Dealing with Mr. Scared of What? (Quadro Series #1)

Chapter 41

"Happy Birthday Aunty Mommy!"

Napa-ngiti na lang siya ng bumungad sakaniya ang ang mag-kambal na naka-upo sa gilid niya. Agad siyang tumayo umupo sa kama niya bago niyakap ang dalawang bata, time flies fast. She's getting older. Agad naman siya tumayo habang buhat-buhat si Eli at hawak ang kamay ni Eiji. Agad naman siya napa-tigil ng makita niya ang box na nasa center table.

Agad naman siya napa-ngiti ng maalala ang nangyari kagabi, Kyx knew it was her birthday at regalo niya iyon. May gagawin daw iyon kaya hindi siya available, hindi naman niya tinanong kung bakit, and besides it's not like it bothers her. Masaya lang talaga siya dahil alam ni Kyx kung kailan birthday niya at may regalo pa ito.

Hindi niya alam kung paano nito nalaman ang birthday niya pero wala naman siya pakialam.

Pina-upo niya ang dalawang bata sa sofa bago niya binuksan ang telebisyon at inilagay sa 'Cartoon Network'. Hinarap niya ang dalawang bata. "I'm just gonna cook breakfast, okay?"

Both of them just nod their head, she was about to leave when Eiji jump on her legs and cling to her. "Aunty Mommy we're going to Lola's right?"

She chuckle before nodding her head, tinatawag na kasi na Lola ng mag -kambal ang Mommy niya. Okay, lang naman dahil gusto na din magka-apo ng Mommy niya kaso hindi naman niyo ito mabibigyan. Well, hindi pa siya handa. Allergic sa commitment kaya sa tingin niya matagal pa bago magka-apo Mommy niya.

Allergic ang anak niya sa commitment.

Nang matapos siyang mag-luto ay agad niya naman pina-kain ang dalawang bata bago niya ito pina-ligo sa taas habang siya naman ay nag-linis ng kusina hanggang sa sala. She was vacuuming when something caught her eye in the playpen. The playpen has a dirty white carpet kaya kitang-kita niya iyon. She went close to it.

A film picture.

Pinulot niya iyon bago tinignan. Kyx must have dropped this when he was playing with the twins. Halatang kay Kyx iyon dahil nasa litrato ito pero halatang bata pa ito. He was with a girl in the photo, Venus. Venus looks a little more mature in the picture, but what caught her attention are her eyes. Her eyes are beautiful but looking at them. She felt heavy.

There was an appeased sadness and agony pushed back by the happiness of holding her firstborn. Jupiter. Even her smile, it feels so painful watching it. Being a photographer, naturally you just simply pick up what people truly feel just by looking at their eyes and smiling. Looking at this Venus look like a dead woman who just found her will to live.

Jupiter. But what happen though?

Looking at this photo Kyx looked so happy and because of that her mind is once again full of questions and the memory of Bishop's words came back to her mind like wide tidal waves. Hindi niya iyon naisip nitong nakaraan dahil sa galit niya pero ngayon na kumalma na siya, maraming nasabi si Bishop na sagot sa ibang tanong niya.

Venus is just like her, with PTSD and an Eating Disorder. But why would Kyx feel guilty about Venus dying? Looking at the photo Venus ang Kyx looked so close, their bond seem so deep that it can't easily break but what happen? Question clouded her mind once again but one stand out.

May kinalaman ba si Kyx sa pag- kamatay ni Venus?

And Bishop also mention about a girl. He can clearly hear Bishop shouting the last thing he said, he entrusted Kyx with a girl. Hindi naman siguro si Venus ang dahilan kung bakit may Phobia si Kyx, kung ganon pwede din ang stepmother at sister niya. She can clearly remember how Kyx wavered remembering his stepmother and sister.