A Chance To My Legal Wife

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X A N D E R

What Danica said or should I say threat to me and to my family, bothers me a lot. I'm struggling for my family's safety lalong lalo na nakakaayos lang namin ni Chelsie.

"Hon, bakit balisa ka nitong mga nakaraang araw? Something's bothering you?" Lahat talaga siguro ng asawa o partners sa mundo ay talagang keen observer kapag concern eh? Di ko na nga pinapahalata na may threat na.

"Wala naman HoneyLove, purely business." I know I may not sound convincing pero ayokong mas mag worry sila. "Ah HoneyLove, if something happened unexpectedly please stay in my side."

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C H E L S I E

"Ah HoneyLove, if something happened unexpectedly please stay in my side." He sounded really worried and bothered.

"Of course I will, we missed a lot of time already. And now that you're already successful mas lalo akong mananatili sa tabi mo. Sabay na nating harapin ang mga pagsubok." I assured him. He's really .. I don't know.

"Thank you for coming back HoneyLove." Then he kissed my temple and hug me tightly. Wala naman akong nagawa kundi ibalik ang naturing yakap.

Humiga na kami sa kama ng may mapansin ako sa ceiling. It's a huge family picture. Our first family picture when I gave birth to Hayee.

Tinuro ko ang naturang picture and I heard him chuckled.

"Huwag mo akong tatawanan kapag nalaman mo na ang rason kong bakit nangjan yan." Sabi pa niya habang taimtim na nakatitig sa kisame.

I raised my head sideward supported by my left elbow urging him to tell me.

"The day you left, I was a mess. And since then, I took that picture out of the frame to make it in a portrate and placed it there." He sighed as he pull me closer kaya pareho na kaming nakatihaya at malaya itong pinagmasdan.

That was the day that I feel very happy for the first time in my life because at last ... I'm already a mother.

"And why did you do that?" I asked and he made me face him and meet his stare that shows pure love.

"Because I want to think of you and Hayee the time I wake up until before I sleep." He said and kissed me lovingly. At syempre mas lumagpas pa siya dun.

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"Daddy, Mommy! Let's go! There's a new edition of The Selection Series. I want that pretty please.." Then she do the puppy eyes plea.

Nagkatinginan kami ni Xander at nagkibit-balikat nalang. My daughter and her addiction. Books. At least, doon siya nahilig and we support her.

"Paano Architect and Shakespeare's patrimony, let's go?" Then Hayee and me shouted on unison as we walked hand in hand.

This is life ... Indeed...

"Thank you Mom and Dad for buying these books." Books nga! Plural. Eh akala ba naman kasi namin ay yung The Guard lang ng The Selection series ang bibilhin eh may bagong book pala na The Heir nito at iba pang maganda 'KUNO' ang story.

Galing na kami sa The Max's para kumain ng dinner. Ngayon ay papalabas na kami ng mall. Nagdala kasi kami ng driver dahil alam naming pagod kami and we can't take the risks in driving especially that Hayee is with us.

I can feel that something will happened but I'm trying to ignore the feeling. Para kasing may mga mata na nagmamatyag o guni-guni ko lang. Nakatulog na si Hayee and Xander placed him gently in the backseat. While me on the other hand ay nilagay sa compartment ng kotse ang mga pinamili namin.

Papasakay na sana kami ng may nagsalita na siyang nagbigay ng kilabot sa amin ni Xander.

"Mukhang 'Happy' family na kayo ah?" Tapos humalakhak siya ng katakot-takot. Napahawak ako kay Xander as he pull me closer at nilagay sa likuran niya.

"What do you need, Danica?" He said in gritted. Medyo madilim ang bahagi ng kinalalagyan namin dahil medyo na sa gilid ito ng mall. Pero kapag may nangyari dito, dudumugin ito ng tao.

"Simple lang naman kasi yung gusto ko Chelsie. Yung asawa mo. But since, tinanggihan naman niya ako ay didispatsahin nalang kita." Pang-uuyam na sabi niya.

"Huh! Sa tingin mo ba kapag napagtagumpayan mong madispatsa ako, babalik si Xander sayo? HINDI!" Sinadya ko talagang lakasan ang boses ko para makaagaw pansin and I did succeed. May lumapit na mga guards. Dalawa sila.

"May problema ba dito, Ma'am at Sir?" But to our surprised ay naglabas ng baril si Danica na ikinabahala ng mga guard habang mas siniksik ako ni Xander. Naramdaman ko rin ang paglayo ng kotse sa likod ko dahil baka marinig ni Hayee ang nangyayari. Thanks Manong... Ngunit di naman ito masyadong malayo.

"Sige! Subukan niyong lalapit at ipuputok ko to!" At tinutok ang baril sa bahagi namin ni Xander.

"Danica please .. Tigilan mo na to. Di ka tuluyang liligaya sa ginagawa mo." Mahinahong sabi ni Xander habang unti-unting naglakad paatras. Umaabante din si Danica pasunod sa amin.

"Ako? Hindi sasaya? MAS magiging masaya ako Xander dahil mawawala na ang babaeng yan at babalik ka sa akin to satisfy your needs. Diba?" Baliw na siya. Obsessed na sa asawa ko.

"That will never happen Danica. Kaya kung ako sayo, please .. Tigilan muna ito." Ngunit parang walang narinig si Danica bagkos ay nanginginig na tinutok ang baril.

"Hindi! Hindi! Hindi --Aaah!" Then she pull the trigger and I silently prayed na sana walang nangyari. Dahil may mainit na katawan ang yumakap sa akin.

"I .. I l-love y-you .. so much .. Chelsie." I was stunned of what he said. Saka lang ako natauhan ng matumba ito.

"N-no! N-NO! Tulong! Tulongan niyo ako!" I scream in top of my lungs as I abruptly held Xander into my arms.

Naging alisto naman ang mga guards sa pag aristo kay Danica na natulala sa nangyari. Habang maagap din si Mang Carding na siyang driver namin para madala sa kotse si Xander. Buti nalang naka upong natutulog si Hayee.

"Honey! Honey! Don't close your eyes! Damn! I said don't close your eyes! Hold on please ..." I begged.

"Mommy? What happened to Daddy?" Hayee asked innocently. God! Paano ba ito?

"Hayee, your Dad got shot. Please talk to him Angel, please .." I heard Hayee sobs while Xander coughed of blood. Shit!

"M-mahal .. na mahal .. ko .. kayo." He managed to said kahit nahihirapan.

"D-daddy, we won't respond unless you get well." But Xander only chuckled. Magsasalita pa sana ito ng buksan ni Mang Carding and pinto sa tabi namin ni Xander saka ito inakay pahiga sa stretcher.

"Hon.. Please .. Hold on!"

"Ma'am hanggang dito nalang po tayo." Pigil ng nurse. Wala akong nagawa kundi ang maupo sa OR bench. I feel the warm hug coming from the person who made strong upto this point ...

Hayeena Kathleen .. Our Angel ...