Fool Me Twice -Editing - (Completed)

Chapter 24: Here's To Us

JESSICA

 I've been counting his steps on my mind. In less than three minutes he shoud be at my doorstep. I closed my eyes. I reached for the doorknob. I couldn't wait for him to knock. Just as I was about to touch the metal knob I heard the doorbell buzzed.  I took a deep breath then opened the door.

Isang buntong hininga ulit ang pinakawalan ko nang tumambad sa harap ko si Ambrose. At tintitigan ang mukha niya. Simple, he made no effort to look good, he just the same guy who always takes my breath away. He's wearing a casual jeans and a plain shirt. Any color will look good on him. Now he's wearing a white cotton shirt. Loose fit, just the way he wants it. He shifts form one foot  to the other, impatiently waiting whether I am going to let him in or not. With one raised eyebrows and a grey bonnet on his head gave him more a bad boy look. And I stood there and stared at him.

" Can I come in? " nag aalanagang tanong nito.

Namis interpret niya ang pag tititg ko sa mukha niya. Akala niya siguro nagdadalawang isip ako na patuluyin siya.

Hindi ako sumagot. But I opened the door, wide enough to let him in. Nagsukatan muna sila ng tingin bago siya tuluyang pumasok sa loob. Pinagmasdan niya ang kabuuan ng unit ko pagpasok niya. Umabot ang tingin niya sala. His eyes lingered longer on the two bedroom doors. I can't read his mind. But he looked at it like he was waiting for someone to come out. Or shall I say, he was expecting that someone might be there, or couldn't been there. Living with me. Then he went straight to the lkiving room.

Tahimik akong sumunod kay Ambrose sa sala. When we got there, we realized we're just staring at each other. Hindi namin alam kung paano sisimulan ang pag uusap. Naiilang kami sa isa't isa. Humakbang si Ambrose papunta sa sofa.

" No need for that." awat ko sa kanya. " This won't take long."

I don't want him to stay longer. Tila nahihiyang umatras naman si Ambrose mula sa sofa at humarap ulit sa akin.

" What do you need?" I tried to be as calm and as cold as possible.

This is too much for a day. Pero tama ang desisyon ko na kausapin siya ngayon. If I have to deal with Ambrose, it has to be now. After this, we'll have to go on with our own lives.

" I want us to talk." malumanay na sagot ni Ambrose.

I know he's trying to ignore my indifference. At hindi niya ako masisisi. He did not tell me that he's married. And what I am now, an other woman. A clinging slut.

" Obviously, we are now." pasaring ko sa kanya. " Does your wife... know that yo'ure here?"

I had to ask. Kahit na muntik nang hindi lumabas sa bibig ko ang word na "wife". Though I was fully aware dati pa na magpapakasal sila. Sinabi na nang babaeng linta na 'yun nung araw na yun, nang huli akong magpunta sa bahay nila Ambrose.

But after all these masakit pala na malaman ko na may asawa na siya. Na natuloy ang kasal nila.  At hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala na pinakasalan ni Ambrose ang babaeng yun.

" Im' not here because of her."

How stupid he could get. Ano ang ginagawa ng isang lalaking may asawa sa bahay ng ex niya. Alam niya ang ibig kong sabihin. And he's trying to ignore it.

" But she's part of all of these! How could you say that."

She will all be part of all of these. I know, after these conversation, pag hindi ako tinigilan ni Ambrose, sooner she will be banging my door like legal wife treat the mistresses. At yun ang ayokong mangyari. She's not just her wife. She's a mother of their child. Tha last thing I want to do is ruin someone else's life.