Pagsamo (C.A.T Series #1)

Chapter Thirty-Eight

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Trigger warning: blood, self harm, abuse

I placed a cheque right in front of Sid. Kinuha niya 'yong at tinignan. 

"The fuck is this?" tanong niya habang nasa pagitan ng dalawang daliri ang cheque. 

"Attorney client privilege. May itatanong ako."

He chuckled. "Che, let me get this straight... You called me as an attorney?"

I nodded. Natawa naman siya ngayon. 

"You do know I'm a Prosecutor, right? And do you actually think this is even worth a second of my service?" Itinapat niya sa akin ang papel. 

Bumuntong hininga ako at kinuha ang wallet para dagdagan ang inabot ko sa kanya pero lumipad pabalik sa akin ang cheque.

"You want my time? Don't call me as an attorney... Call me as a friend and you'll get more of my time than you need. You wanna know why? Because you are my friend, Che," he said seriously. 

He looks so offended. "And I'm disappointed you don't think of me as one." 

I look down before started crying. Hindi na ako makapag-isip ng tama. 

"Che, what happened..." 

"May nabuntis si Brent." I started telling the story. "Long before their marriage. Bago pa sila magkakilala... I don't know if ngayon lang nila nalaman o tinago sa kanya ni Brent but Cha wants a divorce." 

That's the only thing that Cha said to me. "May nabuntis si Brent. Bago pa kami magkakilala" and it was an enough reason para makipag-hiwalay. 

We talked for some time. Sid explained everything that can happen and every choices we can make. May mga pinakilala rin siyang family lawyer na kaibigan niya na pwede mag-representa para kay Cha kung sakali. 

Sumama siya sa akin pabalik sa condo dahil gusto niyang maka-usap si Cha. Doon siya sa condo namin noong college nagsa-stay dahil nandoon sila Yvan sa condo ko.

Pagpunta namin doon ay nasa balcony si Cha at nakatulala. I left her alone with Sid. She's smoking kaya sinabayan siya ni Sid habang kinakausap. Pinapanuod ko lang sila kahit na wala akong naririnig. 

Matagal din bago tumayo si Sid. I saw him nodding na parang sumasang-ayon siya. Sinalubong ko siya pagkalabas para maki-balita. 

"The only thing I can say is Cha just wants this to be done... Wala siyang paki sa properties o sa kahit anong paperworks. She just wants to be separated with him as soon as possible... para siyang diring-diri sa asawa..." He explained. 

Tumango ako at patuloy na nakinig. 

"But like I said... I'm a prosecutor and Mara is a human rights lawyer and you can see that she's very busy right now. Hindi namin field ang family law... Hold on to the list of names na ibinigay ko sa'yo. I'll give you a go signal kapag nakausap ko na sila..." He sighed. 

"Keep in touch, Che, please," He said before hugging me. "I'm your friend," He reminded me.

I hugged him back. Sa sobrang tanyag ni Sid sa pagiging abogado ay baka napakalaking pera na ang nagastos namin sa ganitong consultation. But he didn't charged us. Because as he said, he's a friend.

Things began to died down that time. Yvan put a pause from work para makasama ang anak. We gave him the option na makipag-hiwalay na at sampahan ng kaso si Mica pero humindi siya. As for Cha... hindi natuloy ang divorce. Brent promised na hindi na siya guguluhin 'wag lang siyang makipaghiwalay.