Past is the present

Chapter twenty eight

"Baby! Wake up!"

"Leo!"

Nagmulat siya ng mga mata ng maramdaman niya ang pag alog sa kanyang mga balikat. Ang mukha ng nag aalala niyang asawa ang kanyang namulatan. There's also anger that she saw at the glint of his eyes.

Nakamaang ako na pinagmamasdan ang kabuuan ng mukha nito. Parang hindi makapaniwala na kasama pa rin niya ang kanyang asawa.

Nang makahuma ay siya na mismo ang nagtapon sa sarili sa mga bisig ng kanyang asawa.

"I remember everything now,Leo" nagsimula na siyang umiyak sa balikat nito "I can remember now,,,oh God! I'm so sorry" paghagulgol ko.

Thinking those years she was not on his side,those years she have lived her life,like she was still a free woman. She have lost years of her childrens lives and her husband.

It's like waking up from a deep slumber or from a shitty hang over. But this is different it's more like reality of life,the cruelty of life,the greediness of others that caused this to me and to my family.

"Thank God! I love you so much,baby ko,,you don't have to say sorry,I should be the one apologizing to you,,they wanted me,yet they got you involved,I could have kill them" I shook my head.

"No! I just want you beside me,don't do something you might regret in the end,Leo" she plead with fear.

Ayaw niyang mabahiran ng dugo ang kamay ng kanyang asawa.

"No,I won't,though I would want to,but I know better than those sick people,,you don't have to worry about it now,they are all gone now,no one will hurt you now or our daughters,we are safe now,babe"

Naguguluhan siyang tumingin sa asawa.

"What do you mean?" Instead of answering her,he kissed her forehead and pulled her close to him to give a tight hug.

"We can go home soon,babe,nahuli na ang may pakana ng lahat ng ito"

Humiwalay ako sa mga yakap nito upang muli itong harapin.

"How?" Naguguluhan pa rin siya.
"I'll explain,have a drink and calm youself"

She did,may iniabot itong baso ng tubig na iniinom niya kaagad. Nang makalma na siya ay pasandal na naupo ito sa kama. Pinaupo siya nito sa pagitan ng mga hita nito at pinasandal sa katawan nito.

She felt so safe in his arms,pumikit siya ng haplos haplosin nito ang kanyang braso. Ramdam ang hininga nito sa kanyang tenga na kumikiliti.

"So,what happened? Paanong nahuli na ito?"

"He attempted to sneak in,in this mansion,," nanlaki ang mga mata niya.

"What?!" Pinigilan siya ng asawa sa tangkang pag bangon mula sa katawan nito.

"Babe,listen first and calm down,please"

She sighed and relax in her husband's arms once again then Leo started telling her what happened.

Hindi niya alam kung paanong reaksyon ang gagawin dahil sa mga nalaman.

Hindi niya lubos maisip na may mga tao na handang kumitil ng buhay para lamang sa kanilang pansariling kapakanan.

"He is desperate to kill us all" nag iigtingan ang mga litid nito sa braso nito. Nakikita niya iyon,hinawakan niya ang braso nito upang pakalmahin.

Even me,it shook me after hearing that,I thought about our daughters. She will go crazy if something happened to them and she might not recover from it any more.