Deal Breaker (Published under Pop Fiction, Summit Publishing)

Chapter 34: Will You Take Me Away With You?

He chuckled.

"Your mother just hides you the truth about your wealth. I think she doesn't want you to be shocked o kung ano man pag nalaman mo."

"Naalala ko din sinabi ng tatay mo kanina. No one can escape that.."

"Ofcourse we can." tapos niyakap niya ko lalo and he kissed me.

"Are you sure we can?" I asked after that short kiss.

"I'm positive." then he flashes his billion dollar smile and I just stared at him.  "You don't trust me?"

Napabuntong hininga ako. "I do.May tiwala ako sa'yo. Wala lang akong tiwala sa ibang bagay na nakapaligid sa'tin."

"We'll make it through." he promised.

I hugged him tight. And we stayed quiet for a moment. Then... "Dominic..?"

"Mmmm?"

"Will you take me away with you? Umalis na lang tayo. Kumupit tayo ng pera sa kanila. Tapos alis tayo. Malayong malayo. Mga 1 000 000 miles away. Malayo na ba yun?"

Umayos ulit ako ng upo. The more I talk about my idea of leaving, the more it becomes real... Umalis ako sa pagkakayapap sa kanya at umayos ng pagkakaupo. I have to explain this to him. To convince him na ito yung tamang solusyon. Nakatingin sa gwapo niyang mukha, para makita ko yung facial expression niya. Kung papayag siya. Pero, tumawa lang siya. Hinampas ko yung braso niya.

"Seryoso ako! Naman eh!"

"Kukupit tayo?" tapos pinipigilan niya yung tawa niya.

"Okay! Sige. Fine. Wag na lang tayo kumupit. Umalis na lang tayo. 1 000 000 miles away ah..."

He looked at me again with those eyes. So much love. Pero hindi pa din siya sumasagot.

 

"Bakit? wala ka bang alam na trabaho?" He just continue to stare. I know he's thinking. Pero di ko alam kung anong iniisip niya. "Grabe! bente anyos ka na. wala ka pa ding alam na trabaho?"

Still. There's no response.

"Oh sige ganito na lang. Ako magtatrabaho. Ikaw sa bahay? Siguro naman kaya ng ego mo yun." tapos I smiled.

"Come here..." he commanded softly. When I hesitated, kinuha niya ulit ako and wrapped his arms around me again. "We're not going anywhere."

"We're not?"

"Yes princess. I'll prove to your family that I'm deserving."

"Wala ka namang dapat patunayan eh. Umalis na nga lang tayo. 1 000 000 miles... please?"

Tumawa siya nang bahagya pero matapos nun, naging seryoso yung boses niya.

"If we go that far, our families including Cass' family will still find us. And then your family will think that I'm really not deserving. Then we'll be forced to break up again. Ganun ba yung gusto mong mangyari?"

Umiling ako. Bigla akong nalungkot. "So kahit ano palang mangyari. We'll end up being not together?"

Hindi ako naniniwala sa forever. Ang alam ko, we'll all break up. Get hurt then cry. And then start another relationship. But will still end up crying. Love is a cycle of happiness, craziness, and sadness.

But this guy right here, makes me hope and pray that maybe... just maybe... love will last... until forever.

"No princess. We'll end up seating on the porch of our house. Looking at our grandchildren playing. With our hair all grey and our skin all wrinkled. And i'm holding you just like this."