Hindi. Hinding-hindi ako magpapaapekto! Ano naman kung galit siya? Ano naman kung nakakpanghina ng titig niya? Wala akong pakealam! Kailangan kong umalis dito at baka hinahanap na ako ng mga anak ko.Si Zally, baka umiiyak na siya ngayon dahil wala pa ako. Baka nag-aalala na sila ngayon. Even so, I immediately tried to push him again, but he held my hand in the hand where my wedding ring was. Kung ano man ang binabalik niya, sigurado akong hindi ko iyon magugustuhan, at tama ako.Nanlaki na lang ang mata ko nang walang kahirap-hirap niyang tinanggal ang singsing sa daliri ko. Sa gulat ko ay napatitig na lang ako roon, pati tuloy sa paghagis niya kung kung saan ang singsing ay wala akong nagawa.Subrang bilis ng paggalaw niya.There was a moment of silence between the two of us. Only the hum of the waves in the sea and the wind can be heard around us. Masyadong tahimik."Anong ginawa mo?" I asked in disbelief as I looked at him with a look of disbelief mixed with anger. Kung kanina ay
7 - YakapAyoko man na makasabay siya, wala akong nagawa. Kailangan kong magpalakas. Hindi dahil nandito ako at kinidnap niya ako ay magpapaka miserable na ako. While eating, I couldn't help but think of Zally and Rony. Ivo and Anna must be worried now too. The image of Zally, who is crying and calling my name, wants me to cry more. Napatitig ako ng matagal sa baso ko at parang wala ng ganang kumain."Do you like this?" Tanong nito habang nilalagyan ng pagkain ang pinggan ko.Kalokohan na talaga ito. Malaking kalokohan na nga ito. Lahat ng sinabi niya. Lahat ng ginawa at gagawin niya ngayon ay kalokohan. Lahat ng iyon kalokohan.Hindi ko siya sinagot. Nanatili akong tahimik at nakatitig lang sa pagkain na nasa harap. Kinuha niyo ang pagkain sa kwarto niya at nilagay rito sa dining table.I took a deep breath while watching everything he was doing right now. I let him do whatever he wanted to do. Putting food on my plate and pouring water into my glass, I also let him. I don't want to
7.1 Yrony's POVI stared at myself in the mirror. We finished eating, and I finished taking a shower, but I couldn't get rid of everything that happened earlier in my mind.Alam ko na ang iniisip niya ay ang sama sama ko na. Kinidnap ko siya. Kita ko sa kanya ang lubos na galit niya nang hinagis ko ang singsing niya na tanda na kinasal na siya.Hindi ko matanggal sa isip ko ang paghagulgol at pag-iyak niya nang halikan ko siya, na para bang mali iyon at ayaw niya.Fvck! Of course, that's not a fvcking wrong! Don't think like a shit, Yrony.Kahit saan mo tignan, it's fvcking wrong. Kissing her is wrong because she is already married. It's wrong to do that because she already belongs to someone else.Umiyak siya habang hinahalikan ko siya. I don't want to see her like that. Ang pinakaayaw ko sa lahat ay ang makita ko siyang umiiyak, noon pa man ay iyon na ang pinakaayaw ko. Bakit ba lahat na lang ng gagawin ko ay napapaiyak ko siya? All I want is to be with her.My serious face remaine
I thought it was just a dream—everything that happened last night when I woke up alone in bed—but when I looked around, my shoulders just dropped. The familiar room and his scent in this room made me realise that it was not a dream. Everything that happened was not a dream.Nandito ako nga ako sa lugar na 'to at kinidnap niya ako.I was weak when I got up to go to the bathroom, and every movement I made in the shower was extremely slow. Nakakapanghina, lalo na habang iniisip ko kung hanggang kailan ako rito sa isla na 'to at kung kailan ko ulit makikita ang mga anak ko.I wanted to cry when I came out, and the whole house was so quiet. Walang bakas ni Zally at Yrony.I miss my daughter and son. I miss them so much. I already want to hug them, na kahit isang araw pa lang, pakiramdam ko mababaliw na ako sa pagkamiss ko sa kanila at pag-iisip ko sa kanila. I already wanted to hear their voices.Agad na bumalot ang galit sa akin habang iniisip ang pagiging selfish ni Yrony. How could he d
