ALABANG GIRLS SERIES #4
Sabrina Dardenne lives like a princess all her life, and the only wish of her parents is for her to marry the best man for her . . . sadly, that man is not her boyfriend Ivo.
Clark Mendoza will always be the favorite son of h...
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I was expecting my mom to be . . . you know? Pester me here and there about how stupid I was for leaving without anything apart from my phone (na stolen na nga). But Mum was like, "Nandito si daddy mo mamayang dinner, ha." Then she left the dining room.
Parang may imaginary question marks above my head kasi . . . hindi ko gets!
Mum was acting strange. And strange means parang hindi naman ako naglayas. Yung ilang araw na pinoproblema ko kasi feeling ko, tinalikuran na ako ng mundo; dito sa bahay, parang wala namang nangyaring kakaiba.
The maids didn't look at me like I'm sort of a returning prodigal daughter. Para ngang last night lang akong hindi umuwi.
Did I overthink that much? O wala na talaga silang pakialam sa akin?
Paakyat ako nang may makasalubong akong maid. She's one of those maids na matagal na rin dito sa bahay. Ka-age lang niya si Mum, but she's a bit chubby and stout.
"Yaya Beth, dumadaan ba rito si Kuya saka asawa niya?" tanong ko sa kasabay kong maid paakyat. May dala siyang hamper na may laman kaya baka maglilinis din ng kuwarto.
"Diyos ko, Ma'am Sab, araw-araw ngang kaaway 'yan ni madame."
"Why naman?"
"Naghahanap nga ng baby si madame! E, alam n'yo naman si Sir Ronie kapag kasama na ang asawa niya. Warla sila every day, ma'am, pramis."
Oooh . . . so Kuya's not lying at all.
"Pero nagbabanggit si Mum about sa wedding namin ni Clark?"
"Ay—" Napatitig ako kay Yaya Beth kasi parang may sasabihin siya, but she was taking her words in consideration before dropping it. "Hindi naman nagbabanggit si madame tungkol kay Sir Clark. Ang narinig ko lang kay madame, baka raw tawagan niya si Sir Archie. Pinata-timing-an niya 'yon kay Becca."
"Kay Archie?" Nagsalubong ang kilay ko. "Bakit tatawagan si Archie?"
"Hindi ko rin sigurado, ma'am. Si Becca ang laging nakaabang sa landline, e. Tanong n'yo na lang din si Becca para sigurado."
Okay. Everything is getting weirder and weirder here.
Archival Buenavista, or Archie as we call him, is a very close friend of mine. May crush si Archie sa akin, actually. He attempted to court me before, parang six or seven years ago. Si Mum ang nagsabing hindi pa ako puwedeng mag-boyfriend kasi graduating year ko 'yon sa designing and I had to focus on my studies and projects.
Archie said he's willing to wait for me. However, after two years, he needed to take his med school sa Carolina, and he had to stay abroad to study. Nangungumusta pa rin naman siya paminsan-minsan kapag naaabutan niyang online ako, but there was no romantic shiz behind that kasi super casual lang namin sa isa't isa.
Aware akong single siya until now, and if Mum will take Archie into consideration, hindi ko na alam kung sino ang pipiliin niya between Clark and Archie. Kasi doctor na si Archie, and he's a good-looking psychiatrist earning good figures na never sigurong kukuwestiyunin ni Mum.
