#WIAE26 Chapter 26
Bigla akong nanigas sa kinatatayuan ko. Bigla kong nahigit ang paghinga ko. I couldn't believe what I was hearing... I refused to believe it even if I was hearing it myself. Paano nila nagawa sa akin 'to? She was my friend... and yet she fucking betrayed me. Hindi ako makapaniwala... Ayokong maniwala. Pakiramdam ko ay naninikip ang dibdib ko sa mga naririnig ko.
"What?!" Ella shouted.
"Bakit? Hindi ba?" Cathy retorted
"Are you accusing me?!" Ella shouted again.
Cathy smiled. And then she threw me a glance. She knew... she knew I was listening... My chest hurt.
"I knew you were low... I didn't know it's possible for you to get lower," Cathy said. "Paano mo nagawa sa kanya iyon?"
Tears began to fall. I couldn't believe what I was hearing... I knew something was wrong... I knew she didn't like me... but this? This was unforgivable. This was something nothing could ever repair.
Lumapit si Ella at malakas na sinampal si Cathy.
"You have no idea what you're talking about!" Ella shouted, her hand harshly cupping Cathy's face. "And if I ever did anything to her, wala ka ng pakielam doon! She deserved it!"
I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth. Mas lalong sumisikip ang dibdib ko sa mga sinasabi niya. I deserved it?! I deserved to be raped?! What did I ever do to her for her to wish that upon me?! Hindi ba't ilang beses ko na sinasabi sa kanya na si Avo ang sisihin niya?! Kailan ko ba inagaw si Avo sa kanya? Did I beg?! Did I steal him away from her?!
"She deserved everything she got!"
The logical side of me was starting to fade. All I could see was red. All I wanted was blood.
"Every single thing she got, she asked for it!" she continued.
"Isusumbong kita kay Avo! I'll tell him what you did! I'll tell him what you asked me to do!" Cathy shouted back. Biglang hinila ni Ella si Cathy sa buhok. She wrote Memento Mori on the wall and it opened. "Saan mo ako dadalhin?!"
Sobrang bilis ng tibok ng puso ko. I couldn't think clearly. I just wanted to get revenge on Ella. I just wanted my retribution. I just wanted her to pay for everything she did to me! Dahil hindi ko dapat naranasan iyon! Hindi ako sana ganito kung hindi dahil sa kanya! She made me do horrible things! She pushed me!
Agad akong sumunod sa kanila sa loob. Alam ko na hindi na ako nag-iisip. I was mad. I was fucking mad.
"What the—"
Napatigil si Ella sa ginagawa niya kay Cathy nung nakita niya ako. I clenched my fists.
"Totoo ba?" tanong ko sa kanya. I just wanted to hear it myself. Na siya ang dahilan. Na siya ang dahilan kung bakit nangyari ang lahat ng iyon sa akin. "Totoo ba... na ikaw ang may gawa sa akin?"
Ella looked at me. She's mad at me, alam ko. Pakiramdam niya ay inagaw ko sa kanya ang lahat, alam ko... pero sapat ba 'yun? Sapat ba iyon para sirain niya ang buhay ko?
"Kung totoo... may magagawa ka ba?" she asked.
Nagsimulang pumatak iyong mga luha ko. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ako naiiyak... marahil ay dahil sa inis. At galit. Dahil hanggang ngayon, hindi ko pa rin maintindihan kung bakit sa tingin niya ay tama lang na ginawa niya sa akin iyon.
Could you ever hate somebody enough to do that to her?
Inilipat ko iyong tingin ko kay Cathy.
"I trusted you..." I said, my voice breaking. "You were my friend..."
BINABASA MO ANG
When It All Ends (COMPLETED)
General Fiction"Didn't I promise you? I'll destroy anyone who dares hurt you." But then he left-taking my heart with him.
