You Tripped, I Fall

chapter seven

Gusto kong paikutin muli ang mata at maglakad kung saan-saan when I saw him glancing  at me. Kapag lilingon ako ay ibabaling niya naman ang tingin kung saan.

Wow, he's completely watching over me, huh?

"Gusto niyo po?" I offered a sandwich. 

"..." 

Nothing. Ang tanging sagot niya lang sa akin ay purong katahimikan while keeping his face straight ahead him. 

"Kuya," I called him again. "Sa entrance na lang po kaya kayo magguard? I won't do anything rash naman po eh."

Kuya guard looked at the entrance kung nasaan ang isa pang guard na naka-assign kay Deia. See! The other body guard is not uncomfortable like this! Gusto kong ikatwiran sa kaniya iyon but to think of it... he's just doing his job! And maybe Mom wants to make sure I'm fully secured, specially to what happened at school. I still hate it though.

Wala na ngang magawa, hindi pa makagalaw without being agonize.

He ignored my remarks again. I sighed and went to the living room to open the TV. Balak ko sanang panoorin ang powerpuff girls, which Deia watch despite being thirteen years old, default in the screen. But that plan didn't continue when news report unfolded with my mother's image in the thumbnail. I clicked.

"Naglabas na ng statement ang SGM Entertainment tungo sa actress na si Donnatella Gomez, tungkol sa false accusation at totoong nangyari sa worker niyang umano ay nahimatay sa stress. May mga lumabas na hate web accounts tungo sa aktres, na ayon dito ay matagal na daw mapang-abuso si Donnatella Gomez sa kaniyang mga kasamahan sa trabaho.  Ayon sa SGM Entertainment, 'We have taken severe legal action in cases of intentional defamation, the dissemination of false information, posts including personal assaults, and defamatory remarks and comments'. 

After reported that Donnatella Gomez's worker collapsed due to maltreatment at her business, however, many has been forward to express their support to—"

My fingers quickly clicked the remote button off. Sinandal ko na lamang ang ulo sa headrest ng sofa and covered my ears. 

I wish I could see how Mom's doing. 

Madalas niya akong dinadala sa work meetings and shooting noon pa man and she never had a bad blood with anyone. She doesn't have enemies in the industry no matter how dirty it gets. 

The corners of my lips dropped. If hindi lang talaga siya busy dealing with these stupid affair that shouldn't existed in the first place. Maybe I wouldn't feel this guilty if I shouldn't have done something that could tire her even more.

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     Time eventually flies but I only slept in my room. I'm so bored to the bone but no matter how hard it gets, I would never touch my phone again. 

That's when I thought of going to Deia's room come to my mind. You know, bonding and stuff. Ganoon din naman siya sa kwarto ko if she ever got bored since bihira lang namin makita ang isa't isa sa loob ng bahay.