Kabanata 31
Twelve
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"Mom!" kinabukasan agad akong dumeretso sa bahay. Naabutan ko sila ni Daddy sa study room.
I’m pretty sure she had something to do with this news coming out. Nagsearch na ako kanina sa phone ko at totoo nga ang sinasabi ni Lee. My marriage to the sole heir of the Castillos has spread on social media! Kahit hindi naman totoo!
Oo, hindi pa rin tumitigil dito si Mommy. Panandalian lang ang pagtigil niya noon, kahit papaano pinaniwalaan niya ang sinabi kong may mahal na akong iba. Pero siguro dahil sa pagkatagal tagal, she thought I was just lying. Na sinabi ko lang iyon para makatakas dito.
I already have my own life! Bakit ba hindi nalang nila ako hayaan? Kahit si Ate Johan naiinis na dito. Pinipilit rin siya ni Mommy sa isang lalaking hindi niya naman gusto.
At si Daddy... hindi ko alam kung bakit hinahayaan niya ng ganito si Mommy. I know he wants to give everything to her but for once! Hindi ba pwedeng ako naman? Kami naman? Kasi pagod na pagod na ako dito!
"Michelle," ang malamig na boses ni Mommy.
"Bakit may kumakalat na magpapakasal ako kay Blade?" I asked straightforwardly, though nagpipigil pa rin ako.
She sighed. Si Dad na nasa kanyang swivel chair ay natigilan at napatingin sa akin pagkatapos kay Mommy.
"Do you have anything to do with this?" tanong ko.
"It's the media who created that issue. Sinabi ko lang na nagkakamabutihan na kayong dalawa and then..." nagkibit siya ng balikat, hindi na tinuloy ang sinabi.
I knew it!
"Mom, kailan niyo ba 'to titigilan? Sinabi ko na po, diba? This won't work!"
"Why? Because you love someone else? How can I be sure you're telling the truth?"
"Kahit wala akong mahal, Mommy, hindi niyo pa rin dapat ako pinipilit. I already have my own life. I want to enjoy it! Bakit hindi niyo nalang po ako hayaan?" I’m still trying to be calm.
"It's for your own good, Michelle," tanging sinabi ni Mommy.
"But, Mom, I want to enjoy my life. I'm not ready for such things yet. Gusto ko munang maging masaya. Stay single! Please, for once, give me a break. I don't want this!"
"Hindi pa naman kayo magpapakasal, hija--"
"I don't want all of these! The media, siguradong guguluhin ako dahil sa issue na 'to! The people and all your business partners! Please, Mom! I want to live like a normal person! Ayoko ng media, gulo, at kung ano ano pa!"
"Kailan mo pa ako natutong sigawan ng ganito, Michelle Morganna?" kumunot na ang noo ni Mommy.
"I just want to live my life! Peacefully!" my voice trembled. "Just for once, Mom. I want to live at peace!"
Tears welled up in my eyes, hindi na kaya ang mga nararamdaman. Ang mga matagal nang tinatago sa loob.
"Palagi nalang ganito! You're always saying that it's for my own good! Bakit, Mommy? Do you really know what's good for me? Ni isang beses nga hindi mo pa ako natatanong kung ayos lang ba ako! Or if I've already moved on from everything that happened!"
Nagulat sila sa pagsigaw ko.
"When Sebastian died... you did nothing but to scold and blame me. You never asked if I was okay. You never understood how I felt! For months I blamed myself because my own mother blamed me!"
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