My Bodyguard

Fourteen

14

KYLE

"Maiah..." and there I saw them, Tony is holding Maiah's hand.

Nalingon nila akong dalawa. Nahalata ko sa mukha ni Maiah ang pagkagulat niya, at marahan niyang binawi ang kamay niya mula kay Tony.

While Tony is emotionless, hindi ko mawarian kung ano'ng tumatakbo sa isip niya ngayon.

"K-Kyle." si Maiah.

"I'm sorry for interrupting you. But I need to discuss something with you."

"What is it?" tanong niya.

Parang disappointed ang mukha ni Tony. Masyado bang mahalaga ang pinag-uusapan nila kaya ayaw magpa-istorbo? Well, I'm sorry, but she's my bodyguard. May karapatan naman siguro akong kausapin siya, di ba?

"Security matters. Is it okay, Tony?" at natingnan ko siya.

"Of course." Halatadong pilit ang ngiti na binigay ni Tony.

Para sandali lang, ayaw pang magpahiram ng girlfriend niya. Hindi ko naman aagawin.

"Sige na. We'll talk later." sabi ni Tony kay Maiah.

Tumango si Maiah bago sumama sakin.

***

"Kailangan pa ba nating pumasok sa kwarto mo?" kunot-noo niyang tanong.

Nalingon ko siya. "Bakit parang takot na takot ka? Natulog ka na nga kasama ko, di ba? Don't worry, I will never dare to rape you if that's what you're thinking. Alam ko namang aabangan ako ng boyfriend mo."

Hindi niya ako sinagot. At inirapan lang. Ang sungit talaga nito. Ang sarap halikan. Baka sakaling bumait.

"You just need to check on something. Nothing else." dagdag ko pa.

At nakapasok na kami sa kwarto.

"So, ano'ng ichi-check ko?" tanong niya.

"Well, it's about the security of my personal information. Paki-check naman kung well-secured, because there's someone who's sending me messages even though, I'm sure I didn't give any of my personal information to anyone else since it's strictly confidential." paliwanag ko.

"Do you have any idea who's sending you those messages?"

Well, I hate to answer the question but I have to. Ayokong kinocontact niya pa ako. Because she's fucking distracting me, and unfortunately, it's effective. I don't want to remember anything about us. I really don't want to, anymore.

Natingnan ko siya. "Yea... It's... my ex." tiim-bagang kong sagot. As much as possible, I don't want to mention anything about her, even her name. Lalo lang sumasakit ang puso ko.

She stares at me, intently.

"Let me see." walang emosyong sabi niya.

Nakuha ko ang laptop at binigay sa kanya.

***

MAIAH

"Yea ... It's... my ex."

Biglang may kung anong kumirot sa katawan ko. At agad kong nahulaan kung ano yon. Oo, yung puso ko. Kumirot. Nasasaktan. Alam kong mukha akong tanga dahil unang-una, wala naman akong karapatang masaktan, pero kailangan ko pa ring maramdaman ang ganito.

At bakit kailangan ko pa kasing magulat? Of course, may ex si Kyle. Sa gwapo at yaman ba naman niya, imposibleng wala siyang ex.

And it doesn't mean that there's no possibility that they'll be back together. He's almost perfect. Girls don't give up on him, that easily.