Umbra Inferis #1: That Possessive Mafia Boss

Chapter 75

Chapter 75

   Tita Mess was teary eyed when she remembered the past that she badly wants to bury.

"Why would you say that it was all my mother's fault? Kasalanan mo iyon!"

"Louige! We both know that it wasn't just mama's fault. May kasalanan din ang ama mo," Iverson defended her mother.

"Kung hindi lang sana siya habol nang habol kay papa, hindi mangyayari ito. You don't know how much my mother was in pain when she found out about this. Gabi-gabi kung umiyak si mama, sa pag-iisip na ang asawa niya nasa ibang babae na naman!"

   Tito Ivone sighed as he heard this.

"No, kasalanan namin iyong apat. Hindi lang sina Tita Mess niyo at ang ama niyo, Louige at Louie ang may kasalanan. Ako na ang magpapaliwanag sa isyung ito. Huminahon na kayo," malumanay ang boses na wika ni Tito Ivone. He smiled at all of them and held his wife's hand to comfort her.

"I'll take care of this one, okay? Don't anger yourself too much."

   Tumango si Tita Mess at malungkot na nginitian ang asawa. She felt guilty, so damn guilty dahil hindi lang sila kay Cassandra na ina nina Louie nagtaksil. Pati na rin sa asawa niyang hindi man lang nagalit nang malaman ang nangyari.

"Highschool when our friendship started, nina Messiah, Eros at Cassandra. Nagkakilala na kami dati pa dahil we are all victims of arranged marriage. Messiah was bound to marry me and Eros was bound to marry Cassandra.

   I was not against our arranged marriage dahil noon pa man, may pagtingin na ako kay Messiah na mas lalong lumalim sa paglipas ng panahon,"  kuwento ng ginoo habang nakangiti at inaalala ang nakaraan.

    Nakinig ang lahat, even Louige that was enraged a while ago. Si Nyx ay namumula na ang mata na parang alam na kung ano ang mangyayari. Pati ang nasa labas ay mariin na nakinig. Si Louie ay nakayuko at handang handang makinig lalo na at wala siyang alam tungkol dito.

   Sa wakas ay masasagot na rin ang tanong niya kung bakit ganun nalang ang galit ng ginang sa kaniya. Gusto niya ring maliwanagan patungkol sa isyu sa pagitan ng ama niya at ng ginang.

"Iverson," Nyx tugged Iverson's shirt.

"What?"

"Pahinging panyo. Tragic 'to eh. Hindi mo man lang kinuwento sa akin ito dati."

"But then, as Fate was playful, dahil sa malapit kami ni Messiah ay sinabi niya sa akin ang nararamdaman niya kay Eros. She loves my bestfriend while I love her. And she wants to run away because of the incoming engagement between us," Tito Ivone continued.

"At dahil matalik ko nga na kaibigan si Eros, ako rin ang sinasabihan niya ng nararamdaman niya. He loves my soon-to-be fiancé. And he doesn't know my feelings for Messiah before. Funny, isn't it?

   Just as I was willing to back off and tell papa about this, Cassandra confessed to Eros. Magkasing gwapo lang naman yata kami ni Eros pero nahulog sa kaniya ang dalawang babae.

   Alam ko na kaming dalawa lang ni Cassandra ang hadlang sa pag-iibigan nila. I convinced Cass to make a way for them, hahayaan nalang namin but she loves Eros so much that she is willing to do everything for him.

   I could say that I and Cass are members of the group they call "Martyrs". And then one day, Eros did the unexpected. Napakamasunurin ni Eros sa ama niya. He can't just afford to break his papa's trust on him. Kaya ang ginawa niya ay iniwasan niya si Messiah at pinakasalan si Cass.

   And eventually, natuloy din ang kasal namin ni Mess. Our relationships were shakey. Hindi lingid sa kaalaman ko na nagkikita ng palihim sina Mess at Eros. Nagkaayos sila.