Daddy Isaac

7:33 AM

If you're awake and I'm not back yet, I'm just out for a run.

There's matcha sa ref. Make yourself at home. I mean it.

Ah, and I closed the curtains para hindi ka masilaw sa araw.

Dior

8:02 AM

GIRLLLLL

I'm going to your areaaaaaaa! 👯‍♀️

We should meet up today!!! Tell me all about Mr. Banker and how you two are na. 👀🤑

Sienna

8:15 AM

ate....

sorry.

sorry talaga. sorry sa lahat.

sorry sa kagabi.

pwede ba tayo mag-usap? hinahanap ka rin ni mama.

Mama

8:20 AM

anak san k n?

knina p umiiyak c sienna

uwi k n, nak

Mag-usap tayo Ma tungkol kay Sienna pag-uwi ko.

At sa mga hindi ko dapat responsibilidad sa bahay. Selfish na kung selfish pero kayo po ang magulang. Hindi ako.

Sienna

8:21 AM

Uuwi din ako maya-maya. Pero Sienna, dito na natin klaruhin.

If you're failing classes and spending my money on boyfriends and dates, then you clearly don't need it.

ate...

I will pay for your tuition this semester. That's it. But your grades, your attendance, and where you are when you're supposed to be in class—I will be monitoring all of it.

I trusted you to handle it yourself, to handle the money correctly, and that didn't work. You want to be treated like a kid? Sige.

Every day, I want receipts for everything.

Books. Materials. Even food. Kahit 'yung fee 'pag nag-CCR ka, kahit isang piso lang yan.

I want a breakdown of where my money goes.

ate parang sobra naman yata yun :(

Then don't take it.

If you don't like the conditions, you can drop out. That's your choice.

But I'm not going to keep funding a life you're not taking seriously.

ate isang mistake lang yun

hindi na mauulit

You didn't make one mistake. You lied to me repeatedly.

REPEATEDLY.

Never akong naging madamot sa'yo, Sienna. Your needs and wants, I tried to provide.

At oo, pinalayas ko 'yung na hayop na 'yon sa buhay natin. Pero kung gusto mo bumalik sa tatay mong manloloko, be my guest.

But these are my terms. If you don't like it, bahala ka na sa buhay mo. Kay Mama ka umasa, tutal siya naman talaga ang nanay mo.

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Daddy Isaac

8:33 AM

Pabalik na 'ko.

Are you awake, love?

Hi

Yes.

Thank you for last night. And I'm sorry again.

Can you

Diyan ka lang muna.

What's wrong?

I should've seen it coming, shouldn't I?

Ang alin?

The signs. People don't just start lying out of nowhere. There's always something before it. Something you miss

You think this is on you?

I sent the money and I believed she was using it for school.

That's called trusting your sister.

That's called missing something obvious

'Yung mga texts niya na subtly humihingi ng pera, 'yung pag-miss ng payment ng review classes, 'yung staying out late

Si "Jemimah" na nakita ko, jowa niya pala 'yon

I thought I saw her when we went skating and I brushed it off 'cause I trusted her word na nasa school siya. Siya pala talaga 'yon.

'Yung atat siya nung walang internet kasi 'di niya ma-vc jowa niya

Agh. How stupid of me.

You trusted your sister, Eliana.

That's on her for breaking it. Not on you.

That still means I didn't catch it.

It means she hid it. And it's not your fault.

Yeah but you're supposed to notice things like that when you're responsible for someone.

Kapatid ka niya, Eliana. Hindi surveillance camera.

But God, there was a pattern.

Sienna didn't just wake up one day and start lying to me.

Sometimes wala. Sometimes people just mess up.

Maybe she made one bad decision. Then another. Then another. And by the time she realized how bad it looked, she was too embarrassed to tell you.

She met a boyfriend, she started spending the money recklessly, got in too deep and in too love, lied to cover it up, and the lie snowballed.

That's worse kung wala. Because then it means you can't see it coming.

Hindi lahat pwede mo i-predict, Eliana.

I know your view is built on the idea that people are predictable if you pay attention long enough. That if someone hurts you, it's because you missed the signs.

But sometimes people don't betray you because they were secretly planning it all along. Sometimes they just make a bad decision in the moment. Sometimes there were no warning signs to detect.

I'm not saying it's right. Hindi. Maling-mali ang ginawa ni Sienna sa'yo. Sinasabi ko lang na hindi lahat pwede mong i-anticipate.

Yeah I trusted someone and didn't see it coming

Twice na nangyari

And you

I trust you, and you're someone I can't predict

...Ano sinasabi mo?

I think we should stop.

Stop what

This. This arrangement, setup. Whatever this is.

Because your sister lied to you??? Sienna lied to you and somehow I'M the one getting cut off?

Isaac

With Sienna, I thought I knew how things worked. I thought I knew what to expect. With you, I don't.

So your solution is to walk away before something goes wrong.

It's practical.

No. It's controlled.

You're putting me back in a place where you can control the situation. And the outcome.

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And what exactly is the outcome you're trying to avoid?

Getting blindsided.

You really think that's what I'm going to do.

It's what people do.

I thought I was proving you wrong.

YOU ARE. That's the problem!!!

Eliana, you hold on to a sense of control by convincing yourself that if you analyze people well enough, you won't get blindsided. If you categorize and identify patterns and behavior, you won't get hurt.

Pero ano ba 'yung pattern na pinakita ko sa 'yo? Did I do something, even once, that made you think I'm going to hurt you?

The problem isn't that you can't categorize my actions. The problem here is that you're waiting for one that proves I will hurt you.

So if we're basing on your data, Eliana, are you ending this because of something I did, or because eventually you're convinced I will?

What does your data say?

My data says that I told you from the start we were unlikely to happen.

Yeah. You did. I remember very clearly.

Alam kong unfair

Maybe I just need space to think

But

And I'm trying to be understanding even if this is hurting me.

You can't predict any of the outcomes of love, Eliana. Even with your success rate, you still can't stop someone from hurting you if they really decide to. Even if there were no signs before. Even if there was nothing to warn you.

But you also can't decide ahead of time that I'm going to hurt you just so you can walk away first. You can't call the ending now just so you don't have to risk it, you can't punish me for something I haven't done, and you can't decide the outcome before we even get there.

If you're really not okay with that, then say it plainly. Tell me that you'd rather walk away than take the risk with me.

But be honest about why.

Don't say it's because the stats say we won't work. Say it's because you might love me too, and that's something you can't predict or control.

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I'm going to Dym's. Stay at my place.

No. Uuwi rin ako. Kakausapin ko si Sienna. Just give me 10 minutes.

I'm going to Dym's. Take the time you need.

And then let me know your decision after you fix things with your sister.

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