How to be your Boyfriend vol. 1&2 (On Hold)

Chapter 38 The Deposition

Soundtrack for this Chapter: Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap

It’s all fucked up!

Nasira na naman ako ng isang tsismis. Isang tsismis na nakaapekto sa relasyon ko kay Portia, sa grade ko, sa chance kong maging cum laude.

Meron na nga akong speech na inihanda para sa commencement exercise pero dahil sa isang cctv, sa isang inggiterang babae, sa isang narrow minded boss ng isang engineering firm, nawala na parang isang bula ang isang malaking pangarap.

How am I gonna tell my parents? Kay ma’am Agrable na may mataas na expectation sa akin. Isang tsismis lang ang sisira sa career ko? What the hell?

Kinausap ko ang Dean ng Engineering department para magpaliwanag.

“Good Morning, Mr. Del Castillo!” bati ko sa Dean.

“Sit down, Mr. Tomas. You asked for an appointment, what can I do for you?”

“Well, it’s about my internship.” Simula ko. “I have been working in the Sera Engineering Firm for months now and I have been doing well. One of the bosses, Mrs. Sera, she’s Mr. Sera’s ex wife became really close to me. The friendship is platonic, we don’t have any kind of relationship but friendship and some of the employees speculate that we have more than that. Mr. Sera believed the rumors circulating around so he fired me and threatened that he’ll never give me a grade.”

“So, what do you propose?”

“Sir, I have explained things to him that her ex wife and I don’t have any explicit affair while I was an intern in his company. It’s all false gossip and false accusation that highly affected me. I have spent almost three months in Sera’s company and with just that false rumors regarding me and his ex wife, everything that I’ve worked hard for is now insignificant. I can’t let that happen. I’m running for cum laude and the whole scenario is not fair.”

The whole scenario is bullshit pero hindi ko mailahad ito dahil kagalang galang ang kausap ko.

“I want to sue him for false allegation.” Sabi ko.

“I’m not sure Mr. Tomas. If you want to sue him, it’ll take several months to resolve the issue. So, you won’t be getting the diploma this year if you don’t get the required grade.”

Ang idemanda ang mga taong involve dito ang pinakamaganda at pinakarisky kong gagawin sa buong buhay ko. It is an allegation. It is a libelous allegation. Ang kuha sa cctv, ang isang bagay na may hawak sila if ever man na idemanda ko sila. Si Priscilla ang may hawak ng kapalaran ko na kung magsasalita siya against them lilinis na ulit ang pangalan ko.

Damn it! People kiss but that doesn’t mean they have a relationship. Ang masama pa dito sa tsismis na toh, lahat ng tao na nakapaligid, ang alam nila inakit ko si Priscilla para makakuha ng magandang grade.

Wala na akong magagawa. Ito na siguro ang kapalaran ko. Nakayuko akong lumabas sa opisina ni Mr. Del Castillo.

Nasira na naman ang imahe ko sa isang tsimis. Putcha kasi! Yung ibang taong walang magawa sa buhay, nandadamay pa ng taong nananahimik!

Ang internship ko, halos kinain ang lahat ng units. Ngayong wala na akong pag-asa, wala na talaga.

“Tomas! I need to talk to you!” tinawag ako ni Ma’am Agrable.

Dinalhan ako ni Ma’am Agrable ng isang tsaa at umupo sa kanyang table habang nakaupo naman ako sa may couch.

“Ano Conrad? May deposition bang mangyayari?” tanong niya.

“Ma’am, sabi ni Mr. Del Castillo, ilang buwan pa daw ang gugugulin para maresolve ang issue.”

“What really happened?”