Lose to Win (Trazo Real Series #2)

Prologue

Prologue

Nakakuyom ang mga kamao ko habang nasa ibabaw ang mga ito ng aking hita. Namumula ang mga mata ko kakagaling lang sa pag-iyak. Si Mommy ay nakatingin lamang sa akin nang masama na halatang dismayado sa nangyari at si Kuya Pancho na nasa tabi ko, tinatapik ang balikat ko para kumalma.

May panibagong luha na pumatak mula sa mga mata ko at muli ko 'yong pinalis. Sari-saring emosyon ang nararamdaman ko ngayon dahil sa inis, galit, at pagkadismaya sa magulang. Iniisip ko pa lang kung paano ko hahatakin ang buhok ng Lyka na 'yon, nangggigigil na ako.

"I raised you to be a fine lady, Clara. We gave you everything – your needs, your wants; and this is how you repay us? We didn't even complain with your almost failing grades in junior high school but isn't this too much? Receiving a call from the guidance office because our daughter had a catfight with one of her schoolmates!?", galit na galit na sabi ni Mommy at napatayo na naman mula sa pagkakaupo sa sofa.

"Mom, don't be so harsh on her. Her grades in junior high shouldn't be involved in this matter", Kuya Pancho tried to speak up for me but Mom only glared at her.

"Huwag mo nang ipagtanggol pa ang kapatid mo, Juan Patricio. You always side with your sister that's why she thinks she's always right!", baling ni Mommy kay Kuya.

I looked at my brother and mouthed 'Sorry'. I'm the only one who's supposed to receive Mom's sermon but I dragged Kuya Pancho with me.

Umiling lamang si Kuya at tinapik muli ang balikat ko.

"She accused me of seducing her ex-boyfriend! Hindi ko naman nilandi si Kevin. They broke up and that was when I entered the scene – after they broke up. I am not the third party like what she accused me to be", I answered back.

"I told you to focus on your studies, Clara Priscilla! Kaya hindi ka nasasali sa honor roll dahil sa mga ganyan mo", pikon na pikon si Mommy sa akin.

She called me by my whole first name and that means she's really mad at me.

"Who's that Kevin guy?", bulong ni Kuya Pancho sa akin.

Shit. He didn't know that I got a new 'kalandian'.

"Hindi ko na alam kung anong sasabihin sa'yo ng Daddy mo kapag nalaman niya pa 'to. Marami nang iniisip ang Daddy mo at ito pa ngayon ang idadagdag mo?", Mom's really frustrated now.

"Hindi naman daw si Pichi ang nagsimula, Mommy. Why must she take all the blame? You heard her explain her side. She didn't start the fight", pagtatanggol ulit sa akin ni Kuya Pancho.

"Tinulak ako ni Lyka. Bakit ba kasi ayaw niyong maniwala sa akin? Tinulak niya ako kaya tinulak ko rin siya. We're in an open space when it happened but no one was there! Walang nakakita na nauna si Lyka bukod sa mga panget niyang kaibigan", sunod ko pa ulit kay Kuya.

"Really? That's not what the witnesses stated inside the office. Whether it was you who started the fight or not, you should've not used any form of violence!".

Was it my fault that the bitches cornered me in a place where I am alone and no CCTVs are installed? No one was there aside from me, Lyka, and her three frogs. No one will prove that I was not the one who started it.

Bwiset na Lyka na 'yon! Ako dapat ang may dahilan na 'pinagtanggol ko lang ang sarili ko' pero dahil diniin nila akong magkakaibigan na ako ang nauna, ako pa tuloy ang nagmukhang masama.

Mom's phone rang and she immediately went far from the living room to take the call. I stood up and went upstairs to go inside my room. My brother followed me from behind. Before I opened my room's door, he called me.