MKT TRILOGY #1 [COMPLETED]

Chapter 50

Time Machine - Six Part Invention

"Hey! What's up, T?"

Sagot ng kabilang linya. Finally! He picked up. "Gosh! I've been calling you for hours, Sky!"

Natigil ako sa pagmamaneho ng maabutan ng traffic. "That's what I was about to tell you. I can't attend the meeting."

Huminga ako ng malalim sa naging sagot nito. "I know! I know! I'm sorry. Pero you know naman kung anong meron ngayon 'di ba?"

Muli kung pinaandar ang sasakyan ko ng umusad na ang traffic. "Okay, thank you so much, Sky!"

...

I was walking just after the rain poured from the sky. I slowly put down the bouquet of flowers near his gravestone.

I also took my black shades and floppy hat off that matches my white turtleneck and grey skirt.

"It's been three years..." I felt hot tears on my cheeks.

"I'm sorry,"

I held into his gravestone when I felt my knees loses its strength.

It's May 06. I looked at my watch. And five pm in the afternoon. I've been doing this every 6th day of the month to show to him that I never moved on.

Tears were already falling from my eyes after remembering what happened. That was Three years ago. Nine months after Leo left us. January 6 and five pm in the afternoon.

I was about to give birth. And I had no one but Khiro to bring me to the hospital that time. My Mom was at the grocery store. And I don't have much strength to call her. Dad was also left in Pangasinan to take care of Midnight.

Khiro was driving as fast as he could. But, on our way, someone shot the car's tire.

Then everything went black.

But I woke up in the hospital's delivery room. I was giving birth to my child. I thought nothing happened. Because I saw the doctor... held my son in his arms.

The next day... The day that I wished I never woke up to hear those words from the doctor who gave birth to my child.

The accident affected my child that caused it's heart to stop.

Not only did I lose my child. But I also lose my self and everything I have. I suffered a lot. I suffered through depression, anxiety and postpartum. I was hopeless. And miserable.

Khiro was also in coma for One year and Five months. He lost his memories. But he was recovering, slowly remembering the memories he lost.

But then, I met Clee. Alejandro Cleven Lee. The man who offered his hand to help me.

Clee and I met in a coffee shop I used to work after I lost my baby. He helped me so much. He helped me achieve my dream business. My own clothing brand. That I named after my son.

The process was hard. There were times I wanted to give up. But Clee, was there.

I finally built my first company. But... I feel so lost.

Even after I achieve the life I have imagined. A part of me still feels so lost and empty.

What happened years ago, still haunts me.

Wala akong kwentang ina dahil hindi ko man lang nagawang iligtas ang anak ko. Kung... Maiba-balik ko lang ang oras. At alam ko ang mangyayari, gagawa ako ng paraan. Mailigtas lang ang anak ko!

...

Nang mai-park ko na ang sasakyan ko ay kaagad akong pumasok sa bahay. Ibinaba ko ang bag ko kung saan at nagtungo sa bar counter ko.

I did not bother to get a champagne glass. I just got the whole bottle and opened it with a corkscrew.

"Fuck my life." I murmured before drinking the alcohol I was holding.

I also lit up a cigarette. I don't smoke frequently. Just when I want to relax and take a break from everything I've been through.

They're all over the news. George Leonardo Zapanta Vasquez and Maui Eileen De Silva, spotted having a date in a fancy restaurant at Paris.

I pushed him. Made him believe that I had a miscarriage when I did not.

And now that it really did happen. I'm all alone suffering. Siguro naka move on na siya sa pagkawala ng anak namin.

How I wish that I could swap places with him and do the same thing he did. Not showing any care about how you lose your son and walk away like you didn't matter.

***

"Good Morning, Ma'am Tyellian!" Nginitian ko ang emplayado na nag abot saakin ng coffee at nagpa-salamat na din.

Kaka-attend ko lang ng meeting at papunta na ako ngayon sa office ko para mag check ng emails ko. Hinihintay ko ang update doon sa bag na in-order ko abroad.

Pagka bukas ko ng pintuan dito ay si Clee kaagad ang naabutan ko sa opisina ko. "Napaaga ka yata?" Tanong ko dito at marahang isinara ang pintuan ko.

"Hindi naman. Kakarating ko nga lang, eh." Sabi pa niya. Iginaton ko ang bag ko sa sofa bago lumapit sakaniya.

"Don't come too close." Sabi pa niya at parang may itinatago pa sa likod niya. Napakunot naman ako at napangiti din.

"Weird!" Sabi ko dito bago uminom sa kape ko.

"I'll show it on your birthday." Aniya at kumindat pa nga. Ba't niya pa dinala dito? Eh sa Birthday ko pa naman pa pala niya ibibigay. Hilig talaga mang asar!

"Bataan is waving!!!" Tumili pa nga ako at nae-excite dahil sa nalalapit kong bakasyon. "Sigurado ka? Ayaw mo mag celebrate ng birthday sa ibang bansa?" Tanong nito.

"Next year na lang. Gusto ko talaga mag Bataan eh."

...

Nang makaalis na si Clee ay payapa na akong nakakagawa ng trabaho ko. Naka focus lamang ako sa computer ko at tinitignan ng mabuti ang mga designs na ginawa ng mga designers ko.

Tyler's Fashion Empire.

'Yan ang ipinangalan ko sa negosyo ko. My son's name is Solitaire Tyler Gomez Vasquez.

'Tyler' dahil pinaghalo na pangalan namin ni Leo. Iyong 'R' sa dulo ay iyong nag iisang 'R' sa salitang 'Fireflies'.

I named him something that was very memorable to me and Leo. Fireflies. Something that changed our faith that night. Because who would have thought that a little insect made us find each other even after fourteen years.

||R.A||
RAENAALMEDA