went back to the table and sat at the swivel chair again. My hands were literally trembling, I could feel that there's something I need to know.

I re-opened the folder and this time, I scanned everything and read every single thing in here. These were proofs of transactions between the city government and a private company, every details was written, and there were also some pictures of transactions. I turned the pages and saw a certified copy of witness' testimony, I was reading every single detail of it.

As far as I remember, Mr. Chance was charged with multiple charges of physical injury and abuse of power, but every testimony were saying that they were not abused, and everything was in favor of him.

The next page broke my heart into pieces, Joseph Chance's lawyer was my mother, my father had all the evidences to win the case, yet they lose. What kind of fuckery is this?

I tried my best to stop myself from crying, I continued turning the pages and saw every police records, testimony and evidences all in favor to Ash's father. I wasn't an expert in this field but my commonsense were enough to understand everything written here.

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