Taming A Beast (Passion Series #1)

Epilogue

"Dude, tama na 'yan. Pang-ilang bote na 'yan, Trevon, at lasing ka na."

"Shut up! Kung ikaw kaya iwanan ng girlfriend mo, ha?!" I shouted at Engineer Marcus.

"Gago talaga 'to," he whispered to himself. "Iniwanan ka lang ng asawa mo, nandamay ka pa, ano?"

"Fuck! Why did she leave me like that?!" I yelled and throw the bottle on the wall.

Nabasag iyon at nagkalat sa sahig. Jake glared at me but I remain void of no emotion. Bumuntong-hininga ako bago sinandal ang aking likod sa sandalan ng sofang kinauupuan ko.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Why did she fucking leave me?!"

"Pang-ilang beses mo na 'yan tinanong, dre," Jake mimicked but I ignored him.

"Putang ina!" I cursed and pulled my hair stressfully. "Pinahanap ko naman siya! Ang dami kong binayaran pero bakit wala pa rin siya hanggang ngayon?! Damn! Where's my wife?!"

"Oh my! You're so fuck up, Trevon!" si Ellai na kararating lang. "Clean yourself! Paano ka babalikan ni Steris kung ganiyan ka, ha?!" she hissed furiously.

I boredly looked at her. "Wala naman yata siyang pakialam sa akin ngayon..."

Ellai sighed deeply before sitting on the space beside me. She's pregnant and she looks stressed. Ellai said last day that maybe, she was the reason why my wife chose to leave me but I consoled her and told her that she was not.

"I am sorry, it was really my fault. I talked to tita Stacey and she told me that Steris thought that you are the father of my child," she said in a lower tone. "I am sorry, Trevon. I wished, I never asked a help from you, hindi sana umabot sa ganito."

"No," I said and shook my head. "It wasn't your fault, Ellai. Pamangkin ko ang dinadala mo, ano pa'ng saysay kung pababayaan kita? Idagdag mo pang walang alam si kuya sa anak ninyo, walang mag-aalaga at dadamay sa iyo."

The time went fast from that day. Days, weeks and months had passed but still no sign of my wife. No one knows her whereabout. I paid a lot of men just to help me find her but.. six months had passed, she never came back. She disappeared like nothing...

"You looked terrible, Engineer," Engineer Pablo commented when our paths crossed. "Bigung-bigo sa pag-ibig, ha? Focus sa trabaho ka muna. Hayaan mo, babalik 'yang asawa mo."

"How can we be so sure?" I asked bitterly. "Engineer, mukhang wala nang pag-asang balikan niya pa ako, eh."

"Mayroon pa naman, Trevon, tiwala lang," he consoled. "Ilang buwan pa nga lang siyang hindi nakakauwi, eh. 'Yong iba nga ay ilang taon na pero bumalik pa rin, eh."

I went to my wife's coffeeshop after that just to distract myself from thinking of her. I poked what inside my cheeks using my tongue while staring at the ceiling. I am sitting on the seat right now, relaxing my mind.

"S-Sir, ayos lang po ba kayo?" magalang na tanong sa akin ng isa sa mga staff ni Maris.

I shut my eyes. "I hoped, I am okay right now. It's so very hard for me to accept that she left." I scoffed. "Tss... Why am I so damn coward? Fuck! She's even pregnant! P-Paano kaya kung may mangyari sa kanila ng anak namin?! Shit! This is all my fault!"

"S-Sir, babalik naman po si ma'am, eh. Nagpapalamig lang siguro ng ulo iyon, huwag n'yo pong sisihin ang sarili ninyo. Mahal na mahal kaya kayo ni ma'am, sir."