Rej Rmds :
Reader’s perspective:
Rustom protected Carmina because filing an adultery case against her would have ruined her image and made people see her as a huge red flag, severely affecting her career. Wanting to protect her and the kids from suffering, Rustom chose to spare them.
Inspired by real events:
Back then, tumawag si Carmina kay Rustom to ask for help, and Rustom said, “Kung tumawag ka para marinig nang diretso sa akin na hindi ako magpa-file, I'm telling you now na hindi.”
*** In the interview, Rustom recalled a phone conversation with Carmina Villarroel after she gave birth in the U.S.:
“Well, nagso-sorry siya about everything. Inamin niya yung tungkol sa panganganak niya. I told her, ‘Let’s move on, let’s go on with our respective lives.’ Again, she mentioned about the adultery case. I told her, ‘Kung tumawag ka para marinig diretso sa akin na hindi ako magpa-file, I’m telling you now na hindi. It’s enough na nasaktan tayong dalawa, huwag na lang ’yung mga bata.’ I was always stressing my concern for the kids.” - Rustom Padilla, 2001 interview with Ricky Lo, published in The Philippine Star (April 2001)-ctto
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