Deceitful Seduction

Kabanata 20

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He's avoiding me.

Iyon lang ang nangyayari samin simula noong marinig niya ang pag-uusap namin ni Ate. I tried approaching him to explain everything that he has heard and what he never did hear because I was cut off. Pero wala, hindi niya talaga ako kinakausap. Parang hindi kami magkakilala tuwing dinadaanan namin ang isa't-isa. Though I always look at him from a distance whenever he's with our daughter, pero kapag kaming dalawa na lamang ay iiwas siya o magsusungit na may trabaho siya.

Sumasakit ang puso ko kapag umiiwas siya and I hated this feeling. We were already starting to build up our relationship but with only that one night of misunderstanding, nawala na lang lahat na parang bula. Now we're back at being anonymous to each other.

Kagaya noong mga nagdaang araw ay ganoon pa rin ang trato niya sakin. He'll kiss our daughter goodbye then just ignore me completely. Mabuti na lang at hindi iyon napapansin ng anak namin.

"Kuya, pwede mo po ba akong samahan?" I asked one of his men one time when he brought our daughter with him to stroll around his office. Alam kong nakakapagod maging duke and at the same time a businessman but it seems like he's not even bothered by it.

"Saan po, mam?"

I smiled at him softly as I remembered what happened earlier.

"Sa pinaka malapit na botika lang po."

Noong sumunod na araw ay bumisita ulit ang kapatid ko pero dahil sa inis ay hindi ko siya hinarap. My daughter is with Leanne and Kuya Geralt who went somewhere at babalik lang raw after lunch. I just told the servants na sabihin sakanyang pagod ako at maraming ginagawa kaya hindi ko siya makaharap. But knowing her, she won't back out that easily kaya ngayon ay magkaharap na kami sa kwarto ko habang nakahalukipkip at may galit na tingin sakanya habang siya ay inilibot lang ang mga mata sa loob ng kwarto ko na parang wala lang nangyari. I sighed before asking her.

"Ano na naman ang ipinunta mo dito, Ate? Hindi ka pa ba kuntento sa ginawa mo?" Naiinis na ang tono ko dahil naalala ko nanaman ang nga nangyari.

Natawa lang siya sa sinabi ko na parang isa iyong joke. "What did I do? I was just asking you some questions, ikaw ang sumagot." She calmly replied with a smirk on her face.

Kilala ko siya. She planned it. Doon siya magaling, she likes controlling people around her and that's what I hated about her. Mahal ko siya dahil siya na lang ang natitira kong pamilya at kapatid pero hindi ko matanggap na guguluhin niya nanaman ang buhay ko.

"Sabihin mo na lang ng deretsahan, Ate. You ruined us already. Happy?"

"Happy? Bakit naman ako magiging masaya kung hindi pa ako tapos?"

Kinalma ko naman ang sarili ko. Shit, I respect the hell out of her but if she's really planning on doing something shitty again that could make this situation worse than ever baka ay masampal ko siya.

"What are you planning this time huh? Ano? Dali na para matapos na to."

"'Bout that," She moved towards me hanggang magkaharap na kami. "The thing is I don't have any plans at all dahil ang boyfriend mo na mismo ang gumawa ng paraan."

My forehead knotted with confusion. Anong ibig sabihin niya? Hindi ko gets. She giggled then brush her fingers unto my cheeks. Alam kong ramdam niya na ang panginginig kl dahil sa antisipasyon ng susunod niyang sasabihin.

"You should go and watch the news right now. It'll be noon soon, may live mamaya ang boyfriend mo. He said something about a... Confession?"

"C-confession?" Halos mapugto ang hininga ko habang sinasabi ko iyon. Hindi ko alam, I'm confused and botheres by that.