Bumaba na si Brea at nadatnan n'ya ang parents ni Edward na kumakain na ng dinner pero walang Edward doon."Nasaan po si Edward?" magalang na tanong n'ya sa mommy nito at tinapunan siya nito ng matalis na tingin."he's in his office. Hindi na siya bumalik matapos n'yang may nakita sa cellphone mo, are you cheating on my son?" tumaas ang kilay ni Brea sa ginang."if I'm cheating on him, you think he can touch my cellphone? he has my cellphone po and I don't think most specially I don't know if I can cheat on your son, ma'am. excuse me po." she's heading towards the staircase nang magsalita ang daddy ni Edward."Eat dinner first, iha. It's dinner already, hindi pwedeng hindi ka kumain." lumingon si Brea sa daddy nito at ngumiti."Busog pa naman po ako, salamat po." aniya pa at tuluyan nang umakyat papuntang kwarto ng binata.Nang nasa loob na siya ng kwarto, hindi na n'ya alam ang gagawin at naupo na lamang siya sa couch na meron ang kwarto ng binata at nagbasa ng libro. Dala-dala n'ya
"Let me guess, you'll gonna blackmail me because you thought you scared me for knowing that secret?" Brea was still shocked after Isabel said that she knows about that. She wonders how she founds out but she's not afraid if everyone in that household will know that."aren't you? you seem shocked when i told you that I know about it." tumawa pa ito na akala nito may hawak na siyang alas laban sa dalaga.tumawa din si Brea sa babae. "that's funny. You really do think that you can use that against me. That's okay, atleast you tried." she's still laughing sarcastically because of that. "magkaiba ang nabigla kesa sa natatakot. You're right, I was shocked when I found out but then I realized that you're a psycho and so nothing's impossible for you. You'll find out everything that you desire to know, don't you?" ang talim ng titig sakanya ng dalaga. "I want you to stay away from Edward. Kung hindi ka dumating sa buhay n'ya, ako na sana ang pinakasalan n'ya." she's slightly shouting at her b
Nang makarating na sila sa kwarto nito, kusang naupo si Brea sa kama at parang tulala pa. Hindi n'ya namalayan na pinagmamasdan lang pala siya ni Edward and even approached her.Nakaluhod ang binata sa harapan n'ya samantalang siya ay nakaupo sa kama at hawak-hawak ni Edward ang dalawang kamay n'ya. "Did I arrive on time? nasaktan kaba n'ya physically? are you okay? did I scare you?" sunod-sunod ang tanong nito sakanya at doon lang bumaling ang tingin n'ya sa binata."No, she didn't had the chance to hurt me physically, thank you." she sincerest said to him. "But you scared me to death. Your shouts scared me and I didn't recognize you. But that's okay, because I understand that you were angry, I was just scared....of you." pinatong ng binata ang noo nito sa kamay n'yang hawak-hawak nito."Please don't be scared of me. I won't shout at you and I won't hurt you. I was just so mad at Isabel earlier that I can't help it anymore. Please don't be scared of me." "Edward, what were you all t
"Edward, wake up. It's time for breakfast." gising n'ya sa binata at umungol lang ang binata sakanya at tinalikuran siya."Hoy! gumising kana nga! Kanina ka pa natutulog. It's already eight in the morning, wake the hell up!" she said to him at niyogyog pa ito pero hindi parin ito gumigising at tanging ungol lang ang sagot nito sakanya."If you'll not gonna wake up, I'm gonna throw a water on you." dahil sa sinabi n'ya, dali-daling gumising ang binata. Bumangon ito kaagad at sinamaan siya ng tingin."You're so mean, gusto ko lang naman matulog pa." anito at inirapan ito ni Brea."Kanina ka pa natutulog, tigilan mo nga ako. Bumangon kana diyan at sabay na tayong mag breakfast." aniya pa dito at kinuha ang libro n'ya para magbasa habang hihintayin ang binata na matapos mag hilamos."alright," he said then proceed to walk papuntang banyo. Naghintay ng limang minuto si Brea sa binata at nagdamit lang ito ng sleeveless pero naka boxer parin.Pababa na sila papunta dining table nang makasalu
