Ang Santo Sa Likod Ng Pinto

Chapter 1

If someone had walked up to me, anyone in fact, and told me that the reason why I felt this immense pain was because of my husband, I would have slapped the person hard across his face. But at this point, it seemed I needed someone to remind me that Luke was the reason I was this shattered, distraught, and unsettled inside. I gave everything I had just so he could be happy, I gave up my job, and my career just so I could focus solely on loving him but what did I get in return? 

I should have known better that they were all lies, lies from the deepest part of the earth. Luke was always sweet-tongued and I couldn't blame myself that I had falling hard for his tactics, I had fallen so hard that my eyes were plunged out onto the ground as a result of the fall and I couldn't see that Luke was soon going to be the end of me. 

All I asked for was for him to love time back in return and nothing else, I didn't want him to take me on vacations or special dates, I just wanted him to love me as much as I loved him. 

"Ann, today is the second day, I have to submit those papers by the end of this week." Luke's harsh voice brought me back to reality. I wiped the tears from my face and immediately got on my knees. 

"Luke, please I'm begging you, do not do this to me." I cried, not caring how desperate I sounded. 

"We've talked about this, Ann. I can't continue to be in this marriage with you when I do not love you anymore." He said. 

"What is it that you want? I'm ready to do anything for you." 

"I do not need anything else from you, just sign the papers so you can leave," Luke said in anger. 

I tried to hold on to his leg but he backed away from me. "I love you so much, Luke, please do not do this to me," I begged again, hoping that he was going to change his mind but it looked like his heart was already as hard rock. 

"Well I'm sorry that I do not love you anymore, just sign the darn papers, Ann, I need to get back to my lawyer." He said and without waiting to hear my response, he made his way out of the house. 

I got up slowly from the floor and sat on the couch as I continued to sob. The moment I heard the sound of the door close, I knew that my marriage had ended for good and there was no need for me to try to work anything out anymore. 

I wiped the tears from my face and walked into the bedroom that I had shared with Luke, the room that held so many memories made by Luke and me, in no time, I was going to move out of the house very soon. 

How was I going to explain it to my mother most especially since I was now a divorcee after she had warned me so many times not to get married to Luke that it seemed too good to be true, this marriage seemed too good to be true to me but I allowed myself to blinded not by the love Luke had for me but the love I had for him. My parents, most especially my mother had been against my marriage and I wished that I had listened to them earlier and not gotten married to Luke.