3rd Person POV
"Bella, can we talk?" tanong ni Liam sa dalaga.
"Tungkol saan?" tanong ni Bella.
"About what happened between us sa Sagada." Sabi ni Liam.
"There's nothing to talk about." Mariing sagot ng dalaga. Tiningnan niya sa mata si Liam, his eyes were pleading, like it held so many unspoken words.
"Nothing happened." Sambit ni Bella at wala nang nagawa si Liam kung gusto na ito kalimutan ni Bella. Ayaw naman niyang pilitin ang dalaga.
"Oh...I see. I mean, uhm okay."
Ang dami niyang gustong sabihin, pero hindi niya alam kung pano sisimulan, ni ayaw siyang pakinggan ng dalaga. Hindi sanay sa ganitong situwasyon si Liam, sanay siyang planado at kontrolado niya ang lahat.
"Mauuna na ko, bye." Sabi ni Bella sabay naglakad na siya papalayo.
She was feeling very confused when she received a text. "Bella, go home. NOW."
Nanlaki ang mga mata niya Bella nang malamang galing sa tatay niya ang mensahe. Agad siyang nagpaalam kay Chad at nagmadaling umuwi.
"What did I tell you, Bella?" singhal ng tatay ni Bella sa kanya. "Didn't I make myself clear last time, huh?! You're not allowed to draw nor do dress making ever again?" dagdag nito habang hawak ang sketch pad ni Bella. "I was kind of suspicious kung bakit lagi kang ginagabi, so I had you followed at school."
Hindi alam ni Bella kung anong sasabihin. "Dad, please let me explain, please po." Mangiyak-ngiyak na sabi ni Bella.
"Theatrical Arts? Seriously, Bella? Anong mapapala mo dyan? HA?!" Her Dad roared.
"Dad, please let her be. If that makes her happy." Pagpapakalma ng Kuya ni Bella sa kanilang tatay.
"Happy? Focus on being great first! You'll be happy once you've achieved success. How can you achieve that with your so-so grades ha? You dared to disobey me!"
"Dad, please calm down, baka pwede pa natin pag-usapan to. Please po, daanin natin sa maayos na usapan." Bella pleaded her Dad.
"Quit that organization. I want you to write your resignation now, and submit it first thing in the morning." Sabi ng tatay niya. "After that, you're grounded for a month."
"Wag naman po, napamahal na po saken tong organization na to."
"Quit or leave this house now." Banta ng tatay niya.
"Then I'm leaving with her." Malakas na sambit ni Amelia sa asawa.
"Ma, please wag niyo na po sabayan ang init ng ulo ni Dad, you know you don't mean it." Sambit ni Alfred sa ina.
"No, I mean it. I'm her mother, her parent and I'll support my child's passion even if it means going with her to the ends of the world, because I love her. Now, if her selfish dad won't support that, then I'll no longer be a wife to him." Sambit ng nanay ni Bella.
"Stay out of this matter. I'm disciplining our child. She lied to me for Pete's sake!"
"Well, she wouldn't lie in the first-place kung hindi ganyan ang magiging reaksyon mo. I know what it feels like to turn your back on your passion for the sake of family. But Bella has a choice, and if that's the choice that she wants to take, we have to support her as her parents. You either support her or we're done. I can't let our child be unhappy and regret this for the rest of her life." Amelia said as she hugged her crying daughter.
Wala nang nagawa ang tatay ni Bella. "Fine." He can't live without Amelia, so he just decided to walk out of the room.
"Tahan na, anak. Hindi ka papabayaan ni Mama." Amelia consoled her daughter.
BINABASA MO ANG
Beautiful Goodbye (COMPLETED)
RomanceOn her path to self-discovery, introvert Bella Fontanilla doesn't know her purpose in life. But one thing's for sure, she likes Fashion Design despite majoring in Business Ad. Until one day, she found herself auditioning for the Theatrical Arts Orga...
