Chapter 83 - Talk

Hindi tanga si Zy. Unang kita pa lang ng mga letratong nasa sahig, alam na niyang may kakaiba. Zy just really can't expect that she would see Belinda in those pictures—si Belinda na unti-unti niyang tinuturing na kaibigan, si Belinda na pinagsabihan niya ng mga bagay-bagay tungkol sa sarili niya.

Zy even heard the last thing Van said na mas lalong ikinasikip ng dibdib niya. Subrang excited siyang puntahan at makita si Van, but end up hearing those words. Van will talk to her to stop the engagement because Van didn't love her enough to marry her.

Hindi niya akalaing masasaktan siya dahil lang sa mga salita. Kahit kailan, hindi pa siya nakaramdam ng ganitong sakit, just now, from the person she loves.

Ilang ulit na naging paulit-ulit sa isip ni Zy ang mga katagang sinabi ni Van na talaga namang nagpapasikip sa dibdib niya.

“I-Iha, it's not what you think. Van—”

“Can I talk to Van alone, Tita?” Zy gently said as she tried to stop herself from crying while still looking at the picture.

Ay