"What is it po?" tanong kaagad ng dalaga nang makaupo na sila sa couch.Tumitig ng husto sakanya ang ginang na para bang pinag-aaralan bawat galaw at salitang lumalabas sa bibig n'ya at saka nag buntong hininga. "Alam kong maraming beses mo na itong narinig mula sa'kin at ilang beses narin kitang tinarayan base sa titig ko sa'yo pero gusto ko lang humingi ng tawad sa pang ilang pagkakataon." walang prenong bigkas ng ginang sakanya."Hindi mo pa alam ang nangyari at ginawa ko pitong taon na ang nakalilipas pero also in behalf of that, I'm sorry again. I sincerely apologize for everything that I did that causes you so much trouble and made you suffer." taimtim lang na nakikinig si Brea sa ginang and the expression from her face is sincere and her voice as well."You might forgive me this time but once you found out everything that I did, you might hate us to death and that's okay. I'll accept that because what I did was so cruel to you and to your family." nawindang ang tenga ni Brea s
Nasa loob silang dalawa sa bahay ng beach resort na iyon. The house itself is luxurious, the beach is another story, it's a paradise where you'll find comfort just staring at the place. The paradise that Brea wanted to be for the past years of being so stressed and tired of life. Brea just want to stay in the place."So, here's the key of the house and also the title of this resort will be in your name within this days." ani pa ng dalaga kay Edward. Ngumiti din sakanya ang dalaga kaya ngumiti nalang din si Brea doon. Maganda na ang ngiti sakanya ng dalaga matapos ang sagot ni Edward dito kanina patungkol sa pagbili ng isla."alright, my attorney will contact you for the check." tumango sakanya ang dalaga."Take care of this place. This is so important to us but we needed to sell this so I hope you'll take care of this, both of you. I hope you have a great life and wonderful relationship." matapos nito sabihin iyon ay umalis na ito ng may ngiti sa labi.Samantalang si Brea ay nilibog a
"ma'am Brea, good morning po. Pinapagising na po kayo ni Sir Edward." napabalikwas ng bangon si Brea nang makita at marinig ang boses ni Vilma na gumigising sakanya."Huh? what time is it?" dumapo ang tingin n'ya sa bintana nang nay munting ilaw siyang nakita doon. "may party ba sa labas? ba't parang ang liwanag naman doon." tanong n'ya pang muli sa katulong."umaga na po, ma'am." nanlaki ang mata ni Brea sa sinabi nito."what do you mean umaga na? like umaga na talaga? what? I slept that long? I didn't had dinner." sabi n'ya pa sa katulong."kagabi po gigisingin ka po sana namin kaso po sabi ni sir na huwag nalang daw po kasi ang himbing ng tulog n'yo kaya hinayaan ka nalang namin." ginala pang muli ni Brea ang tingin sa paligid at hinahanap ng mata n'ya si Edward."Where's Edward by the way? nasa baba naba siya at kumakain? that man, hindi na nga ako pinakain ng dinner tapos hindi man lang ako hinintay mag breakfast." biro n'ya pang usal and it was effective because Vilma laugh."Na
"ano? kamusta na? sila Mark, kamusta sila? yung pakiramdam ni Mark? yung gamot n'ya—" pinigilan kaagad siya ng kapatid n'ya dahil sa sunod-sunod n'yang tanong dito. Nasa sala silang dalawa at nag-usap habang si Edward ay umakyat saglit sa kwarto nito."isa-isa lang ate, masyado namang marami ang tanong mo tapos ang bibilis pa. Kalma lang tayo dito kasi mamayang gabi pa naman ako uuwi eh. We still have time so let's just chill." pagpapakalma nito sakanya dahil hindi namiss n'ya ang kapatid at excited siyang nakita ito."I'm sorry, I just really miss you and wanted to talk to you pero nakay Edward ang cellphone ko." sumbong n'ya sa kapatid n'ya."Sana hiningi mo diba? sure naman akong ibibigay n'ya iyan." sabi pa nito."We fight when I was about to get it kaya ayon hindi n'ya binigay but it's okay, andito ka naman na. Kwentohan mo ako sa nangyari sa atin? kamusta ang iba nating kapatid, si Mark kamusta?" she wanted to hear a news about them since ilang linggo na n'ya itong hindi nakikit