Kabanata 2
995 Words
THADDEUS
"f**k! Will you please stop following me!" I shouted.
"Please Thad! Let me explain baby! I love you!"
Puno nang pagkairita ang mukha ko sa kanya. Napahinto ako.
"You loved me yet you slept with another man! Are you nuts!?" I yelled. I don't care if many people are looking on us.
Tinalikuran ko na siya at sumakay na sa kotse ko. f**k! I've wasted two years for her and with just that? All vanish! Mom was right, she is no good for me! Bigla namang nag-ring ang aking cell phone kaya agad ko itong sinagot nang hindi man lang tinitingnan ang caller. But I knew it was her.
"Now what!?" bulyaw ko.
"Please! Thad!"
"We're done Sapphire!"
I throw my phone on the back sit.
"Damn you!" mura ko at nasapak ang manibela ng kotse.
NANG makauwi ako sa bahay ay agad akong umupo sa couch. I sigh heavily.
"How's my baby?" Mom said as she sat beside me.
"We're done, Ma," I confessed with regrets.
"Oh? Well, what would I expect from that woman of yours," natatawang kumento pa ng ina ko.
"Alright! You are right about her Ma," naiiling kong sabi.
"So? Here," aniya at may iniaabot sa akin.
Agad na kumunot ang aking noo kasabay nang pagtitig ko sa envelope na hawak niya.
"What is this?" taka kong tanong at kinuha ito.
"Oh that? It's your Dad's gift. Take care of that hacienda and he will never ever intrude your life son. Now? Is it a deal?" May himig nang paghahamon sa kanyang boses.
Sa gulat ko'y agad akong napatyo. I can't believed this!
"I cannot deal with this," agad na tanggi ko.
Napatayo na rin si Mama dahil sa naging reaksyon ko.
"Then good luck for the consequences," aniya na may kasama pang pagkibit ng mga balikat. Umawang lang ang aking bibig. My mom left me hanging. Agad ko siyang tinawag.
"Ma!"
"No but's!" anito at umakyat na sa hadgan.
Fuck! I let out a big despair. Inis at iritado akong tinungo ang aking silid at ibinalibag ang pinto nang ito'y isinarado ko.
"This thing sucks!" I murmured.
I throw the envelope in my bed. Kinuha ko ang phone ko at tinawagan ang kaibigan ko. Ilang saglit pang nag-ring bago may sumagot sa kabilang linya.
"Yow! What's up bro! How's the broke up?" natatawang asar niya pa sa akin.
"Wow! So the news got wings, eh? Sino nagbalita sa iyo? Your w***e? And hey? Shut the f**k up dude! Want me to grilled that balls of yours?" iritado kong sagot.
Malakas naman siyang napatawa. Tipong nakakabanas.
"I gave up! Alright! Why'd you call?"
"Tsk! Come with me on my trip in hell!"
Napatawa naman siya ng malakas. Crazy boner!
"Where? Why?"
I sighed.
"Cebu. I need you to renovate my villa there in my hacienda," I said.
I heard some weird noises on the other line.
"What was that?" I asked.
"Silly bitches!"
Napaismid ako sa sinabi niya.
"You owned a hacienda? Wow! That's way too far to be an a señor dude!" aniya na may kasama pang malakas na pagtawa which is annoys me much!
"You're not funny! Now get up Max! Or else I'll kick your ass! Meet me in the airport!"
I hung up and pack my things. Mas mabuti ngang tanggapin ko na lang itong hacienda kaysa ang maging puppet ng ama ko. That old man sucks!
NASA airport na ako but hell, that sucker was not here yet! I looked at my wrist watch.
"Am I late?" bungad sa akin ni Max.
"You're just in time," walang gana kong sagot dahil hindi ko gusto ang nakikita ko. And as I expected! May dala na naman siyang babae. Max is a womanizer, playboy, a casanova, anything! Nagtataka nga ako kung bakit naging kaibigan ko pa 'tong gagong 'to.
"Hi Thad," bati sa akin no'ng babaeng kasama ni Max.
Tumango lang ako. She's not my type. Hindi isang kaladkaring babae ang gusto kong makasama. Mas mabuti pang tumandang mag-isa!
WHEN finally we arrived at Cebu, agad na bumungad sa akin ang sign board.
"Clinton's Casa Villa Hacienda," anas ko.
Bumaba ako ng saksakyan at napamaywang na pinagmasdan ang lugar.
"Buti na lang at hindi masiyadong malayo sa bayan 'tong hacienda mo bro," kumento ni Max habang palabas ng kotse ko.
Sinalubong kami agad ng mga tauhan sa asyenda, which is now my employees.
"Magandang tanghali po senyorito," Mang Berto said.
He was my butler when I was little and retired when I was in college. And I think magiging butler ko siya ulit ngayong ako na ang mamamahala rito.
"Nice to see you old man," masayang bati ko sa kanya sabay fist bump.
"You remembered Max?" natatawa kong pakilala kay Max na nakasimangot lang habang nakaingkis sa kanya 'yong babaeng kasama niya.
"Max the great," sabi bigla ni Mang Berto kaya napatawa ako ng malakas.
"Still awesome!" I said.
"Whatever!" inis na sabi ni Max.
They used to teased each other before and Max always lose.
"Tara na ho senyorito," yaya sa amin ni Mang Berto.
Nagkibit-balikat lang ako at pumasok na kami sa villa.
"Wow! This villa really needs a new ambiance!" agad na kumento ni Max nang makapasok kami sa loob.
He's an architect.
"That's why I needed you here," I said.
"Sa tantsa ko? Mga isang buwan ko lang 'to matatapos or less than one month," taas-babang kilay niyang wika habang nakatingin sa akin.
"I know what you are implying. I get it!" naiiling kong sabi.
He wants high salary for this renovation.
"Ayos!" natutuwa naman niyang sambit. Nailing na lamang ako. What can I do? Business is business.
"Start the plan now. I'll go upstairs to take a nap. Jetlag is really killing me."
Max just saluted at me. Nang makapasok ako sa kuwartong tutuluyan ko ay agad kong natanaw ang isang malaking bahay na halos two hundred meters lang ang layo mula rito sa villa. I was in the state of surprise when my butler came in.
"Who owns that mansion?" I asked while pointing the house.
Yeah? It's really a mansion dahil sa hindi typhical na laki ng bahay.
"Kay señora Amanda po," sagot naman nito.
Amanda? An old woman, I guess.
"So she owns that hacienda too?" tanong ko ulit.
My Butler just nodded at me. I just shrugs and then lay down on the bed. I suddenly think. This is must be fun? Yeah! Hope so!
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