'Til I Found You (COMPLETED)

21

The pavement is as though rolling up as he quickened his pace with drops of sweat drift down his cheeks. Luisa called out his name when he shut the door in her face. Something is off, but he can't tell. Those eyes hold a profound gist, and he must be ware of it. Inspite of tremors and discombobulation, he is hotfooting after her. Those perplexed looks trail his pace as he is cannonballing down the exit.

"Lea!", he exclaims at the top of his lungs.

"Leaaa!", he hastens to her wheels - roaring for a name he cherished - with drooping hope to mend the fragments of their kinship, but to no avail.

Her rear view mirror reflects the man she adores - her greatest love - shouting for her name, tracing her pace, but she trots away. Maybe walking out from his life is all that it takes to patch up the bits of her heart. Her eyes are brimming with tears dripping down her face as she steers her car away from him. She doesn't want to hearken any more words from him. He is getting married. A happy everlasting love awaits him, and she doesn't want to hinder it. He deserves it. Luisa probably is a match made in Heaven for him, not her. Never been a good match for anyone, and she is used to it.

He gasps for air, looking on her trots away. She is hurt, and he could sense it. But they're over now, he lowers down his gaze upon realizing it. Choking back tears, he watches her until she disappears out of his sight.

Curtains are closing down for their failed mutual feelings.

He turns around - dreary and addled - only to see a woman with glassy eyes staring right through him.

"Is she Lea?", Luisa asked.

"It's not important now", he passed by her, but Luisa grabs his arm.

"Of course, it is! So, siya nga yung kinababaliwan mo?!"

"Yes! She is, but that doesn't matter now! Ano pa bang gusto mo?! Pakakasalan na nga kita diba?!", he vents out, withdrew his arm from her grip.

He can't deny that sting right through his ventricle, but they are over now.

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Lea drags her suitcase and fills it in with her stuff.
It took her for quite some time to decide, but this time is for real. She needs to set him free, and pushes on living life on her own devices. It's been a couple of days without hearing a word from Aga. No calls. No texts. They're as though got pulled back to being strangers, unknown of each other's personage.

Emma and Jason follow the sight of men loading their truck of Lea's things. They were both phoned by Lea the other night to come over, but seeing her spacious house pop up a whim of her departure.

"Don't tell me you're leaving?", Emma looks puzzled.

"I am, Em", she grasps her suitcase.

"Madam, bakit? Moving on doesn't have to mean leaving", Jason butt in.

"And Lei, where do you think you're going? Hindi mo naman kailangan umalis", Emma reached for her hand, and the waterworks begun. Pregnancy hormones are making her sensitive these days, but she needs to brazen life obstacles. The doctor gave her health advices, and staying in the same place she got hurt won't be of great help.

"You're both right ...", she strokes her belly. "Buntis ako"

Her friends gaped from her revelation.

"Really? Madam, congrats!", Jason pulls her for a hug, exclaims in happiness, but Lea brims with tears.

"Lea, bakit? What's wrong? You should be happy. Teka. Alam na ba to ni Aga?", Emma asked with concern plasters in her eyes.