End Of All The Endings (Book 2)

End Game 42

End Game 42

"You're still the one"

Sheliah Santibañez

Kumalas si Art sa aming pagkakayakap. Isang napakalungkot na tingin ang ibinigay niya sa akin.

This man, is the same man that I loved years ago. And until now. He's still the one that I love.

I'm a wise woman, but in the name of love? I lack in resources to pull up. All I know is I'm in ecstasy while drowning in too much agony and fear of being left behind.

I'm not ready... And I will never be ready to let you go this time around.

"Aalis na ako. That movie... Ako na ang bahala— I'll make sure that we can still film and produce it, ako na bahala kay Monica--"

"Don't leave." pagpigil ko sa kaniya.

"Sheliah kailangan ko."

"Kailangan kita." tugon ka sa kaniya. Napatigil siya, he was shocked.

"If that came into a cheesy way then I give 0 f*cks. I need you now." huminga ako nang malalim bago magpatuloy. "I know you've invested so much to protect me, thank you. You awakened my sleeping wisdom. I am now enlightened Art, hindi na ako magtatanga-tangahan pang muli. I've cried enough and I don't want more tears to come haunt me everynight habang iniisip na pinalaya ko yung taong mahal ko. You've hurted me, I've hurted you too. Fair enough?"

Napailing si Art. "W-what are you trying to say?"

I looked directly into his eyes. "I want you. Only you."

"Sheliah..."

Naramdaman kong umiinit na naman ang mga mata ko. "...And I need you so much, hindi ko na kayang mawala ka pa ulit sa akin. Those months are already hell and there's years to come, and without you... I can't live with it. Hindi ko kayang isipin yung buhay ko na wala ka sa tabi ko tuwing gigising ako, na wala yung anak natin na gigising sa atin pareho at kukulitin tayo para lutuan siya ng almusal at mamasyal sa park. I can't imagine loving someone else, I can't imagine not loving you--"

He kissed me.

How I wish it could last forever.

He stares at me and he hugged me. Bumaon ang kanyang mukha sa leeg ko, I feel so secure in his arms. And this hug is so much different from before. I felt love.

"If that's what you want. We'll be fighting againts all odds together hun."

God how I miss that call.

"Oh, ang tagal niyo namang nag-usap." bungad ni Autumn sa amin. Magkasama kami ni Art.

"I'm sorry... I am about to address the issue. Please grab the attention of the people."

Pumalakpak si Autumn at nagtinginan ang mga tao sa akin. Their face are lit up and their smiles are touching my heart, sana hindi sila magalit.

"Hello everyone, first of all, thank you for attending this little celebration but for now I need your attention and understanding." I took a deep breath and I felt Art's hand on my back. I saw my friend's reaction, their eyes are locked into his hands on me.

"I was so furious when I knew that Monica is the one who owns this movie. So I bought this." people cheers. "But I gotta be honest with all of you." they went quite.

"Tell them." bulong ni Lindsay.

I nodded. "I fooled Monica. I didn't really bought this whole production." nagsinghapan ang mga tao sa narinig. Some are mad and some are sad. "I understand your emotions. I would like to express my sincerest apology to each every one of you who expected to be out of Monica's filthy hands."

"By now, I'm pretty sure she already noticed that the money is not going into her fat bank account. She should not receive it." kasi alam kong gagamitib niya 'yon laban sa'kin. I'm not letting her to use my defenses againts me.

"So paano na kami Ms. Liah? Is this movie is still going to workout? Many of us are hanging onto this, our job is at risk." one of the staff commented.

"We can't lose this job. Not because of the money, but because of the movie itself. I believe in this movie, I believe that it will smash the cinemas." dagdag ng isa pang staff na siyang nagpakirot ng puso ko, hindi sa sakit. Kundi sa saya.

I looked around and saw the faces of the people who's dissapointed. I took a deep breath. If this what it takes.

"I'll build a new production." natigil sila sa sinabi ko. I looked at at my friends and they were shocked. Idinako ko naman ang tingin ko kay Art na seryoso lang na nakatingin sa akin.

"I will make a new one, the one that I can finally call my own. We'll be starting all over again, the clips that we took will be owned by Monica and I don't care. The writer is with us, he'll not let her use his work of art. By crook or by hook, she will never get this masterpiece. I know this is too complicated to make, pero the damage has been done and it's because of me. I'll take responsibility of whatever it'll cost me. I just need your approval."

Art stepped up and overtake. "Monica is my fiance." a sudden pain strikes my heart. I'm still not used to it. "But I don't care about her." nagulat ang mga tao sa sinabi ni Art. G*go ba siya?!

"I don't care about her in a way if she'll be mad of my decision on not letting her to use my story. Love always has an exception and you must not tolerate those in order to make other to be pleased. Love can understand." he pauses. "Liah and I already had a contract years ago regarding this story." kumunot ang noo ko sa narinig.

What?

"She signed up to be the owner of this story years ago. Hindi ako makakapayag na may ibang tao ang hahawak ng akdang ginawa ko para sa taong dahilan kung bakit nabuo ito."