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“Ikaw?!”
Sabay-sabay kaming nagsalita nina Mama at ng Daddy ni Gab.
Kaya tuloy napatingin sila sakin.
“I mean. Opo siya po.” Tapos napayuko na lang ako. Nahiya naman daw ako biglang tumingin kay Gab or kay mama or sa Daddy ni Gab.
Blag!
Hinampas ng Daddy ni Gab yung table. Kaya lalong hindi ako makatingin sa kahit sino sakanila. And yung kamay ni Gab na nakahawak sa kamay ko? It feels so heavy.
But then, Gab’s father didn’t spoke.
“H-How did that happen?” Tanong ni Mama na parang di makapaniwala sa news na sinabi namin sakaniya. Kahit ako di rin makapaniwala e. HEHE.
I tried to think na pwedeng isagot sa tanong ni Mama. After all, andito na kami. Might as well go with the flow. Pero wala. Shut down ang utak ko. buti na lang nagsalita si Gab. I’m beginning to think that he’s becoming my life savior.
“It happened sometime a month ago. Nagbakasyon po ako sa lugar niyo. It was an accident.” Kinikilabutan ako nung sinasabi ‘to ni Gab. Pero infairness, it sounded real enough. Real enough dahil to tell you it happened... sometime ago.
Di ko lang maiwasan di malungkot sa sinabi niyang “It was an accident”.
“Yan ba ang dahilan ng break-up niyo ni Cian?” it hurt. It hurt to hear his name. Lalo pa’t nasa isang sentence about my pregnancy issue.
“O-opo.” Sabi ko nang nakayuko parin. Humigpit naman yung pagkakahawak ni Gab sa kamay ko. titignan ko sana siya but then I realized na tumutulo pala yung luha ko. pinunasan ko na lang tuloy with my other free hand.
“Ma?” I managed to look at my mom. Right now, iisang tanong lang ang umiikot sa utak ko. though I’m afraid to hear it’s answer, naglakas loob parin akong itanong.
“H-How did dad take it?” Si Dad. Mom accepted it dahil wala na siyang magagawa and she understand pero ibang case si Dad. I’m not sure… if he’s gonna accept it as well.
Ngumiti si Mama.
“Speaking of your Dad, I’ll be staying here in the Phillipines ‘cause he let me handle our business with Mr. Borromeo here.” Galit si Dad. Sinubukan ni mama na isegway ang usapan but none of us bought it.
“Anong balak mo?” First time na nagsalita ng dad ni Gab after the…revelation. Yung tinginan ng mag-ama? Creepy. Kaya hindi namin nagawang magsalita ni Mama.
“Pananagutan ko.” simpleng sagot ni Gab. Ghad. Is he out of his mind? Dinadamay niyang masira ang buhay niya sa sira kong buhay.
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