"Hayop ka, Ghia! Pa'no mo nagawa sakin 'to?!" the lady exclaimed while sobbing.
Her most-valued friend ended up as her greatest misery. She's now feeling an unmeasurable amount of pain.
Pain of betrayal...
She's so helpless right now.
"Faye, darling. I never wanted anything in this b*llsht life but you. Only you, Ianne Faye Perez---"
"Stop! You're--- you're crazy---"
"YES I AM!" She immediately answered with an unrecognized expression.
The lady was a bit startled. She can't believe that the friend she adored like a sister, is like a totally different person.
"Tandaan mo 'to Faye..." the woman moved closer to her without breaking the eye contact.
The lady got scared for a moment.
"... You'll never be an Alejo. He will NEVER have you. No one will ever have you. AKIN. KA. LANG--- *slap"
For the first time, nasampal niya ang kaibigan.
Hindi agad nakagalaw ang babae dahil sa pagkabigla.
Maya-maya ay hinarap niya 'to habang hawak hawak ang pisngi.
Pero parang natauhan ito nang makita nang malapitan ang mga mata ng kawawang babae.
Kaya't hindi siya nakapagsalita.
"Anong karapatan mo, Ghia? Anong karapatan mo para magdesisyon sa buhay ko? Anong ginawa kong masama sayo para gawin mo sakin 'to? Naging masama ba 'kong kaibigan? Hinusgahan ba kita sa pagkatao mo?"
Sunod-sunod ang tanong niya sa kaibigan. Pero sobra na itong nanghihina dahil sa nararamdaman niyang sakit ngayon.
"I love you, Faye! I love you! And I always will! I can do everything just to make you happy! So why not me??! Just why---"
"Because I never loved you more than a friend or a sister! And what did you just say?? You can do everything just to make me happy?? Then why did you do this to me?!!"
The woman can't utter a word because of the most painful words she heard from the lady.
Tears started to run down her cheeks.
"Wag na wag ka nang magpapakita sakin, Ghia. Hindi ko alam kung mapapatawad pa kita sa pagsira mo sa buhay ko. Sinira mo 'tong araw na 'to, ang kasal ko, namin ni Marco. Kaibigan mo kami for pete's sake! You betrayed your friends, Ghia. And this would haunt you in your entire life. Mark my words." matigas nitong saad.
And with that, tumalikod na siya at kinuha ang nakakalat sa sahig niyang bridal gown.
She's crying again seeing it all teared down.
Pagkalabas niya ng pinto sa condo ng kaibigan ay nakita niya ang isang pamilyar na pigura sa di kalayuan.
She moved closer to that direction and cried more when she saw who it was.
"So... dito pala kayo nagtatagpo ng affair mo." he calmly said. But the pain is evident in his voice.
"B-Babe. . . N-No. I d-didn't---" the lady said to his man, or rather, her soon-to-lose man.
"Don't come near me. P-Please..." he said, as he looked down while tears are gushing down his face.
He's literally way too drunk.
He never drunk this much.
Bagsak na bagsak ang mga balikat niya at magulo din ang itim nitong buhok.
Even his mustard yellow necktie is not in proper fix.
Nakataas pa ang isang side ng kwelyo niya.
The first two buttons of his white long sleeves polo were unbuttoned too.
Napatingin din ang babae sa paanan niya. He's wearing a mustard yellow leather shoes. And it's full of dirt.
Can you tell what's their 'supposed-to-be' lovely moment before this sht happened?
Things were almost perfect.
But now...
Everything flipped as if in a single snap, their fates already changed.
And now, the man she only loved looks...
...wrecked... devastated.
And it's making her whole being weak and guilty.
The woman can't say a word.
She do not know what to say in the first place, or what to do... or where to start.
Her mind is literally in chaos and her heart is in too much pain right now.
She don't even know what's exactly going on.
Why am I here... Bakit umabot kami sa ganitong sitwasyon.
Hindi malinaw sakin kung paano at bakit.
Hindi ko alam. . .
Yun lang ang paulit ulit na sumasagi at gumugulo sa utak niya.
"L-Let me explain, babe. P-Please. You know I can't do that to y---"
"BUT YOU JUST DID!" he shouted, full of anger and pain.
Parang pinagpira-piraso ang puso ng babae dahil sa mga titig niyang 'yon.
He never gave her that kind of look and expression.
And it hurts even more for her, knowing that she's all the reason of it.
"I. . . I'm s-s-sorry. . ." Her voice cracked. She looked down as she is stopping herself not to burst in tears.
Parang iyon nalang ang mga katagang alam niyang sabihin sa mga oras na iyon.
Sinisisi niya rin ang sarili niya pero hindi rin niya alam kung deserve niya ba ang lahat ng 'to.
Pero sa kabila ng lahat, hindi pa rin niya hinahayaan ang sarili na mawalan ng kahit katiting na pag-asa na lilipas at maaayos din ang lahat.
Na mapag-uusapan nila ito nang maayos.
Na maiintindihan nila ang isa't isa at malilinawan ang lahat sa buong pangyayari.
Na pwede pa nilang tuparing dalawa ang unti-unti na nilang nasisimulang pangarap.
Pero mali siya.
'Coz after he said those words. . .
"I--- I loathe you. . . I hate you, Ianne Faye. You're--- you're disgusting. I thought of you as the best, yet you're actually the worst. I pity myself for being this fool."
. . . the woman's tears instantly fell.
And in that moment, she felt. . .
dead.