Mr. Perfectly Fine

Hello, Mr. "Perfectly fine", how's your heart after breakin' mine?

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Nagising ako dahil sa maingay na pag-ring ng cellphone ko, agad akong dumilat at kinuha ito sa bed side table ko dahil baka emergency nanaman ito.

Ngayon lang ulit ako nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makauwi at makahiga sa kama ko. I was really busy with my Lumad Case.

I sighed before answering, this is really the life of an attorney.

"Hello?" Groggy pa ko.

"Brites," Tawag sa aking hingal na hingal na lalaki sa palagay ko ay kanina pa itong tumatakbo.

"Sino to'?" Binuksan ko ang bed side lamp at umupo sa kama ko. I squinted dahil sa tama ng ilaw.

Is this Frank calling me again only to tell me na aatras nanaman ang mga Lumad. Gosh, I hope not.

"This is Dero," Rinig ko ang panic sa boses nito. In a one swift move parang binuhusan ako ng malamig na tubig. My mouth turned into an "o" shape upong hearing that.

Demetrius Rohan "Dero" Viglianco is my ex-boyfriend of 8 years. We broke up a year ago because I caught him in an affair with one of his resident "friends" plus his Mom doesn't like me which didn't help our relationship in any way what so ever.

Isang taon nang wala kami hindi ko pa rin alam ang dahilan kung bakit niya ako niloko o bakit ayaw sa akin ng ina niya. I came from a well off family; My dad was a hot-shot lawyer before his stroke and my Mom handles the family business that she inherited from my grandpa, my brother Bradley is in US Marine.

Even when I went to NYU Law, Dero's Mom hated me probably because I was only a second-rate lawyer back then and her son topped the board exam and was the new face of the country's most successful public hospital pag balik namin dito sa Pilipinas.

Opportunities were thrown at him no, more like handed to him. He's good looking and intelligent. Who wouldn't want that?

From what I have observed, I wasn't good enough for them, not polished enough for Dero to marry. I wasn't great enough to protect and defend. He didn't have the backbone then and I don't think he has it now.

Pagkatapos naming mag hiwalay, his career started to sky rocket even more. I would see him on TV or in Newspapers at one point he was the cover for Men's Health. He looks perfectly fine, while I'm struggling to get my self okay every day.

It's really a mind fuck to even know that he still have my number and that he has the audacity to even call me in the middle of the night, disrupt my sleep after all the hell him and his family gave.

I pressed 'record call' para iparinig ko sa mga kaibigan ko ito bukas at sabay sabay naming lalaitin si Dero na walang bayag.

"What do you want?" Pagtataray ko rito, hinanda ko na ang sarili ko para ibaba ang tawag.

I have no news regarding Dero simula nang nag hiwalay kami maliban sa mga guestings niya sa kung saang saang show at artikulo sa mga dyaryo. Buti nalang at wala rin kaming common friends.

"I think," He dozed off, "I think I raped someone."

I chuckled without humour.

Ano raw?!

Am I being pranked right now? Nagising ako para dito? Seryoso ba?

Sige, sasakyan kita. I need a little humor at the moment. "What did you do?!" I exasperatedly asked para kunyari may pakielam ako.

I wasn't expecting this from him, never in a million years this would cross my mind na he's going to call just to prank me.

Ayos din.