“Oh, anong masama sa pagpunta sa spa? Hindi ba nakakarelax iyon?”, sabi ko naman.
Natatawa na lang si Jaqz sa sinabi ko kaya binigyan siya ni Jazz ng matinding irap sabay baling sa akin.
“Dad, are you serious? Paano naman po ako makakapag-relax sa spa? Puro babae po doon at nahihiya ako dahil sinama pa ako ni Mommy na magpa-facial! Parusa talaga!”, dagdag pa niya.
“But for me, it was relaxing! Nakapag-bond kami ni Mommy!”, she said in a merry voice sa pag-alala ng parusa nila.
“Well, kung kasama lang natin si Dad sa Capri, hindi ako nakasama sa pagpapa-spa ninyo. We could have rented a fishing boat or we could have talked about anything else besides facial treatments, body scrub, etcetera, etcetera!”, inis na sabi ni Jazz.
“Capri? You’ve been there?”, biglang tanong ko sa kanila, hindi makapaniwala sa narinig.
“Opo! Doon po kami nagbabakasyon kapag nandito po kami sa Italy at dinadalaw namin sina grandmom! Why do you ask?”, sagot ni Jaqz.
“Ah, kasi we spend our first Valentines’ Day sa rest house ko doon!”
“Talaga po? Meron kayong rest house doon? Can we go there before you go back to the Philippines?”, excited na tanong ni Jaqz.
“Oo nga Dad! Exciting iyon!”, sabi naman ni Jazz.
They are really excited to go there. Wala na akong choice kundi ang pumayag. Ano pa nga ba? Lalo na at nakatingin sila sa akin na parang nagmamakaawa. How can I say NO to those puppy-dog eyes!?!
“Okay, okay! If you really want to, we’ll go there after we finish eating our breakfast! Clean our mess then pack your things para maaga tayong makarating doon, 8-hour drive din iyon. Makakaabot pa tayo sa afternoon sun!”
“Aye, aye Captain!”, they said in unison.
They ate their food in a hurry, cleared the table, washed the dishes and dried them.
“Tapos na po kami!”, sabi nila nang sabay ulit sabay takbo sa kwarto, nakakatuwa talaga sila.
I went to the bedroom and found them happily chattering and busied themselves in packing their things. Nakisali na rin ako sa pag-eempake and reminded them to bring some sun screen lotion.
“Dad, meron na po si Jaqz, lagi po iyang may dala!”
“Kaya lang dad, wala akong swimsuit eh!”, sabi niya sabay pout. Kamukha ko rin siya pero mas kamukha niya si Raqz kapag sumpong. (-˷-)
“Don’t worry! Merong naiwan ang mom mo doon. Naitabi ko naman iyon ng maayos eh!”
“You mean dad that you kept it all these years?”, Jazz asked in awe.
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