BLOG FROM THE PAST: To All The Girls He Loved Before (Filler)

Dear Jenny Rei,

(posted July 30, 2007)

to all the girls he loved before.. (filler)

she's still working for her daughter's sake..  she has to, because her 500/week sustento from her husband's mother that time is definitely not enough for her daughter's needs..  she still has admirers despite her status but she took no one seriously..

then there's WALLY, a funny and carefree kind o' guy..  he's kinda courting her which she always dodge by saying "may anak na po ako noh.."  she became friends rin with some of her co-workers and she's sometimes bringing her daughter on their lakad..  then there she thought, yeah, why not?

one night her husband went to her place, she told him that since he had a ruby and a maritess, she'll try to have wally rin..  she never really loved wally though and she's aware its vice-versa..  they just enjoyed each other's company..

that certain night they will have a despedida party for one of their friends who got finished contract..  so all the barkada went and later she would know that someone saw her with wally and eventually make sumbong (and maybe added some kwento too) to her husband..

and so the despedida went well and everyone had fun all night..  the next morning she went to her husband's place to fetch her daughter because they borrowed her for the night, only to be whooped by his mother's and his aunt's accusing gazes..

then they showered her with "wala kang kwentang ina" and a "lalakero kang bruhilda ka" together with a "leche kang babae ka"..

and the scene didn't just end there..  her husband was in rage, dragging her to the empty room and hit her right then and there and the best part?  he even cut her waist-length hair..

on her mind she doesn't understand what's happening..  she couldn't cry though she's in real pain - emotional and physical..  her brother-in-law came to the rescue, he even broke the door's lock but it was too late..  she's now bruised and battered all over..  her husband's aunt went to look and shouted "buti nga sa'yo" followed by a "bagay sa'yo yan"..

she silently sort out what happened..  why is she being hit?  because someone saw her last night with a guy..  true enough, she was with wally but not just wally, she's with her friends - guys, gays and girls..  but the looker obviously didn't paid attention to the surrounding but concentrated on "just her with a guy"..

and why is his aunt there?  does she really have to interfere with what looked like an "away-mag-asawa"?  and again, why is she being hit?  when her husband didn't received even a single scratch from her or anyone in her family when she found out about ruby or maritess..  she even brought ruby to her mother-in-law, right?  and she even heard from ruby's lips that she was her husband's gf..  but now she has a guts to look at her with condemn with just a mere sumbong of "her with a guy"?

feeling the needless to explain herself, she stood up asking for her daughter..  she looked like a real mess but no one in the house seems to care..  her husband's aunt, upon hearing what she said retaliated with "hindi mo na makukuha ang bata dito, wala ka namang kwentang ina.."

she bit her lower lip to keep herself from laughing hysterically..  walang-kwentang ina?  when just 2 months after she gave birth she forced herself to work for her daughter's sake?  she endured the 3 months straight on a night-shift duty, uncaring kung mabinat man sya or what..  are they really proud on the 500/week sustento that they're giving for her daughter?  when she bear not to tire herself much because she wants to breastfeed her baby to save "precious" money for canned milk?  and how it really devastate her when her milk suddenly stops due to stress and fatigue..

she may really be stupid..  because she never tried to explain herself..  she didn't bother giving voice on her thoughts..  she thought that as long as she knows the truth, the hell with them kahit ano pang isipin nila against her..  her husband can play the aggrieved party for all he wants, she doesn't really care anymore..

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