KABANATA XXXIII
[THIRD PERSON]
A few weeks before the engagement party, Owen felt so lost and numb inside his room. He didnʼt want Jirsten to see him that way, so he tried not to see her for the past days. He felt betrayed by the first woman he loved, his mother. Mas lalo namang lumala ang pagkamuhi ni Owen sa ama.
Kung hindi lang sana ito nagloko kasama ng kabit niya ay hindi sana nangyari ang lahat. Now, he was afraid to see Jirsten. What if his feelings changed once he saw her? Anak siya ng babaeng sumira ng buhay niya. Natatakot siya na baka pangunahan siya ng galit niya kaysa sa pagmamahal niya sa dalaga.
Ilang araw pa ang lumipas nang makatanggap siya ng mga mensahe galing kay Vanna.
From Vanna:
: Owen, donʼt be fooled by that woman.
: Sheʼs cheating on you.
: I saw her a few times with a man.
: [Vanna sent photos.]
: See it yourself. She even spent a night with him.
Malaki ang tiwala niya kay Jirsten. He knew Vanna was obsessed with him since they were young. Mga bata pa lang sila ay itinutulak na sila ng mga magulang nila sa isaʼt isa. It was unofficial, but Vanna was supposed to be his fiancee after their graduation.
Wala siyang nararamdaman dito kaya binaliwala niya lang ang presensiya ng dalaga.
Napakurap siya nang tignan ang mga litrato. He recognized the man she was with. It was Lucas Janssen. He met him once when he tried to negotiate with him.
Lucas was the CEO of one of the largest construction companies in the Netherlands. He went to the Philippines to expand his business by investing.
Napailing na lamang siya at ibinato ang phone niya sa kama. Jirsten wasnʼt that kind of a woman. She was never like her mother.
Iyon ang gusto niyang isipin ngunit lumipas ulit ang ilang araw at iyon pa rin ang gumugulo sa isipan niya.
Hanggang sa makatanggap siya ng tawag mula sa ospital na nagsusuka ang ina. Mabilis siyang nagtungo sa ospital kahit wala man lang siya sa ayos. Labis ang pag-aalala niya nang makita ang ina sa silid nito. Nakaupo ito sa kama habang nakatingin sa labas ng bintana.
“Mom,” he mumbled.
Agad niyang nakuha ang atensyon nito. She smiled at him, but she wasnʼt looking directly into his eyes.
“Son, is that you?” masayang saad ina. Yet, her face didnʼt look that good. Dark circles around her eyes were visible, her skin was pale and lost too much weight for the past months.
Owenʼs lips parted. No matter how he looked at it, she wasnʼt staring at him. Dahan-dahan siyang lumapit sa ina at kumaway sa harap nito ngunit wala man lang naging reaksyon ang ina. Doon na lamang niya napagtantong hindi siya nakikita nito.
Napakagat siya ng labi kasabay nang pamamasa ng mga mata niya. His mother was getting worse day by day while they were postponing her surgery.
Lumapit siya rito at niyakap. Nabibigla man ay niyakap din siya ng ina niya.
“Iʼm sorry,” she mumbled. “Iʼm sorry, son.”
She cried as she tried to embrace the child she barely knew. She realized how much she became selfish which caused her son to suffer.
Owen pulled away and held his motherʼs face.
“Canʼt we just go abroad? M-Mom, you might get better there kung magpapa-opera ka,” pagsusumamo niya.
Marahan namang ngumiti si Grace at umiling habang patuloy pa rin ang pagtulo ng mga luha nito. “I donʼt want to die in a foreign place, Owen.”
Sunod-sunod namang umiling si Owen.
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