Bukas Hindi Na Ikaw

Chapter 15

HALOS masabunutan ko si Marco matapos niyang sabihin sa'kin yon.

Although may kutob na naman talaga ako tungkol don pero ewan ko ba. Hindi ko lang talaga lubos na mapaniwalaan ang mga sinabi niya. Pero pang magagawa ko? Sa bibig na niya mismo 'iyon nanggaling. Hindi pa ba ako maniniwala?

"The heck is wrong with you and your daddy issues, Marco!" I hissed.

Hindi ko rin ba talaga alam dito kay Marco. Kung dati ay chapter 2 lang ang kalandian niya, ngayon mga nasa chapter 5 na. Palala siya ng palala.

To her response, she just simply rolled her eyes at me before she snatched the alcohol on the table, recklessly. She let out a heavy sigh and glued her eyes on the bottle.

Ewan ko kung nag coconcentrate lang ba siya o baka iniiwasan lang ang mga tingin ko.

Pinag masdan ko si Marco habang naka kunot ang noo. Minsan iniisip ko kung nag rerebelde ba siya sa magulang niya kaya gumagawa siya ng mga bagay na ikakapahamak niya, o talagang gusto lang niyang gawin ang mga 'yon dahil baliw siya.

Kasi kung nag rerebelde nga siya, ano namang rason? Wala siyang rason para gawin 'yon dahil maayos siyang pinalaki ng mga magulang niya... or that's what I thought?

She's committing mistakes on her own, it was her choice to make, not her parents. So she takes all the blame for that.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked again.

"Stop making a fuss about it." She said with sarcasm on her voice. "I'm not a saint, Aria. Nobody was." She mumbled. Napalunok siya at hindi pa'rin inaalis ang mata sa bote ng alak.

The music at the bar was booming, it was loud and ear-splitting, but I still manage to hear her every words.

I know that she's no longer a virgin. Open naman siya sa'min pag dating sa bagay na yon.

She oftentimes make fun or cracks a joke about sugar daddies and about having one, but never in my wildest imagination have I ever thought of her taking it seriously. Hindi ba siya kinikilabutan man lang?!

"That's not the point, Marco. He's like what? Twenty? Thirty years older than you? Bakit mo naman pinatulan? P-paano kung... malay mo may asawa na 'yon?!" Hindi makapaniwalang sabi ko.

Paano'y nitong nakaraan lang ay na involve na siya sa may asawa na, uulit pa ba siya?!

I nearly blew a fuse. But I refrained myself from bursting out, I don't wanna sound like a nagging friend. As much as possible I want to understand her, but in situations like this? God, please give me patience, because if not? I just don't know.

I suddenly remembered the scene I had with tito Lorenzo at Marco's house, sa tagaytay. May itinulak na babae si tito Lorenzo noong nasa gazebo kami, na sa tantya ko ay kasing edad lang rin namin ni Marco. They seemed like having a lovers quarrel... and I swear. That's so bothering.

And now what? Si Marco naman at si tito Lorenzo?

Napa sapo ako sa noo. Hindi ko kinakaya ang mga pangyayari. Is he a pedophile or something?! My goodness!

"He's forty six. So he's twenty six years older than me, to be exact." I grimaced.

Talagang proud pa siya ah?!

"Does Murphy knows about it?... atsaka, teka nga! Paano mo naging boyfriend ang dad ni Emman? Since when, ha? Kailan pa? Bakit hindi ko alam?"

"Stop overreacting nga, parang tanga to! Murphy doesn't know about this, and even if she does, hindi naman 'yon kasing OA mo! Hindi ba sinabi ko na sa'yo, umuwi si Lorenzo ng bansa dahil nga in-offer-an siya ni dad ng project? So ayun, dun nag start. Maybe three, four months ago? I dunno, nakalimutan ko na. Bakit ba ako nag papaliwanag sa'yo, ha?"