Social Sins Novels & Stories

Ilang beses na nga ba niya itong hiniwalayan noon pero ayaw nitong kumawala sa kaniya. Hindi na sila masaya sa isa't isa. Noon pa siya umayaw pero kung ano-ano'ng pamba-blackmail ang ginagawa sa kaniya. Right! This is the consequences of his sins. At tanggap na niya na dala-dala na niya ito habang buhay.

And she realized, she was falling in love with her husband, Tiffany’s husband… “Hindi pa naman siguro,” Agad niya rin bawi sa kanyang iniisip dahil masama iyon! Nasa 10 commandment ng diyos ang huwag makiapid. Kasalanan na ngang maituturing ang pagkakaroon ng anak ng labas ng kasal. Dadagan pa niya.

Ang lalaswa ng mga taong 'to, hindi man lang inisip na may ibang tao na nakakakita sa kanila. Pinagnasahan ko ang lalaking may jowa na lalaki. Yun ang unang pagkakataon na may pinagnasahan ako at nilaro ko pa ang sarili ko. Nagkasala ako dahil sayo Sir Asmodeus. Tapos doble pa ang kasalanan ko sa diyos. Naging manyak na nga ako, naging kabit pa!

I held on tight as everything else faded away— _______ I closed my eyes tightly! Trying to erase those memories. I should forget this! Hindi pwede ito! Binilisan ko ang pag ligo. I don't want to remember it again, my sin, my unforgivable sin. Lumabas ako ng kwarto matapos ang mahabang oras sa pagkatulala. Hindi dapat nila malaman ito, not even Jamaica.

malungkot niyang turan saka tumingin sa kalangitan. Ang tinutukoy nya bang nasirang pamiya ay ang pamilya ni Travis? Bakit sarili niya ang sinisisi niya. “Di mo naman kasalanan ang lahat. Wag mong sisihin ang sarili mo.” Mapaklang ngumiti si Simon. “Araw-araw ipinamumukha nila saakin na kasalanan kong mabuhay sa mundo.”

mahina kong sagot. "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his or her own body." I remembered this verse from the bible and it makes me a lot more guiltier of my deed. I couldn't agree more to this doctor at nahihiya akong ang isang tulad ko na halos sampung taong nasa loob ng seminaryo ay nagawa ito. Kahit nga siguro isang taon akong maglakad na nakaluhod sa kumbento ay hindi parin maiibsan itong guilt na nararamdam ko ngayon. God always forgives but I don't know if I could ever forgive myself.

Prologue Ang malakas na bass ng musika ay parang tibok ng puso ni Isabella Reyes habang nakatayo siya sa gitna ng rooftop party sa Makati. Hindi siya sanay sa ganito—mga taong nakasuot ng designer clothes, champagne na parang tubig lang ang agos, at mga ngiti na puno ng plastic. Ang boss niya, si Mr. Santos, ang nag-insist na sumama siya bilang “plus one” kasi biglang nag-cancel ang date nito. Overtime pay daw. Para sa isang 28-anyos na sekretarya na halos isang kahig-isang tuka, mahirap tumanggi.

Ang alam ko ay malalapit na kaibigan lang ni Wregan ang tinatawag niyang ganyan, at kabilang doon si Enver at Luca. "Right. You haven't formally met yet.” Lumapit siya sa akin. "He is Gregory Zahed, like me, Luca, and Enver, Gregory is one of the founders of the Seven Sins. I am not sure if I mentioned this to you, but in the Underground Society, I was called WRATH, a combination of the first two letters of my first name and the second to last letter of my last name. The same goes for Luca, who is known as LUST, Enver as ENVY, and Gregory as GREED. There are three more guys you haven't formally met: SLOTH, GLUTTONY, and PRIDE," mahabang paliwanag ni Wregan.

I now see myself as someone who sins on a regular basis, and I'm working on that because of her. The word means something different for me than it does in contemporary culture. As a child I learned that to sin is to do something really bad. If you look it up you'll find it usually refers to a violation of a religious code of conduct. So by this definition if you're not religious, you can't really sin, because you have no religious code of conduct to violate. "Is it okay if you sinned because of me?" I asked her as she caressed the side of my cheeks.

“That’s what all of you say. You hide behind your badge, your training, pretending you’re clean. But you’re just the same blood as him.” Tumigil ito sa harap niya, mabagal, sinusukat ang bawat reaksyon niya. “Why are you doing this?” she asked, her voice breaking. “You’ve already ruined me, Quen. You’ve taken everything—” “No,” bulong nito, halos pabulong pero mabigat. “Not yet. You’ll start paying for his sins tomorrow.” Hinawakan niya ang kanyang baba, pinatingala siya.