Chapter Seventeen

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Baliktad man, I started to court her after we got married, mas nakilala ko siyang mabuti and those days were perfect until things got complicated, dumadami ang pag-aaway namin until we reached at the bottom, iniwan niya ako.

My jealousy eaten me. I kept on thinking why? Napilitan lang ba siya na pakasalan ako dahil sa nangyari sa amin? So hindi niya talaga ako  minahal kaya ba ang dali kong palitan? Or does that guy was richer than me? Or was he greater in bed? Fck ! Parang makakapatay ako.

Hinayaan ko ang sarili ko na mahalikan ni Kate, I was thinking kung nangaliwa si Ysabelle why can't I? Pero sa bandang huli my guilt stop me from falling further, pinigilan ko din si Kate and then I got off my car at umuwi sa bahay.

Pumunta ako sa kwarto namin, all running in head at that time is to confront her, fck that divorce paper but what I got was an empty room, baka nagpapahangin lang kaya naghintay ako hanggang it was morning.

I asked the maids but nobody was willing to say anything so pumunta ako sa kanila and I was shocked that his granpa died, nagtanong ako kay lola kung dumaan si Belle pero hindi pa daw nagpapakita.

I was the one who arranged the funeral pero ang nasa isip ko is how find my wife.

The first week I was in denial, she wouldn't do that to me, kilala ko si Belle.

The second week came and I was a hell mad. Sabi ni Kate maybe she run away with her lover after she got the money.

Nasuntok ko ang pader sa galit.

A month came and still wala pa ring news about Ysabelle galing sa mga investigator and I knew I was losing it. I was thinking a lot of 'what if' that night if I handle it the other way maybe things could turned out differently.

Another month came, at bumigay na ako, all I could think is to remove this pain I'm feeling. I couldn't concentrate at work, laman ako ng bar gabi gabi, lasing at nakikibag away. Until I succumbed to drugs it made me forget things and I like it.

''Dude.'' Luis called me, I know may iba pa sana siyang sasabihin pero hindi na niya tinapos, iniisip na siguro na wala din kwenta, I smirked as I smoke at the alley, wala din ako plano makinig.

Napatingala ako sa kalangitan, madilim na kasing dilim din ng pakiramdam ko ngayon. I just got bailed..again, drunk driving this time, suki na ata ako sa kulungan.

[What?] Sagot ko sa phone nang tumawag si Kate.

[J-julian, si Tita.]

Para akong na hismasmasan nang gabing iyon, dali kaming pumunta sa hospital dahil na stroke si Mom, anxiety filled my being, nakita ko siyang nakaratay sa kama, ngayon ko lang napansin na pumayat siya, dahil siguro sa stress sa akin.

Nangingining akong hinawakan ang kamay niya. I was thinking, may iiwan na naman ba sa akin?

''Ma?''

Nagising si Mom, tinanggal niya ang face mask niya at humawak siya pabalik sa kamay ko.

''I c-can't lose you son, hindi ko kayang makita kang namamatay araw araw, kung ganito lang din naman mas mabuti pang mauna ako sa iyo.''

And that night I cried. I hugged her like a child as I was weeping, binuhos ko lahat ng luha kong hindi ko nilabas.

Pumasok ako sa rehabilitation to cure myself. I learned how to sealed that woman from the deepest corner of my heart.

Dumaan ang buwan at taon, I felt so much that I started to feel nothing. The pain became numb, hanggang sa nakasayan ko nang maramdaman na may kulang.

I thought I turned over the page of my past hanggang nakilala ko si Anya Saavedra isang araw. I looked into her eyes I knew something was not right, bumabalik ang mga emosyong pinatay ko na, everthing she do reminds me of that woman.

The moment I got the taste of her lips, I knew I was captured, no matter how I tried to deny it, kahit binabagyo na niya ang kompanya.

I could see the remnants of my wife from Anya that alone makes me feel like a crazy possessiveness.

But her eyes were filled with hatred towards me. It got me questions, until questions turned into doubt, until I got the bottom point.

Anya is Ysabelle all along.

''Son?! What happened to you, nakipagsuntukan ka na naman?'' Bungad sa akin ni Mom nang maka uwi na ako sa amin galing sa birthday party, tinitingnan niya ang sugat ko sa labi.

''I found her mom.''

''What?''

''Si Ysabelle.''

Nakita ko ang pag iba ng itsura niya, bewilderment, surprised, anger then fear. I frowned, sinimulan kong pagtagpi tagpiin ang lahat, loopholes sa mga katotohanan na alam ko.

"You may not be the best mother in the world, but I loved, respected, and trusted you as your son," panimula ko, huminto ako sa harapan niya, my expression turned dark. "But hell ma, sa oras na malaman kong may kinalaman ka sa nangyari sa amin ni Ysabelle, " humugot muna ako ng hangin para ihanda ang huling sasabihin ko sa kanya.

"Tuluyan akong mawawala sa iyo."

I remember how she kissed Nick, yung labi na inangkin ko ay pumunta sa iba. Naikuyom ko ang aking palad. It was unbearable. Even if she falls out of love with me, I'll just make a way to have her unable to feel another man. 
 

Minsan ka nang nawala, and I swear, you're not going to slip into my fingers again.

You cannot escape the second time.


Baliw na kung baliw.









....AKIN KA

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