He Left Us (ON-HOLD)

Chapter 20

Chapter 20:

“Eww. Dad! Look choco pee on my bed.” Reklamo ni Marco sa akin. Nakopo! Bakit sa dami ng pwedeng ihian e sa kama pa ni Marco. Bastos ‘tong asong ‘to ah.

“I’ll call yaya rosy to fix that. Let’s train Choco so that he can’t pee or poop in your bed.” Kumuha ako ng isang kasambahay sa bahay nila mommy para taga linis dito sa bahay at taga laba.

“Aye aye” ang cute talaga ng anak ko. Manag mana sa tatay.

“Playdead!”

“Marco, you should speak louder.” Mahina kasi ang pagkakasabi niya ng ‘play dead’ parang normal lang kaya hindi siya sinunod ni CHoco.

“PLAY DEAD!” Sobrang lakas naman. -.-

“Okay. Now we will teach choco how to pee on proper place ha? You can go to yaya rosy and ask for our merienda.

“Eeee! I want to see.” Nagpapadyak pa ito ng paa habang nag rereklamo.

“okay, okay”

“Yey!

Pagkatapos naming turuan si Choco ay nag merienda na kami. Matagal tagal din kasi naming tinuruan uyung asong slow na ‘yun mga tatlong oras din.

“Why did you choose to stay here? Don’t you miss your mom?” I asked Marco while we were eating our merienda. Nagtataka rin kasi ako kung bakit siya nagpaiwan sa akin.

“I missed her but I have a lot of time to spend with her. We might go back to States.”

What the—? Babalik na sila sa America? Pero ang akala ko ay ditto na sila titira. No. ayoko, hindi ako papaya na mawala pa sila sa akin. Mawala ng lahat sa akin wag lang sila. Kailangan kong makausap ang daddy ni Sabrina. Siguro pag dating na lang ng mga ito.

“Do you want to go back there?”

“I want to go back for Leigh and my friends. But I want you to come with us.”

I want you to come with us. Ang sarap pakinggan. Kahit ako ay gusto kong sumama pabalik sa kanila or ditto na alng sila mag stay.

“Really? What if your mom doesn’t want me to come with you?”

“I’ll use my puppy eyes technique. She can’t resist me if I use my puppy eyes.”

“Where did you learn that?”

“The puppy eyes? I learn it from Mae, she always use that when she wants something. Me and mom can’t resist her while doing that so I tried using it and mom does what I want.”

Natawa naman ako sa kwento niya, so pagka pala hiniling ni Marco ang magkaroon ng happy family isang puppy eyes lang niya bibigay na si Rina?

“I see. Marco don’t you want a complete family?” nakita ko ang pagningning ng kanyang mata sa sinabi ko.

“Of course. I want to have a big happy family like my classmates. I want to walk with you and mom while holding my hand. I want us to have a picnic and I also want to have you on our family day.” Kahit ako anak gusto kong mangyari ‘yan.

“Who attends your family day in school? Your tito Seb?”

“No. tito Anthony used to be my dad in family day” curse that Anthony! Kung wala lang siguro si Marco ditto ay kanina pa ako nagwala.

“Ohh. Tell me about him”

“Uhm. Tito Anthony is my bestfriend. He always protect us. He’s always there for us. He loves us so much and we love him too. He always do what we want. He cares for us. Sometimes mom gets jealous to us because we always go out whenever mom is busy at work.”

Ang tanga mo Aiden! Alam mo na ngang masasaktan ka pa tinanong mo pa! Agad kong pinunasan ang luha sa gilid ng mata ko. Sana ako ang nasa tabi nila hindi si Anthony pero wala na akong magagawa nangyari na ang mga nangyari.

Hindi ko maiwasang mainggit kay Anthony. Buti pa siya nakita ang paglaki ng kambal. Buti pa siya nandoon sa mga mahahalagang pangyayari sa buhay ng mga anak ko. Buti pa siya minahal nila. Buti pa siya nakita at nakapiling si Mae.

 

“What things did you do always with your tito Anthony?”

“We always plays xbox even if mom will get mad at us he will just hug mom and we can continue playing. We always ride bike in central park. We also love ice skating, we always skate when winter. He also teach mae how to bake cake. And many more.”

“You love him so much, do you?”

“Yes. He is there when we need help. You know he saves me from dying.” Nagulat ako sa sinabi niya. Bakit?

“Dying? Why?”

“When we are going somewhere a truck bumps us then he hug me immediately, mom hugs mae but—“ Naramdaman kong malapit na siyang umiyak kaya niyakap ko si Marco at doon na bumuhos ang luha niya. Dapat ko palang pasalamatan si Anthony sa pagliligtas sa anak ko.

”D-did Mae died because of that accident?”

“Yes—no. I-I don’t know.”