8.1"I've been looking for you for a while. Why are you making me so fvcking worried? Sana nagsabi ka kung lalabas ka so that you are not giving me this fvcking heart attack!" He immediately said when he got close to me, but even when he spoke, I ignored him. I stood up and passed him, even though I also saw how annoyed he was now.Wala akong oras para sa mga napakawalang kwentang kalukohan niya.Heat attack? Nag-aalala? Bakit naman siya mag-aalala? Sa tingin ba niya makakatakas pa ako sa ganitong lugar? Sa tingin ba niya ay tulad pa rin ako ng Azaylie noon na nakilala niya na agad-agad gagawa ng paraan para makaalis kahit na wala naman iyon patutunguhan? I know this place at hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa naman nakalimutan na isang barko lang o isang chopper lang ang pwede kong gamitin at hindi naman na ako ganoong katanga para ulitin ang ginawa ko noon na nagpaandar ng bangka para makatakas.Ayoko ng magpadalos-dalos at mas lalong ayokong magpahamak kasi may mga kailangan akong bali
9 - Asawa"I told you to eat, but you didn't eat. I left you there so you could eat, but you... subrang tigas ng ulo mo," he said when he came out and approached me. Mariin ang pagkakasabi niya.Bagong ligo ito at kahit medyo malayo naman ang distansya naming dalawa ay amoy na amoy ko ang mabango at nakakaadik niyang amoy. He has a black bag in his left arm; he is ready to leave and go back to Manila.I can't believe that he's so fresh, but I'm here miserable, dahil sa walang kwenta niyang pinag gagagawa.“Go back there and eat your fvcking breakfast, Azaylie," iritang sambit niya sa akin.“Hindi ako gutom,” walang kagana-ganang sambit ko sa kanya. Siguro ay nakita nito ang pagkain sa lamesa na hindi ko ginalaw kanina.“But—” I cut him.“Tell me the real reason why you are doing this. What are your real motives for doing this this fvcking sh1t, Yrony? Dahil kahit saan ko tignan, lahat ng ito ay purong mga kalokohan lang. I told you that my son and daughter need me--” Siya naman ang p
9.1I couldn't help but stare at my front hand, where the earpiece that Yrony gave me was. God knows how I don't want to use this, but I need to. I really don't want to use it, but while thinking about everything he said a while ago, I feel like this is the better thing for me to do: follow him for now and do something that will not make him angry.Galit ako sa kanya, sa ginawa niya noon sa akin at hindi ko maiwasang mas magalit sa kanya ngayon dahil sa ginawa niyang ito, pero may magagawa ba ang galit ko sa kanya? Gayong nakakulong ako rito sa isla na 'to.Hindi ko alam. Masyado akong maraming iniisip para makaisip pa ng mas maayos.With everything he's done since we met, I feel like he's going to live up to everything he says. Naa lahat ng sasabihin ay talagang gagawin niya. I'm afraid that when he comes back, he will do everything he said, iyong halik, iyong ikakama niya ako.Fvck! Napapikit ako ng mariin habang iniisip iyon. Hypocrite ako if I'm going to say that I didn't think ab
"Ano bang—" But he cut me before I could completely say what I wanted to say."I'm already here. Mamaya pa naman ang meeting ko," sambit niya agad na para bang obliga niya akong sabihan ng lahat ng gagawin ko."Hindi ko tinatanong! Can you just shut up?" Inis na sambit ko sa kanya."Tell me everything you want to eat. I asked her to cook you anything you wanted. If there's nothing there that you want, you can say it to me," he said and stopped for a while. Maybe he was waiting for what I would say to him, pero dahil alam kung naghihintay siya sa sasabihin ko ay mas ginusto ko na lanag na huwag na magsalita pa.Shit! I'm bored! Wala ba akong ibang gagawin kung hindi ang maupo rito at tumingin lang sa dagat?"Do you want anything? How about your clothes? Do you have a specific thing that you want me to buy? You want a bikini—no, that's not a good idea, saka ka na magbikini kapag nandiyan ako, and also, it's not really good for you to wear something like that because there's a guy there.