Wind of Broken Souls (Isla Vagues Series #2)

Kabanata 25

Kabanata 25:
Stranger

Tulala ako sa sinabi ni Daddy. After he said it I walk away from him. Hindi ko alam kung masama ba ang loob ko kasi nasabi niya iyon sa akin o tumakbo ako para kompirmahin iyon sa sarili kong kakayahan. I knew Dad won't pull that kind of joke on me. Sa lahat ng nasaksihan niyang naranasan ko, malabo niya iyong gawin.

Kaya sa nanginginig kong kamay at nanlalabong mga mata ay kinuha ko ang phone ko.

Ito ba? Ito ba ang dahilan kaya hindi ko na makita pa sila Kuya Fred? They fly back to the Philippines knowing that their boss will be married to another woman?!

Bakit sa lahat ng babae si Arianne pa?! Kung iba ba siya mapagkakasundo Hyacinth natatanggap mo? Nanlulumo akong napasandal sa pinto na nakasara I swallowed the sob, kasi hindi ko pa naman nakokompirma iyon pero ito na ako at sobrang nahihirapan na sa paghinga.

I can't sense any humor on Dad's tone. He was serious when those words slipped on his mouth. He use that expression in voice whenever he's going to tell something heavy. Kahit kailan ay hindi niya iyon ginamit sa pagsisinungaling.

With my quivering lips and pounding heart, I open my phone and logged in my social account. My breathing hitched suddenly when I saw a post that the first thing I see. 

"This is not real..." sa napapaos kong boses sinabi. Halos mabitawan ko iyong phone nang makita ang larawan ni Lucian at ni Arianne. Huminto sa pagnginig ang labi ko at napunta iyon sa diretsong linya.

"The CEO Lucian Zenios Lazzarabal wedding with the fiance Arianne Gallardo will held in a few weeks from now. Looking at the biggest personality in their guests list, for sure the ceremony will be grand more than what we imagined."

My tears fall on the screen and it drop down on his picture. I didn't see him for years. Tapos ito ang bubungad sa akin? Bumagsak ang phone sa pagkakahawak ko. Nangatog ang tuhod ko sa panghihina at naupo na lang ako sa sahig. I cover my mouth with my palm and clucth my chest. I can feel the restricting pain inside it.

It makes me run out of breath.

My tears streamed down my face. I sob as I shook my head numerous times. Wala akong pakialam kung mahilo.

Is this nightmare? Can someone wake me up? Ayoko na! Ayoko na sa bangungot na ito! I want to open my eyes. Sobrang sakit na. Hindi ko na kakayanin pang manatili rito.

Sa loob ng isang taon, ito ang pinakamasakit na nangyari sa akin.

"No, hindi mo ito magagawa ni Lucian! H-Hindi, you promise! You even said it's not a break up! You said it! You promise! Bakit ganito ngayon!" I cried so hard.

Hindi ako naniwala sa nabasa ko. There's a lot of fake news spreading on the internet but who am I kidding? I read that headline on the article from a legit news source. Hindi ko na alam kung may pag-asa pa bang natitira sa akin.

I don't know what to do. Ubos na ubos na ako. Ayokong maniwala kasi natatakot ako. I don't have any heart disease but if this will be true, this would be my end. I would die with open eyes.

Hindi. Imposible! Hindi iyon magagawa ni Lucian sa akin! Pero sa tingin ko pinapawala ko lang ang sarili ko. I'm hopeless.

But my world crumbled down and I feel like all my organs and systems paused when I confirmed that it was true. I received the invitation in my own bare hands, my heart broke into pieces. Parang may kamay na pumasok sa dibdib ko na piniga iyon ng paulit-ulit.

I want to cursed Arianne! She even had the audacity to gave me an invitation for their wedding! What does she want? Isampal sa akin na nagwagi siya. That this time she get his biggest and grand win over me!