Kabanata 21
Scary
I breeze out when I answered Tita Mitchell's call while I'm in the middle of my duty. I heard her panicked in the other line that made me almost hold my breath.
"T-Tita... What happened?" Natataranta kong tanong. I'm facing back and forth dahil sa kaba.
"Delaney... si K-Kuya Daylan." Tita Mitchell muttered na mas lalong nagpakaba sa akin.
"Tita... relax, what happened? What happened to Daddy?" My heart thrumpe and skipped a beat dahil sa sobrang kaba. Hindi na rin ako mapakali.
"H-He wants to go to your mother, Laney! Nagwawala dito sa hospital at gustong puntahan ang Mommy mo sa Baguio!"
I massage my temple in frustration. What the hell, Daddy!
"Tita, please, don't let him go there. Stop him, please," pagmamakaawa ko.
Hindi ko magugustuhan kong pupuntahan ni Daddy si Mommy sa Baguio. I'm sure, she's with his other man! I don't want him to get hurt, again. No. My father had been hurt because of my mother, I don't want him to hurt his self more!
"Pinakalma na siya ng mga doctor Laney, pero pag nagising 'to, sigurado akong magpupumilit na naman itong pumunta doon!" Tita Mitchell sounds so problematic so am I.
"Ba't daw siya pupunta doon Tita?"
"Sa susunod na araw daw kasi ang kasal ng mommy mo." I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes tightly.
My heart pricked to it's core after hearing those sh*ts from my Tita. How could she do this to Dad! And Daddy, why would he wants to go there? Is he really like torturing his self seeing the woman he love marry someone else's? Bakit kailangan magbulag-bulagan para sa isang tao? Why love make people blind to those mistakes that their love ones made? Bakit dapat magkaganito kung nagmamahal lang naman ang isang tao?
I thought before that love is the one that scary, but I was wrong, it's the person you love is.
I reported to our office after my duty. Kumakalam na ang tiyan ko dahil hindi pa ako nag-aalmusal. I don't really know if I have an appetite after hearing what Tita Mitchell said.
Pagpasok ko pa lang ay malalakas na boses na ni Alessia at Talia ang bumungad sa akin. I frowned and sat down at the sofa and close my eyes. Sumasakit ang ulo ko sa ingay.
"Bakit? Hindi ba totoo? Stop throwing yourself to a man who doesn't like you, nagmumukha ka lang cheap!" I looked at Talia who's sneering at Alessia now.
"Shut up, Lieutenant, I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Keep on denying huh? I heard you when you confessed to Captain Sullivan yesterday but he rejected you!" buwelta na naman ni Talia.
"You're eves dropping! And let me clear to you what you're saying, he didn't rejected me, in a matter of fact I did!" Tumaas ang kaliwang kilay ko dahil sa sinabi ni Alessia.
"You can call it eves dropping if you confessed in a private place, but hello, you confessed him outside the building and only the potted trees and plants covered you two." Talia rolled over her eyes, halata na iniinis si Alessia. The anger in Cadet Del Rosario's eyes is vivid. But Talia just smirk and shrugged her shoulder.
She rejected Santi? That's not what I heard. Pero hindi na ako magsasalita pa dahil lalala lang ang sagutan ng dalawa. Knowing Talia, hindi ito nagpapatalo sa anumang bangayan.
"Are you two done? You can go back to your designated areas now." I cleared my throat at doon pa lang ako napansin ni Talia at Alessia.
Talia's eyes sparkled in happiness as she saw me. But Alessia's looked stunned. What? She's surprised?
"I'll go ahead, Lieutenant Espacio. By Lieutenant Monroeville," Talia's grinning from ear to ear bago lumabas.
Nagsalute lang si Alessia kay Justine bago ito sumunod kay Talia. Sana lang ay hindi na magbangayan ang dalawa sa labas. Bunganga pa naman ni Talia ay nakakarindi na. Tsk!
I closed my eyes again and massage my temple bago bumuga ng hangin. Bumalik na naman sa isipan ko ang sitwasyon ni Mommy't Daddy. Mom cheated on my Dad kaya nagkagulo-gulo na ang pamilya namin.
My mother did not think twice before she cheated on my father. She's not just destroying my father and me. She's also destroying my future relationship, afraid to fall in love because he just might cheat on me. It's scary.
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