She was like a zombie driving home. Masyadong prangka ang mga salitang kanyang natanggap. May mga tao palang kayang sabihin ang mga mabigat na katotohanan ng di umiidlap. Kelangan niyang gumawa ng desisyon. Isang mabigat na desisyon na kanyang dapat panindigan. Her head is aching. She’s nauseated at hindi alam ang gagawin sa sama ng pakiramdam. Sinikap na lamang niyang makaabot ng sala pero hindi nya alam kung umabaot ba talaga ito.
Paggising ni Saab ay nasa loob na ito ng masters’ bedroom. Nakapagpalit na sya ng pantulog at mataas na ang sikat ng araw!
“Oh my!” napabangon ito bigla.
“Magpahinga ka muna,” Natunganga siya. It was Thirj talking to her. “Saan ka naggaling kagabi?”
“I’m letting you go,” ang tanging sagot nito sa asawa.
“What are you thinking?”
“Di na tayo bata para magpaligoy-logoy pa, Thirj,” masakit sa loob na sinabi ni Saab. “I know what she is to you. And practically, I am willing to let you go,”
Rafael Javier Aragon III and Maxine Isabelle Hernandez married for one reason – they both need company in life and not because everything is out of love.
“Isabelle, I –“
“Thirj, I saw you two. Do you want to explain? Well, explain yourself then,” nanghihinang wika ni Saab.
“I met her again in Singapore. It was really unintentional,”
“I know. Naiintindihan kita,”
“It’s not what you think,”
“I am doing you a favor,” sabat bito ka Thirj. “I have asked our lawyer to prepare the Annulment,”
“Saab, think about Reese,”
“Thirj, I can handle my kid. Let’s just work things out,” masuyong ngiti ang binigay nito. “Tinawagan ko na si Yuan,” Dr. Yuan dela Llana is a child psychologist.
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A Little Push And I'd Fall
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