Batavian Tears

Chapter Twenty Eight

After that parang bumalik lang sa dati naging busy na ulit sya, parang bumawi lang sya saakin nong gabing yon, but I always saw him with Audrey. Hindi ko alam bakit lagi silang magkasama, hindi naman engineering ang course ni Audrey, bakit sya may time kay Audrey saakin wala.

Whenever I ask him when will we meet he always told me he couldn't because he doesn't have time madami syang deadline na dapat habulin.

For the next week, ganon padin bakit parang ang tagal naman matapos ng mga projects nya, minsan gusto ko nang kausapin prof nya e kung pwede nga lang.

Today is our fourth anniversary, should I text him? He wouldn't forgot it right? It's our special day. I'll just think that he's preparing for some surprises kaya hindi na akong nag-abala pang itext sya.

I waited until midnight but I didn't receive anything from him. I tried contacting him but he wasn't answering, the next day pinuntahan ko sya sa condo nya. He wasn't living im their house because they're renovating it.

I knocked but no one answered, so I just opened it instead. I saw his room so clean, no ones here, Landon wasn't here.

Bigla akong naalala, saan kaya sya nagpunta baka mamaya kung ano nang nangyari sakanya.

Wala akong gana nong pumasok ako sa school. Buong maghapon I haven't heard about Landon.

When the night comes I heard my phone ringing nagmamadali akong lumabas ng CR dahil baka mamaya si Landon na ang tumatawag.

But in my disappointment it wasn't him. It was his sister.

"Hello Ate Claire?"

"Camryn have you called Landon he doesn't pick up."

She sounded so worried.

"Sorry ate, wala din saakin I gone to his condo last morning because it was our anniversary yesterday and he didn't show up..."

Mahinang sabi ko.

"Why? Ano bang nangyayari don. Why would he do that. Okay just call me when he texted you."

She ended the call.

Finocus ko nalang sarili ko sa pag-gagawa ng thesis ko malapit na ang pasahan kay dapat ay matapos ko na chini-check ko nalang ang grammar ko at ang iba pang mga details.

Nagatanong ang isa kong block mate about sa email na sinend nong isang araw nabura daw ang copy nya. Kaya naman pumunta ako sa email ko pata isend na yong file hindi ko pa mahanap kaya sinubukan ko sa spam mail kaso ibang mail ang umagaw ng atensyon ko.

It was Landon's email account. I immediately click it to check it out.

From: ladonclienruiz@gmail.com

i'm sorry, always remember how i loved you so much.

Loved? What does he mean by that? I replied to his email but it's been days I didn't receive any response.

Sa nagdaang araw naging matamlay ako, kaiba din ang pakiramdam ko. Tinatamad akong kumilos simula nong nabasa ako ang email nya.

Kakapasa ko lang ng thesis ko, dapat masaya ako dahil finally ga-graduate na ako, pero hindi parang may kulang I didn't feel the fulfillment. It's been months since he left- me. Yes he did left me at first I didn't want to admit it myself but as the day passes I realized he really did left me.