WOOOWWW!!! ang ganda dito richard

told you, you'll like the place

are you kidding?

you don't like it?

NO!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

napangiti ang binata. kahit na ba sa oras na ito yung lugar ang kanyang mahal. kahit papaano baka makuha rin sa dasal. na sana kahit ang oras ngayon ay mabagal. ang pag-amin di na masyadong magtagal. pag-amin sa tamang panahon ng tinatagong pagmamahal.

glad you did

paano mo to nahanap?

hmmm. paano nga ba? are you sure you wanna know?

oo naman

sige. i will not ask you for anything. kung magagalit ka ok lang. but i want to be honest. i don't like pretentions.

i'd like that. being honest and no pretentions.

i was drunk. i nearly got hit by a truck. lucky nakabig ko yung manibela. i skidded doon sa place kung saan tayo nagpark. i was devasted that time. didn't know what to do. i was so hurt. i am in deep pain. questioning myself and how did everything went wrong. in short muntik na kong mamatay dito.

richard....

i screamed. that moment, i felt i hit my downfall. rock solid yung bagsak. ang sakit pala.

you can stop if you don—

she cheated on me

richard....

alex cheated on me. sorry for telling you.

i'm... i... i'm sorry she had to.

i asked myself then. bakit. lahat naman binigay ko. we have to keep everything in private kasi makakasira sa career nya na may boyfriend sya and that there are some contracts she signed that would not allow her to be romantically involved with anyone, i agreed. for two years, lahat binigay ko. wala akong tinanggihan sa hiniling nya. i never complained, not once. pag sinabi nyang hindi sya dadating sa mga lakad namin. i understood. i even bought a property somewhere near her condo para hindi na kami sa labas magkita. or para hindi ako makita sa condo nya or her going to my place so as not to draw any attention. but i guess ganon talaga siguro kapag hindi talaga ikaw yung mahal ng isang tao...

rj mahal ka ni alex

enough for her to hurt me the way she did?

i'm sorry

don't be—

i know.

you wh—

i know she cheated on you. and believe it or not hindi naman ako conceited. i reprimanded her. but... richard... alam kong mahirap intindihin. but she has her reason. i'm not in the position to tell kasi dapat sa kanya yun manggaling....

pwede naman nya kong hiwalayan eh.

she can't

but she can cheat on me? that's bullshit nicomaine

she loves you

so am i not enough? hindi pa ba ko sapat? bakit di nya sinabi yung kulang? pupunuan ko naman eh. why didn't she tell me what's wrong. or kung anong meron si charles? kasi susubukan kong gawin o magkaroon ng meron sya at pipilitin kong gawin yung ginagawa nya. i'm willing to do that for her.... THAT TIME...

wait... so... you know charles?

of course i know him. sabi ko naman sayo hindi ako naniniwala sa sabi-sabi lang. i only believe first hand information.

so how did— pano mo nal—

i caught them redhanded. on my birthday. she told me she can't come because of an on-going tvc shoot. she told me she'll get home very late. so i went to her condo, brought her favorite food and flowers with a bottle of her favorite chardonnay only to find out she's naked in bed with someone else.

richard....

that's how i knew this place.

we should go...

no... you said you love the place

not at the expense of you going over that pain again... let's g—

no nicomaine. it's not just that memory. you just asked me how i came to know this place. pain brought me here. but this is also where i found myself again. this is also where i picked up the pieces. this is also where i became whole. this place became my solace. so i want to share this with you. because i know you can pick up the pieces. you can go thru life again. that whatever hurt you're going thru, you'll get there. you can cross that deep ocean. makakaahon ka. hindi mahalaga kung gaano katagal o gano kabagal ang importante isipin mo malalampasan mo.

it's different. yours is different. you were cheated on.

does it matter? pag nasaktan ka ba alam mo pa ba ang tama at mali? higit sa lahat may tama pa ba o mali? there's no right in hurting. that's the exact reason why we're hurting. kaya ka nasasaktan, kasi mali. kasi may mali. the only way to stop the hurt is to make things right.

you don't understand

then make me

i can't

why not

not now.... not for now...

isang yakap. mga luhang pumapatak. nararamdamang sakit ay sadyang nakatatak. nakaraang pighati sa puso'y muling tumatarak. tanong kung paano bukas tatahak. kung paano lalaban at saan maaring humawak. sa kanyang pagbangon nais ng magpahatak, sa natatanging kaibigan na ang pang-unawa ay kay lawak.

thank you... but for now.... akin muna. yung sakit. yung pinagdadaanan ko. ako muna. basta vzzsisigawan kita pag dumating yung panahon na hindi ko na kaya. pero maraming salamat kasi nandyan ka.

hindi kita pipilitin. just remember. i'll be your friend. for now. until the time you decide i shouldn't be. you get to decide. but as long as you want this friendship i'll be here.

have you forgiven her?

alex?

yes

matagal na.

how?

kasi nung mga panahong yun mahal ko sya. i learned that no matter how hurt a person is or how painful the situation it does not change the fact na mahal mo yung tao. kaya kahit gaano kasakit, that love will make you understand it's worth fighting for. she's worth fighting for. kaya lang.... may panahon din pala na kapag napagod ka na. gusto mo na ring magpahinga. yung tipong gusto mo lang ng panahon na humupa yung sakit.... pahinga.... pause lang parang pag nanood ka ng pelikula.... parang coffee break sa trabaho pagkatapos tuloy ulit.... kaya lang dumating yung panahon na dun sa coffee break na yun na-realize mo you don't want to have anymore coffee breaks in that office, you decided you need to resign so you want to submit your resignation letter and you kept on waiting for your boss para i-handover ang resignation letter mo kaya lang mukang naka-indefinite leave....

you're.... richard.... are you — are you planning to break up with alex?

sabi naman sayo, i want to be honest. i don't like pretentions. so even if it's going to cause our friendship. i choose to be honest. so yes. for the longest time i've been meaning to break up with alex.

was it because she cheated on you? or was it even because of charles?

no. it's not about her anymore. it's all about me. i got to a point na nagising akong wala na. na tapos na. na sa sobrang pagod ko nagpahinga ako. dahil inaantok ako natulog muna ko. but then when i woke up there's nothing there to go back to. when i think of her there's nothing i could look forward to. i just realize she deserved to be happy so as i. we both do. but not in each others company.

mahal na mahal ka ni alex

minahal ko si alex nicomaine

please give her a chance. she needs you. she loves you. she can't... she can't lose you richard

nicomaine—

please—

ayan na naman. pakiusap na ganyan. pero sa ngayon hindi kayang pagbigyan. sa ngayon sa sariling desisyon naman. kung ang kaibigan ay masasaktan. sa ibang hiling mapagbibigyan ngunit hindi sa ganitong paraan.

i can't be unfair to her. not to the woman i dearly loved once. i needed her to know. i needed her to let us go.

richard. she can't lose you. hindi ngayon. hindi bukas o sa mga susunod na araw. give her a chance. pwede pa naman di ba? she can't lose you. please

she already did nicomaine. she lost me long time ago....

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