Wedding Wring

Prologue:

I woke up because someone was ringing the doorbell and then I realized that I was not in my house but a hotel room.

My head was aching and my stomach was crumbling. My body is also in pain and my guts have this feeling as if I did something, I shouldn't have last night. I sit on the bed and saw my reflection on the large glass window. I was naked.

I quickly looked around and saw my clothes scattered around the floor.

I picked them up at nagbihis kaagad, I noticed that the doorbell and my phone did not stop ringing. So naturally, I answered my phone while walking to the door.

"Hello"

(SIS! NALAMAN NI DAD!) sabi niya sakin while screaming at the top of her lungs. The speaker on the other line is my sister, Helen.

"What are you saying?" Calm kong tanong sakanya.

(Didn't you have a one-night stand with the man who you are with last night? Or is it a different one? Wait I'm running to you!) quickly niyang sabi at binaba ang phone. My cunning sister!

I opened the door at tumambad sakin si dad na galit na galit.

"da..." Hindi ko na natuloy and he came rushing in with his mistress, tita Deloria.

Umupo siya sa isa sa mga upuan habang sinasarado ko yung pinto. Pag lapit ko sa kanila ay ang sama ng tingin niya sakin.

"Alam mo ba kung kanino tong hotel na to?" ang panimula niya.

"Sa pamilya po nila Carl" sabi ko while looking indifferent to the situation.

I may look like I don't care pero naalala ko lahat what happened last night. It's very concerning that I lost my virginity to a stranger. Eto pala ang feeling ng one-night stand. But it is my character to remain calm at all times even in situations like this.

"What are you gonna do? Sa tingin mo ba hindi nila alam that last night my good and respectable daughter lost her composure and snapped!" Sigaw niya sakin.

At this point lumuhod na ko. I know him. He likes this. Yung nagmamakaawa ka sakanya. Kasi he thinks he is high and mighty when in reality hindi. I actually don't like doing this but as long as he calms the fuck down at makaalis ako para maayos itong gulo na to, okay lang.

"Darling! Ang puso mo" sabi ni tita Del habang hinihimas ang dibdib ni papa.

"SINO!!!! SINO ANG LALAKI!? Sana si Carl na lang ang dinala mo dito!" sigaw niya sakin.

I honestly don't know who it is. Last night I met with a client sa restaurant sa baba and then he left as soon as our business was done. Tapos sa bar ng hotel na ito I saw Carl and Helen together. My sister Helen is an actress (on and off cam) kaya naisip ko na pagsabihan sila since there might be photographers sa paligid. It will destroy carl's and his family's reputation. Pero ayaw nila magpaawat so I ended up drinking with them.

That was it!

Nag ring naman ang doorbell at ang sumagot ay si tita del.

"Anong masasabi mo?" tanong sakin ni papa, pero wala sakanya ang attention ko kung hindi nasa conversation ni tita del at ang bagong dating na si Helen.

"Helen honey, what are you doing here. I told you not to go, diba? Makakahalata si Elena" bulong man sa kanila but I perfectly hear her voice pero si papa parang nabinggi na din yata katulad ng pagbulagbulagan niya sa masamang ugali ni Tita Del.

"Mama, atleast I can help her" and she ran next to me at lumuhod din.

"Papa, ate didn't know. She was so drunk last night. Carl and I drank with her pero ayaw niyang paawat and told us to go away" ayun lang ang nasabi niya.

"What are you doing?" sabi ko sakanya. Parang lalo pa yata niya pinalala ang situation ko.

"Is that true?" tanong sakin ni papa. Although medyo kalmado na siya ngayon I know hindi niya pa din i-le-let go na hindi na ko virgin at malamang na hindi na matuloy ang kasalan namin ni Carl katulad ng gusto ni Helen.

Hindi naman ako sumagot kaya nabato ni papa sakin yung cellphone niya at tinamaan ako sa mukha. Na ikinagilit ko. Ang tagal ko nagtiis sa kanila tapos ni kahit isang awa di na niya mabigay. Kahit tingnan na lang niya ang patay kong ina. Pero hindi, he chooses not to look at me as his daughter so, I will refuse to look at him as my father!

"I'm so glad that I built my company out of my own money and did not depend on you" panimula ko

"ANO!? YOU UNGRATEFUL CHILD! PUTA" sigaw niya sakin at tumayo naman ako.

"d...dad! Wag ka na magalit kay ate! Alam mo naman siya!" pagdadahilan ni Helen.

Tiningnan ko si Helen and said "Congrats sis, you got what you want. Live a happy life without me!" sabi ko sakanya, looked at all the people infront of me, kinuha ang bag and files ko sa bed and left.

I called my assistant Lucy "Car, now, please." Sabi ko sakanya at ibinaba ang cellphone.

When I was about to go into the car humabol sakin si Helen "I know you want to know who the guy is, Manalo group's owner" sabi niya sakin at ngumiti.

"Thanks and fuck you" sabi ko sakanya at sumakay na. Nakita ko naman ang mukha niya sa side mirror. She never expected that those words can escape my mouth.

Damn it! Hinipo ko yung namumula kong noo at may dugo. I hope this won't scar.

"Ma'am would you like to go to a hospital?" Sabi ni Lucy sakin while looking at me.

"No and eyes on the road please. I don't wanna die" sabi ko sakanya. And my thought went back to what happened.

I'm not dumb. Yung nakasama ko sa kama last night was not a heavy old fat man katulad ng sinasabi niya sakin. Manalo group's owner is Mr. Alfred Manalo, an old man. Halata naman na si-net-up nila ako kasi matanda yung binangit niya. Isang matandang manyak.

Ni-rub ko yung noo ko with a lot of tissue. "Lucy, please find out who the guy is" sabi ko sakanya at tumango lang siya.

After a while she asked me kung saan kami papunta "office please" sabi ko sakanya and then followed by "Bring me clothes" and the silence between us returned.