Operation: Make Him Fall For Me

Chapter 5

It's been a week since the party at Phia's. I'm now with my mom. She invited me out kaninang umaga. Bonding daw eh.

"Saan tayo pupunta?" I asked her. We're still in the car habang siya naman ay nagmamaneho.

"Ewan," she raised her shoulders together. "I really don't have a single idea. Di ko naman kasi plinano na magbonding tayo ngayon eh."

"Then why bring me with you? I'm supposed to be with Phia and Ash now."

"Sorry naman. Namimiss kasi kita eh. I've been busy lately because of the company. Ikaw naman, di ka na pumapasok sa companya. May marami kang tra-trabahuin dun."

"Kaya na yun ng assistant mo. I don't need to go there. Busy din kaya ako," I said.

"At ano naman pinagkaka abalahan mo ngayon? Make sure it's an excuse. I granted your wish to stop schooling college kasi gusto mo mag trabaho sa companya pero di ka naman pumapasok."

"Marami. It's too many to mention," I shifted my view and looked at the side of the road. "Mom, stop over muna tayo. I'm hungry.

Like what I said, she did stop the car. "Where?"

"There oh," turo ko sa mga street foods na naglinya sa gilid ng kalsada.

"You sure? Kaya mo?" Paninigurado niya.

"Yeah. Lets go. Namimiss ko ng kumain ng ganito" sambit ko.

Madami dami rin ang nakain namin. Ang sarap talaga pagstreet foods. Nashock nga kami na ang dami naming nakain. Di naman kasi kami super gutom, siguro na sarapan talaga kami sa pagkain.

Naalala ko nung bata pa ako. Madalas ako dalhin ng katulong namin sa park.

*flashback*

"Nanny, where's mommy ba?" I asked my Nanny.

"Nasa trabaho pa siguro yun. Di bale, you wanna go to the park?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Masayang masaya kong sagot.

"Sige. Tawagin ko muna si Manong Vin. Wait ka lang diyan baby ha?" Sabi niya sakin.

"Okay" I anwered.

Naghintay lang ako ng kaunti. I'm so excited to go to the park. I wanna play there.

"Lets go" aya sakin ni Nanny

Nagsasakyan kami papuntang park. Medyo malayo kasi ito. I was just sitting silently, waiting for us to arrive on our destination. A question suddenly came to my mind.

"Nanny, bakit wala akong daddy?" I, myself, was even surprised on what I asked. I don't know why I asked that.

Napansin kong nagkatinginan si Manong Vin at Nanny sa rear view mirror. Naghihintay lang ako sa sagot niya. I think alam niya naman bakit. Si Nanny na ang naging pangalawang nanay ko. Nine years na niya akong inaalagaan since sangol palang ako.

"Bakit mo naman na itanong? Di ka ba masaya na kasama kami?" Tanong naman niya habang hinahaplos yung buhok ko.

"I'm happy. But my friends at school have their own dads. I wanna have one. I don't know how it feels to have a daddy, Nanny. I wanna feel it." While saying those words, my tears were starting to gather on my eyes.

"Shh, your grandpa is there. Your mommy. Me and Manong Vin. Di ka ba masaya niyan? Marami kaming nandito para sayo." Paliwanag niya.

Wala akong nagawa kundi tumahimik. Many questions are forming in my mind. I wonder why Mommy never speak about my father. I didn't see a single picture of him, because we really never talk about it.