Meet My Boyfriend: Ana's Ace (ON HOLD)

Chapter 18

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

 

“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”

                                                                  -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

 

“Mom, extend my greetings to Tita,” ani Ace sabay halik sa pisngi ng Ina.

Tinugunan naman iyon ng ina ng isang yakap. “What do you mean? Aren’t you coming with us?” takang tanong nito.

“Yes, I am meeting with someone tonight,” he explained.

“Hijo, can’t you cancel your appointment with that someone? Nakakahiya sa parents ni Honey lalo na kay Patricia kapag dumating kaming wala ka. They are expecting you. Lalo na si Honey hijo,” pangongonsensiya nito kay Ace.

“I am not the birthday celebrant Mom. The party can go on without me.” Hindi nadala si Ace ng pangongonsensiya ng ina.

“How about your Dad?” mahinang paalala ng ina.

Tumiim ang bagang ni Ace ng marinig ang ama.

“What about him?”

She eyed him worriedly. “You know he will not approve this.”

“He never approved anything I do,” he reminded her.

“That’s not true. Your Dad is just looking after your interest,” depensa naman nito sa asawa.

“MY interest huh? Why do I have this feeling that he is more worried for HIS interest and not mine?” Ace said with a scorn.

“Please understand your Dad…He has been in a lot of stress lately,” pagpapaintindi pa rin nito sa anak. “You are our only child, kaya kung anong ginagawa niya, it will be all for you – our son.”

Umiling si Ace. “Mom please. Let’s not talk about Dad. You’re ruining the mood.”

Gusto pang magprotesta ng ina ngunit ng makita nito ang ekspresyon sa mukha ni Ace ay hindi nito iyon tinuloy. Malungkot na lang itong ngumiti sa anak at iniba nga ang usapan.

“Is your meeting really that important?”

“It is. I’m the one who set it.”

“Then can’t you just cancel it for the meantime? Set it in another date. Like tomorrow,” proposed ng ina, hoping that he will changed his mind.

“Moommmmm, I said it’s important. Important means IT IS important,” Ace said. Medyo aburido na dahil paikot-ikot lang sila ng usapan ng ina.

Mataman siyang tinitigan ng ina.

“Is it a girl?”

“A what?”

“Girl. Yung kameeting mo. I bet it’s really a date.”

That made Ace smile. Kahit kailan talaga malakas ang pakiramdam ng kanyang ina.

“Oh my, so it’s really a date? How come you are ditching the Lee’s for a date?” nagtatanong ang matang tumingin sa kanya ang ina. Tapos biglang nagliwanag mukha nito ng mapagtanto rin lang ang sagot. “Renz, I can’t believe I would see you getting serious in a girl!” His mother beamed.

Ace flinched when he heard his name. Only his parents call him by his real name.The rest, they call him by his nickname Ace.

“Who? Who is this girl? I want to meet her,” excited na wika ng ina sa kanya. She kept on blabbering nonstop. Parang kanina lang ay malungkot ito dahil naungkat ang issue nilang mag-ama. Ngayon naman ay hindi ito mapakali sa excitement.