"Sir are you okay?" Parang nabalik sa reyalidad si Greggy nang may biglang nagsalita sa harapan niya. Tinignan niya ito at nakita ang isa sa guard ng Memorial Park.
"You okay sir?" Ulit nanaman nito.
Agad na tumango si Greggy sa guard at tipid na ngumiti.
"Yeah Im fine, c-can I ask you some question?"
"Sure what is it?"
"Do you know this girl? Does she always visit here?" Tanong niya sabay pakita sa guard ng picture ni Irene.
"Oh yes I know her. That's Doctor Irene right?
"She's a nice lady, Sir. She always brings us food whenever she visits here. She told us back then that whenever she can't come here to visit his son, we will be the ones to look after her so that the child won't be sad" kusang tumulo nanaman ang luha ni Greggy nang mapagtantong tama ang hinala niya.
This child is his son at hindi man lang niya alam ang tungkol dito. May isa pa pala siyang anak pero wala siyang kaalam alam.
"D-Did I say something wrong sir?" Umiling iling si Greggy.
"Nothing, I'm just a bit emotional"
"How are you related to Doc Irene?"
"She's my ex, she's the mother of my children" napatango ang guard at parang nabigla rin sa sagot nito
"I'm not in the position to tell you this sir but Doc Irene went through a lot. In the past years, she always spends her whole day and even evening visiting her son. We had a chance to talk to her and she always blamed herself for what happened to her family. she suffered a lot Sir, she said she badly wants to go back to her husband but she doesn't know where to find him" nagtuloy tuloy ang pagpatak ng luha ni Greggy sa mga narinig.
Anong ginawa niya? Ang laki ng kasalanan niya kay Irene.
"Now that you're here Sir, talk to Ma'am Irene. We can tell that until now she's still in love with you, maybe you guys can still fix your relationship" tumango lang si Greggy dahil hindi niya na alam ang isasagot sa Guard.
Nagpasalamat siya rito at nakakwentuhan pa ng saglit bago nagpaalam.
Gustong gustong puntahan ni Greggy si Irene sa bahay niya pero alam rin nito na hindi ngayon ang tamang oras para kausapin si Irene.
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"Thank you for this party Doc Washington. I appreciate it" wika ni Irene habang nasa hall sila nagsasalo salo sa simpleng celebration na inihanda para sakanya.
"We are so lucky to have you here Doc, we are just returning the favor you gave to us" napangiti naman si Irene.
Ngayong araw na ang huli niyang araw na pagttrabaho sa hospital at bukas makalawa ang flight niya pauwi ng Pinas dahil may aasikasuhin pa siya bukas at dadalawin niya pa sa Grogoire dahil panigurado matatagalan nanaman bago niya ito madalaw ulit.
"Mag-iingat sa Pinas ha? One call away lang kami palagi mong tatandaan yan" Hannah said to her.
"Hannah stop it, wag ka munang magdrama iiyak na naman si Irene e" suway naman ni Ara at natawa sila habang kumakain
"Ara's right love, save that drama pag nasa airport na tayo"
"Ha? Sasama pa kayo sa airport?"
"Ofcourse, ihahatid ka namin. Pwede bang hindi?" Lawrence said kaya napangiti naman siya.
Kahit mabigat ang pakiramdam niya ay napapagaan ng mga kaibigan niya.
Nagkatuwaan sila nung gabing iyon at agad na umuwi si Ara at Irene sa bahay niya.
