Kabanata 17
Lubos lubos ang pasasalamat ng
mga taong-bayan dahil ginawa rin ni Leon ang isang bahagi ng bayan kung saan gaganapin
ang isang pagdiriwang, kung saan hihikayatin niya si Emy na sumayaw. Sa
kanilang pagsasaya ay aalamin niya ang mga bagay-bagay uko sa dalaga tulad na
lamang ng mga nais nitong gawin sa buhay at kung nais ba niyang magpatingin sa
manggagamot upang malaman kung makakakita pa siyang muli. Sa pagtatapos ng gabi
ay tutuparin ni Leon ang pangarap ni Emy na humiga sa ilalim ng kalangitan at
panoorin ang mga bituin. Sasabihin ni Leon na nais niyang manatili doon, ngunit
hihikayatin siya ni Emy na bumalik sa Maynila upang harapin ang kanyang mga
suliranin. Pinangaralan si Edward ng isang pangkat ng mga alagad ng sining. Sa
kanyang talumpati, malalaman na nais din pala niyang maging alagad ng sining
gaya ng mananayaw na ina, na maagang binawian ng buhay. Sa tanghalan ng mga
natatanging sining na nakaguhit, makikita ni Gen ang iginuhit ni Leon na
larawan ng isang ilog at maaalala niya bigla ang binata. Sa galit naman ni
Edward dahil sa isang hindi pagkakaunawaan sa may-ari ng lupa na nais niyang
bilhin, dadamayan siya ni Sophia sa paraang alam nito na lagi nilang ginagawa.
Mahuhuli sila ni Gen.
Iba talaga ang mayaman. Sino nga
ba ang may kailangan ng tugtog kung ang mang-aawit ay kaibigan mo naman pala.
Iba manligaw si Edward, ngunit isa sa mga kahinaan niya ay ipinakita rin sa
kabanatang ito, at ngayon ako ay unti-unti nang nang naniniwala na mayroon pa
rin ngang mga dahilan upang hindi maging sila ni Gen. Marahil ito ay isa sa mga
hindi magandang kinalalabasan ng isang pagsasamang hindi naman tiyak kung ano
talaga. Sa kabilang banda, naiinis ako kay Leon. Pangalawang pagkakataon na
niya itong tumakas sa buhay niya sa Maynila, at uulitin na naman niya ang
pagkakamali na talikuran ang isang tao na maaring magpaligaya sa kanya dahil sa
walang kasaysay-saysay at nakakapagod nang paulit ulit na suliranin niya sa
sarili. Marahil ay may mga tao talagang mahilig lamang gawing magulo ang mga
bagay na sa katotohanan ay payak at hindi naman talaga ganoon kagulo. Sabagay,
ganoon din naman akong tao, kaya alam ko na nakakainis talaga ang ganyang
kaisipan, isang dugtong-dugtong na pagtuon ng pansin sa mga bagay na maari
namang isantabi ngunit hindi magawa-gawa at sa huli ay paulit-ulit na lang.
Sana ay makakalas na si Leon at matutong habulin ang makakapagpasaya sa kanya.
“Negosyo ang tinatayuan ng ekonomiya; salapi ang nagpapaikot ng
mundo; pero ang sining ang bumubuhay sa kaluluwa ng mga tao” –Edward
Episode 17
The townspeople could not thank
Leon enough for repairing their plaza where a feast is to take place, and where
Leon invites Emy to dance. In their merrymaking, he digs deeper into her
personal life, asking her about her aspirations and dreams, as well as her view
on seeing a doctor to find out if she could ever regain her vision. As the
night comes to a close, Leon would fulfill one of her wishes, which is
stargazing. He would tell her that he wants to stay, but she would suggest that
he goes back to Manila and face his dilemmas. Edward is awarded by an art group
and in his speech it is revealed that he wanted to be an artist, just like his
ballerina mother, who passed away too soon. At the art gallery, Gen will see a
painting done by Leon which will suddenly remind her of him. Meanwhile, because
of Edward’s rage regarding a deal gone awry with the owner of a land he wanted
to buy, Sophia would try to compensate by doing what they always to relieve
them of stress. Gen will catch them in the act.
What deep pockets could do! Why
the need for canned music when you know the singer himself. Edward knows how to
woo a girl, but one of his weaknesses is demonstrated in this episode, and I am
gradually convinced that there could be some things that might serve as obstacles
for him and Gen to be an item. Perhaps, this is one of caveats of a
relationship that has no clear definition and boundaries. On the contrary, I am
beginning to dislike Leon. This is the second time that he is bailing out of
his miserable life in Manila, and he is committing the same mistake by turning
his back on someone who could make him happy because of his exhausting and
never ending self-centered drama. Maybe there are just people as such who exist
to make a complicated mess out of something that would otherwise be defined as
simple. Oh well, I am one of those people, and so I know how annoying it could
all get when this kind of mentality enslaves you, an endless chain of instances
wherein you focus on inutile stuff that could just be put aside if you wanted
to, but turns out to be a vicious cycle. Hopefully, Leon could break free and
learn to chase what could make him happy.
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