Chapter 14: Envelope

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#HHFM Chapter 14:

Envelope

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"Ano'ng ginagawa mo?" asked the man who was seated comfortably on my bed.

As much as I wanted to throw him out of the room, I knew that he wouldn't budge no matter how much I tried to kick him out. Masi-stress lang ako. My predicted due date is in less than two weeks, so I've been trying my best to stay away from anything or anyone that can stress me out.

"Looking for job openings," tipid kong sagot.

I already found a decent writing job opening. Medyo alanganin lang ako dahil kasama sa description na dapat, willing pumunta sa events para mag-publish ng live content. If ever I get hired, paano si Raiko?

Until now, Ryo and I still haven't made a concrete plan. Pero sa bagay, sa tingin ko, hindi kami makapagdedesisyon hangga't hindi nalalaman ng parents ko.

I heard him sigh, sounding so frustrated. I knew what he wanted to talk about, pero ayaw kong buksan ang topic na iyon lalo na't maiinis lang ako sa pag-uusapan.

Dual purpose ang pagbababad ko sa laptop ngayong umaga. First, to avoid looking at him and actually having a conversation with him. Second, I wanted to distract myself dahil kanina pa umuulit sa isip ko ang nabasa ko kanina.

Tita's in rage, obviously. Come to think of it, I only witness her lose her cool when it involves Ryo. Itong isa, sigurado akong problemadong-problemado na naman dahil galit sa kaniya ang nanay niya. If Tita's mad at him, damay na si Tito sa naiinis sa kaniya dahil napagbubuntunan din ito ng asawa kung minsan.

I pushed back my chair slightly and stretched my legs a bit. I took a deep breath to calm myself down. Ito na nga ba ang sinasabi ko. Since the beginning, I didn't want to be involved in anything that had to do with him and Talie. Kung anumang drama iyon, totoo man o haka-haka, ayaw ko na lang talagang makisali. I shouldn't even be part of it anymore, since Ryo and I already broke up months ago Ang malas ko lang dahil kahit anong pilit kong umiwas, nadadamay ako.

I already knew that Talie coming here would fuel something big. Hindi ko alam kung kailan siya umalis o kung naabutan man siya ni Tita dahil wala ako sa posisyon para magtanong.

Simply because I just didn't want to talk about her. I don't even think of her. I don't even care about her anymore. Mas ayaw ko siyang makita. Lalo na sa personal. Tapos na ang mga araw na nahawaan yata ako ni Cali sa pagiging tsismosa at nag-e-effort pa akong sumilip sa social media accounts niya. What benefit would it give me stressing about someone irrelevant?

Sadyang hindi na lang din talaga ako updated kung gaano kaimportante si Talie para manmanan. How sure were they that Talie would go here? Mukhang handang-handa pa sila at magaganda ang shots. Malinaw ang mukha ni Talie, at obvious kung kaninong bahay ang pinuntahan. There's even a photo of them talking outside. Kahit na likuran lang ni Talie ang nakuha ng frame, halatang-halata kung sino ang nasa tapat niya.

I was very anxious looking for more photos linked to that article, sa takot na baka mayroong picture ko. Blurred man o hindi, ayaw kong magkaroon.

Fortunately, I didn't see anything, but I was sure that whoever took those photos already knew my name, where I work, my educational background, and how I look like. That's just how it works. I wouldn't even be surprised if they were able to trace where my family lives.

It still baffled me why I didn't have any photos posted on the Internet. Hindi naman sa gusto ko, sadyang nakapagtataka lang. I went out of the house without worrying about whoever might see me. I got inside Nate's car, kaya posibleng baka madawit na rin si Nate sa kuwento. If they had decided to follow where I would go, e di kasama na rin si Cali.

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