CHAP 14

"They are getting married," Aireen lazily dropped the news to me.

I put down the sketches I was making for my clothing line's next designs and just stared at the laptop's display. I gave my friend a long, hard look before laughing incoherently. Unable to believe what she had just told me, I couldn't help but shake my head.

"So, what's your plan? Are you going to . . . let them have their happily ever after?" She cringed at her own words.

Inirapan ko lang naman siya saka umayos ng upo. "Ang tibay rin talaga ng sikmura nila, ah? After what they did to me?" Napatiim-bagang ako at huminga nang malalim.

"Ano pa ba'ng inaasahan mo sa kanila? Tutubuan ng hiya sa katawan?" She rolled her eyes, too.

Hindi naman ako agad umimik. Pinagkrus ko ang aking mga braso at sumandal sa swivel chair na inuupuan ko. Nag-iisip.

"I'm going to ruin it," wala sa sarili kong anas at saka seryosong sinilip si Aireen.

Her lips automatically grinned. "How?" she asked curiously; the excitement in her tone didn't es