The Last Sunset of Summer (Montero Series #2) (✔️)

Chapter 24

"Tara na nga..." sabi ko bago kumalas ng yakap sa kanya. "Gutom na 'ko. Let's eat meat in the kitchen." 

Bahagya kong hinila ang kamay niya pero nagtaka ako nang gulat ang mga mukha nitong nakatingin sa'kin.

"A-Anong let's eat me in the kitchen?"

My mouth circled. 

"Tang---hindi lang bibig madumi sa'yo, Mave Rixon! Pati tenga mo na rin!" Marahan kong hinampas ang braso niya.

"That's what I really heard."

"Meat! Sabi ko meat! I'm talking 'bout meat balls!"

Muli na namang namilog ang mga mata niya kaya napakunot lalo ang kilay ko.

"B-Balls?"

Mariin akong napapikit at tinulak siya palayo sa'kin. 

"Tangina, Rixon. Ewan ko sa'yo!" puna ko bago siya iwan roon sa labas, natatawa.

I have never imagined my life here in the Philippines to become this easy if it wasn't for him. Akala ko'y isang buwan pa lang ay hindi ko na kakayanin ang manatili rito. Aside from being away from home and being distant with dad, I couldn't keep up with the discordance between me and mommy.

Pakiramdam ko ay siya ang kontrabida sa mga bagay na gusto kong gawin. But since I met Rixon, who's undeniably a very family-oriented person, I got it through.

He taught me things that have never crossed my knowledge before. He made me love my mom more. He made me see the importance of family. He made me understand the other side of every story. He brings out the best in me.

I just couldn't imagine the girl that I was before I met him. Ngayon ko lang narealize kung gaano naii-stress si Mommy sa akin noon.

No wonder why my mother likes him so much for me. He made me grow.

It wasn't that hard to convince him to let me go back to the States. Although, at first, he was hesitant too, he still agreed at the end. Not because he couldn't do anything to stop it, but because he also thought it would be good for us, too.

"Don't think about me for now. I can endure distance. I can wait. Just focus on everything that you need to accomplish. Dreams before us, remember?" That's what he always tells me. 

It's one of the things that I love most about him. He's futuristic. He always makes sure that everything he does today will have a beneficial impact in the future. He wants things to work on the right track, as planned.

It was during our second anniversary when we had our last sunset date before I was scheduled to fly back to the States. Ipinagpaalam niya ako kay Mommy na magbabakasyon kami sa Samal kung saan ko siya sinagot noon. Nakiusap na rin siya kay Tito Theodore na sa resthouse nila kami mags-stay.

Mommy entrusted me to him. I know what's weighing inside her mind when it took her a day before she finally decided to allow us to have our own vacation as a couple.