Bite The Bullet | Vicerylle

Chapter 11

“Malalim siguro iniisip mo no?” sabi ng babae sabay pag upo nito.

Karylle snorted, “Mukhang ikaw din naman, Anne.”

“You’re right.” Ngumiti na lang si Anne at tinitigan si Karylle na parang binabasa nya ang mukha nito.

“Si Vice na naman iniisip mo, noh?” tanong ni Karylle with a sly smile.

“Parang sya hindi.” It was Anne’s turn to snort.

“I owe you a confession pala… I mean kayong so called ‘Team A’.” Anne said using quotation hand signals when she said “Team A”.

“Hindi, I respect your privacy.”

“No, K, it will eat me alive kapag di ko nasabi sa iba tong side ko.”

“Side mo?”

“He never listened to me.” Anne shrugged with a sad smile kaya naman naging seryoso na rin yung mukha ni Karylle.

“Hindi ba sabi mo ikaw yung nanloko?”

“Physically? I didn’t cheat on him. Never…”

“I don’t get it.” Kunot noong sabi ni Karylle.

“I became too obsessed with my work… Yung to the point na hindi kami nagkita for 6 months kahit na ang lapit lapit lang ng bahay namin sa isa’t isa. My work became my life. Work became my Vice. I cheated on him with my work.” Umiling si Anne habang inaalala nya yung mga panahon na yun. “Vice, bless him, he really tried to make things work, but I pushed him away because I was thriving too hard for my career…”

“I wouldn’t call that cheating… Siguro communication problems, oo pa.”

“I’m not done, mas may malala pa… When we finally saw each other, it was during one of his business parties, nandun yung isa sa mga bestfriends nya noon, si Vhong… Most nung gabi na yun, si Vhong lang ka-hang out ko, syempre kasi he was busy socialising with his colleagues diba? And ayoko din naman na pilitin syang ubusin yung oras nya sa’kin, kasi wala akong karapatan na hingin sa kanya yung bagay na hindi ko naibigay sa kanya…” napatingin sa baba si Anne kaya naman mas lalong na-awkwardan si Karylle kasi hindi nya alam paano i-comfort ito.

“Then, as the night carried on, nalasing kami ni Vhong kasi hindi ko naman na-realize na dahil sa pagkalungkot ko nung gabi na yun ay ginawa kong solusyon ang alcohol. Si Vhong naman, nagmamagandang loob lang kaya dinamayan na rin ako.”

“You cheated on him with his bestfriend?!” gulat na reaksyon ni Karylle.

“I told you, I didn’t physically cheat on him,” tiningnan sya ni Anne sa mata, “He thought na something happened between me and Vhong kasi I woke up in his hotel room.”

“Sure ka? Nakainom ka girl… Paano mo alam kung—“

“Karylle, it’s my body… I would know. At isa pa, Vhong slept on the couch…”

“Eh bakit nya inassume na you cheated on him?”

“I think naipon na lang lahat ng galit nya sa’kin eh… Sobrang naging dami ng pagkukulang ko sa kanya as a girlfriend, siguro way out na lang din nya na isipin na may nangyari sa’min para makakalas na sya sa’kin.” Kinuskos ni Anne ang mga kamay nya sa mukha nya ng matapos syang magsalita.

“Did he break up with you there and then?” curious na tanong ni Karylle.

“Ako yung nakipag break.”

“Oh this gets better.” Medyo hysterical na sabi ni Karylle dahil hindi sya makapaniwala sa sinabi ni Anne.

“He’s too much of a good guy to break my heart, kahit na ilang beses kong binreak yung sa kanya… Masakit at ayoko man, but I had to break up with him. Alam ko naman na ayaw nya na, pero hindi lang nya talaga kayang gawin. I did it for him kasi mahal ko sya K eh.” Dahil dito ay napaluha na si Anne ng konti which made Karylle move para bigyan ito ng comforting hug.