When She Left Me Part 2

    "What?!", that was the initial reaction received by Larry from his best friend, Finz (short for Josefino Arceo). Finz was pretty much surprised on what he had just learned about Larry's wife leaving him. He just couldn't believe it. What kind of a woman would leave her own husband like that, he thought. Larry himself couldn't believe that all of this is happening. They never had any serious fights, he is a one-woman man so it's impossible that she left him for he has another woman. It just doesn't makes sense, he thought.

    Suddenly, Finz made a theory. He thinks that Marla left him for another man. Larry just laughed it off, saying that she couldn't do that for she was raised by her parents to be a God-fearing person. She wouldn't do that to ruin our marriage, he says. Finz took his word back and suggested another possibility: She left him so she can file for an annulment. Larry begged to differ. "On what basis would she file for an annulment for?", he asked. Finz suggested on some of the grounds for it: forced marriage, and married at an early age. He denied any of the grounds saying, they were married when they were 19 on their own free will so they can take care of their twins as married parents.

    Finz insisted that there is a possibility that Marla was not satisfied on their relationship. Larry can only say one thing, and that is that they both love each other and they're doing it for their children's sake.

    More than a week after, Larry received a mail. It is an enveloped which contains some important documents. He found out that the mail was sent by his wife. He immediately opened that mail and was shocked with what he saw inside: Annulment papers. He read the documents closely and he read the basis for his wife's filing. It states there that she was married against her will. It also reads that she was forced to marry so that they can together take responsibility on taking care for their love child on fear that they would become illegitimate.

    Larry was angry on what he read. He looked for the return address written on the envelope and it was the address of his in-laws' home in Laguna. He immediately went there to demand an explanation from his wife.

    Once there, his wife saw him from their window. She went down and confronted Larry. He asked what is the meaning of her actions and why she is doing it. Marla said told him to read the annulment papers. It sates there her reasons. But Larry cried foul over it, saying that they both agree to take responsibility of their actions. She said that only he took the responsibility of their actions and she didn't. It wasn't her fault why she was pregnant that time. She said that she was forced to engaged sex with him since Larry was drunk that time.

    Larry couldn't not believe what he's hearing. Yes, he was drunk but she was drunk too. They were both careless with their actions so they have to make up for it by being the responsible married parents that they are. Marla, with deep hatred towards him, slapped Larry at the face. She broke into tears and called her husband a good-for-nothing husband. she told him that she never wanted to become his wife, nor to become a mother to their twins. She didn't stated it on their annulment papers but that truth is, she never want to take care of their twins. She claims her dreams were shattered and taken away from when she gave birth. She never intended to become realtor, saying that she's took the job so that she could save money to hire a lawyer. It was her children who shattered her dreams to bits and for that she could not forgive them nor her own husband. She is willing to risk anything so that she can be free again. What really hurt Larry the most was when Marla said these words: "I never loved you from the beginning..."

    With all of this words, Larry denies all of Marla's words. He believes that what she is saying is false. If there was any problem, they should fixed together. He begged his wife to come back to him and to their family. Marla just bade Larry a farewell and went back inside her parents' house. Larry broke into tears, came down to his knees and yelled for his wife to come back. Then he yelled his wife's name for one last time.

    To be continued...