Ethereal Love

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Break Up
   
   
I couldn't sleep that night. Paulit-ulit sa isipan ko ang mga sinabi ng Mama ni Ron. Hindi ko magawang magalit sa kaniya kahit pa minaliit niya ang mga magulang ko at nasaktan niya ako.

She's a mother who only wanted the best for her son. She knew that Eliron would experience hardships if our relationship continues so she wanted me to end it. I didn't listen to her that's why she got furious and ended up threatening me.

Lahat naman ng magulang gagawin ang lahat para lang sa ikabubuti ng anak nila. Kahit na makapanakit na sila ng iba, maprotektahan at mabigyan lang ng magandang buhay ang mahal nilang anak. At iyon ang ginagawa niya, she's protecting Eliron and ensuring his future.

Samantalang, heto ako, sinasabi na mahal ang anak niya pero ang totoo sarili ko lang ang iniisip ko. I can't believe how selfish I've become. I'm willing to see him lose everything just because of me. Then what? I'll let him go once he went through all that? You're so cruel, Zaylee.

I can't blame her to think that I am only after her son's money. Tama siya, kung tunay kong mahal ang anak niya, hindi ko na hahayaan pang makaranas siya ng hirap. If I really love him, I'll break up with him before I could drag him down to where I am completely.

I need to break up with him.

Fuck! I don't want to let him go.

The next day, Eliron drove me back to Bulacan. I couldn't talk to him normally after all the realization from last night of what I should do. Pinilig ang ulo sa bintana, umakto na lamang akong inaantok kaya natulog sa buong biyahe. Kahit na ang totoo, sobrang sikip na ng dibdib ko at pilit na lang pinipigil ang pagluha. Dumilat lang ako nang nakarating na kami.

Bago ko pa mabuksan ang pinto ay nakalabas na siya at agad umikot upang pagbuksan ako. Nagpakawala ako ng malalim na buntong hininga.

I didn't wait for him. I continued to open the door and stepped out of his car. Nag-iwas ako ng tingin ng tuluyan na siyang makalapit sa akin.

The people around us can't help but to turn their heads to him. Even though he's only wearing a simple plain black shirt and pants, his stance and aura alone tells just how unfit he is in places like this.

He deserves to be at the spotlight. He deserves the life he has today. He deserves everything he has—no, he deserves more than what he has now. He deserves to eat at a fancy restaurant, not a home cooked dish by an eighteen years old girl. He deserves a woman with dignity. Someone with confidence, elegant, self-worth and is living the same kind of life as he does.

I sighed. "Aalis na 'ko."

Nangilid ang luha sa aking mga mata ng marahan niya akong nilapit at kinulong sa kaniyang bisig upang yakapin. He caressed my hair from the back.

"I'll miss you." he whispered.

I bit my lower lip, trying so hard to stop my tears from falling. I hugged him back and buried my face on his chest.

I don't deserve him.

Tanging si Cranleigh lang ang naabutan ko sa bahay, nanonood ng TV. Nilapitan ko siya at inilapat ang aking palad sa kaniyang noo. May kaunting sinat pa siya pero bukod doon, mukhang maayos na ang kalagayan niya.

Mommy:

Gagabihin ako ng uwi anak. Ikaw na muna ang bahala sa kapatid mo.

Napapikit ako sa inis ng mabasa ang text mula kay Mommy. Ganoon na lang ba siya nahumaling sa lalaki niya at iinuna niya pa talaga kaysa kay Cranleigh?

If what Kuja Falcutila told me was true, Mommy's first love is Emmanuel Falcutila. They broke up because of his family and his engagement and marriage with her.