Akin Ka Lang

Chapter 2

ISABELLE's POV

                   What happened that day in the church really put me and my family into humaliation.

That shuould be my wedding day for pate's sake! Pero anong ginawa ng magaling kong fiancè? Nakabuntis ng ibang babae!

Four years na kami in a relationship but he had been cheating on me behind my back for three years! At ito ang iginanti nya sa akin? Ang magpakasarap sa piling ng iba?!

He proposed to me sa birthday ko at parang tangang tuwang-tuwa naman akong nag-yes sa kanya! I thought I am the happiest woman that day when he proposed, because he is my first love, first boyfriend, and first of everything I have aside for my v-card.

I may not look like it but I am a romantic person and a conservative one when it comes to sex. Gusto ko, my first time would be on my wedding night at sa lalaking mapapangasawa at mahal ko.

Pero anong ginawa nya? He cheated and impregnated his mistress... at ang mas malala ginawa nya akong katawa-tawa sa araw ng kasal namin dapat!

And the most madding is his mistress arrived telling everyone that she is pregnant and Michael is the father of unborn child!

Then everything fell into chaos ng maglabas ng baril ang babae ni Michael and tried to shoot me.

The one whom I thought is my fiancè saved me kaya sya ang natamaan ng bala.

I got scared at the thought of "Michael" will die when I saw him bleeding and collapsed unconsciously in front of me.

Kaya napa-isip ako na maybe may pagkukulang ako sa kanya kaya sya natukso and willing akong patawarin sya because he will give up his life just for me to live at napatunayan nya ito.

I am willing to fight for him kahit nabuntis nya ang kabit nyang babae. Willing akong tangggapin ang anak nya...

But that was all my delusion... everything cracked and shattered my hope the moment na sinabi ng akala ko fiancè ko na hindi sya si Michael but his sister Sven Samañiego.

The damn man let his own sister impersonate him!

I asked him after his sister maipadala sa hospital.

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"Why?"

"..."

"Why did you do this to me?"

"..."

Still there is no answer from him at hindi man lang makatingin sa akin.

Naiinis at nagagalit ako sa kawala nya ng sagot na maibigay.

"D-did y-you even love me?"

I stuttered asking him this dahil takot ako sa sagot nya na ni minsan hindi nya ako minahal na laro lang ako sa kanya.

Pero wala pa rin syang imik kaya di na ako nakapagpigil at pinagsasampal na sya dahil sa galit.

"Sagotin mo ako, hayop ka! Sagotin mo ako!" Umiiyak ko nang sabi sa kanya. "Minahal mo ba ako, ha, Michael Andrew Madrigal? O pinaglalaruan mo lang ako? Sumagot ka!"

Hinawakan nya ang magkabilang kamay ko at hinalikan nya ako ng madiin.

"Mahal kita... minahal kita, Kristine... I did love you..." sabi nya sa akin at niyakap ako ng mahigpit.

At ramdam kong totoo ang sinasabi nya sa akin ngayon. Dama kong mahal nya ako, na minahal nya talaga ako pero...

"Bakit? Nagkulang ba ako, Michael? Nagkulang ba ako sa'yo ng pagmamahal? May kulang pa ba?"