"No Hart, wag kang maniwala sakanya! Hindi iyon totoo!," sigaw ni Aileen na halatang naiinis na.
"Sa tingin mo ba, kung ayaw niyang kunin ulit si Chase she'll go to this extend just to ruin a relationship?,"
Hart was oddly quiet.
"Say something Hart!," sigaw ni Aileen
"I don't know what to believe anymore, I've been distant from my friends for months now, para lang sayo, I've gave up Rachel for you, I've saw my texts from my friends, sinabi daw sakanila ni Chase na he's cheating on Ara with you, if you really did, you didn't just disrespected me but also took my worth for granted when I thought every single risk I did for you was worth it, tangina Aileen I don't know what to believe,"
"I was with you from the very start, pero pinili mo si Chase, I was your childhood friend, you said I was your first love but you got directly swoon by Chase and I respected that, noong naghiwalay kayo at nagpakalayo-layo ka, I respected that, kasi mahal kita, Rachel came, I gave myself a chance and loved again, then suddenly you came at wala akong pagaalinlangang puntahan ka, I left her without any explanation, I left my friends without telling them why, at kung totoo ngang niloko mo ako, i don't even know, I'll go low as settle for being just a toy to you," dagdag pa ni Hart.
At di naman namalayan ni Aileen na tumulo ang luha niya.
"I even agreed to be with Maris so that Chase will think na Ara is cheating on him with me, fck! The moment I agreed to that stupid idea, I know I'll be beat up to death by him, tangina, alam kong alam mo iyon, I'm such a fool," as Aileen's tears fall down, so did Hart's.
Realizations were evident. Hart realizes that he doesn't deserve to settle for just this. Maybe he just felt obliged to be with Aileen because he never really got her, while Aileen; Aileen realizes that after everything that had happened, after every problem one man stayed, quietly, patiently, the first guy who was shouted by her heartbeats, Hart.
"I-I'm so sorry Hart, alam kong mali ito, alam kong sobrang mali, I know I was wrong to take advantage of you just for my own selfish and stupid needs, I'm so sorry, sorry, sorry," iyak ni Aileen
"Tangina kasi Maris! This is all your fault!," Aileen blurts out to now the quiet Maris.
"Don't blame her, this is all you fault," ani Hart.
——
"Kailan mo sasabihin kay Chase?," tanong ni Rachel kay Ara.
"Yung?," tanong ni Ara na tila ba malayo ang tinatanaw.
"Ang dahilan ng pagkawala mo biglaan dati, pag nawawala ka dahil sa isang text lang?,"
"Hindi ko alam, siguro bukas nalang, pagkatapos ng graduation, siguro mahirap din sakanya, alam kong sinaktan niya ako, pero kailangan niyang malaman iyon," ani Ara.
Sa mga oras na bigla siyang nawawala, mag ginagawan niya ng palusot, hindi iyon dahil sa mga sariling kagustuhan niya lamang, dahil iyon kay Chase. Palagi naman tungkol sakanya lahat.
——
Gina settled everything, now is the right time. To tell Eduardo about Yra. His long lost daughter.
Pero bago pa man niya iyon gawin binisita niya muna si Gretchen.
Inilagay niya ang mga bulaklak sa tabi ng pangalan ito bago umupo sa harapan.
"Alam mo, sa mga oras na ito, ngayon kita sobrang kailangan, alam kong ako ang panganay, ako ang gumagawa ng mga desisyon, pero sa sitwasyon na ito, kailangan kita, ikaw lang naman ang marunong magorganisa ng mga problema ko, ng mga kalat ko," anito.
Tumingin muna siya sa baba bago magsalita muli.
"Ipapakilala ko na si Yra sa ama niya at sa kambal niya, sana masaya ka na dahil matutupad na rin ang matagal mo ng pangarap, sana andito ka, sana andito ka parin, dahil sa wakas, mabubuo na rin ang pamilya mo," anito.
——
Nagpalam na si Gina sa puntod ng kanyang kambal at sumakay na ulit sa sasakyan.
"Saan po tayo Ma'am?,"
"Sa bahay ng mga Saavedra,"
——
Ara has been getting a lot of gifts from her dad's friends, early graduation gifts because their flight will be the day after tomorrow so she doesn't have time to throw a party.
She was give tons of jewelry, Cheques, watches and all.
But still, she can't sleep.
Dahil bukas kakausapin niya na si Chase, at tatapusin kung anong meron man sila.
——
Napagdesisyunan ng 10Thorns na magpuyat sa gabi bago ng kanilang graduation dahil according kay Yam "kahit puyat at least pogi at graduated na tayo,"
At wala paring nagpaparamdam sakanila na Hart.
"Still no answer?," tanong ni Gil kay Collin na di na napakawalan ang cellphone.
Umiling naman ito at nagbuntong hininga sila lahat.
"Tangna talaga, pag bukas di pa yon magpakita, ewan ko nalang," ani Yam.
"Makakagraduate ba yon?," tanong ni Ten.
"Don't you remember? Sinasign natin palagi ang attendance niya simula nung naglaho siya, of course he'll graduate, maganda naman ang record niya, compared satin lahat to be honest," ani Bolt.
Nagpatuloy sila sa mga pinaguusapan nila, sumasama naman si Chase pero paminsan natatahimik nalang siya at napapaisip, ano nga ba ang mangyayari sa huling araw niya sa Levinell.
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