10 Tips For Healing Your Broken Heart

Epilogue

I sighed as I tugged at my hair. I don't really know what to do, especially since the hospital I built in the Philippines has a problem. So I did nothing but return to the Philippines even though my work here in Japan was not yet finished.

"Aki."

"Yes, sir?"

"Ipahanda mo ang eroplano," saad ko. "Lilipad ako ngayon pauwi sa Pilipinas. You take care of my hospital until I get back here, understand?"

Tumango ito ng mabilis. "Yes, sir."

I also nodded and he left to prepare my plane to go home to the Philippines. I'll only be there for a while and I'll just fix the problem there, then I'll leave again to take care of another branch of my hospital.

At this age I have built five hospitals in different places. Meron sa Japan, Pilipinas, South Korea, Thailand, at sa America. Hindi ko naman ito mararating kung hindi ako pinag-aral nina Mom and Dad. Without them I probably wouldn't have reached my dream of becoming a doctor.

Simula bata pa lang kasi ako ay pinangarap ko ng maging isang doktor at wala ng iba. Malaki-laki pa naman kasi ang magagastos kapag ganun ang kurso. Kaya nagpapasalamat talaga ako sa buhay na meron ako.

"Buti naman at umuwi ka na. I thought you had no intention of coming back here. You don't seem to miss us," Mom said to me when I returned home after taking care of my hospital. I could hear the sullenness in Mom's voice. So I hugged her.

"I'm sorry, Mom. Don't be mad at me," I kissed her on the cheek. "I have a gift for you."

Mom raised her eyebrows at me. "And what do you think of me? My sullenness towards you will disappear immediately just because of your gift? You didn't even come home on my birthday. I told you to come home, didn't I?"

I hugged Mom even more. "I'm sorry, Mom. The hospital had an emergency so I couldn't come home."

"So, are you saying that your hospital is more important than your Mom?"

"Mom, I'm sorry. What do you want me to do to get rid of your sulk?" I asked after a few minutes passed.

"You want me to stop sulking at you?" I nodded immediately. "If so, get married! Your brother has a girlfriend and he might propose to his girlfriend because they have been together for a long time. I haven't met the girl he loves but I know she's nice. Then you? You don't have a girlfriend yet! What? You will waste our race?! Hindi ka man lang ba mag-aasawa?!"

Napabuga ako ng hangin. Sabi ko na nga ba at ito ang hihilingin ni Mom. It's not that I don't want to get married, but it's because I haven't found the woman for me yet. Wala pang babae ang nakakuha ng atensyon ko. Wala pa at kung meron man ay hindi ko na sasayangin ang pagkakataong iyon para ligawan ang babaeng nakakuha ng atensyon ko.

Mawawala na din kasi ang edad ko sa kalendaryo kaya pilit akong pinapa-arrange marriage ni Mom pero kahit ni isa ay wala akong sinipot doon. Dahil ayaw ko ng arrange marriage at ayaw ko sa mga reto-reto na iyan. Dahil gusto ko ay unexpected na tao. 'Yung tipong makikilala mo siya ng hindi mo akalain. 'Yung dumating ng hindi ko inaasahan sa buhay ko.

"Kuya!"

"Why? Do you need anything?" tanong ko.

"Can you come with me?"

"Where?"

"At the mall."

Mall? Bakit pa siya magpapasama kung sa mall lang pala ang punta niya?

"Why? What are we going to do there?"

Napakamot siya ng ulo. "Wala kasi akong maisip na pwedeng bilhin na regalo sa girlfriend ko. Pwede mo ba akong tulungan mamili?"