Two hours before the Christmas Eve begin, in two hours of that I'm here standing near in the window watching how the lights dancing through the night. I felt the cold wind blew to my skin, as I rub my arm to produce some heat that the night gaves the chill.
Rinig ko mula sa likuran ko ang malakas na tugtugan ng pang-party. 'cause even my nephew and cousins were dancing on the floor. And I'm not into it.
By the way, we're here at our relatives. Naisipan kasi ng mga magulang ko na dito kami mag celebrate dahil kakauwi lang ng kapatid ng papa ko galing ibang bansa. Which is panganay niyang kapatid.
Actually mag ka-galit silang dalawa, because of what happened 2 years ago but, nevermind about that, it's a family business.
"Kuya Rey, come with us!" sigaw ng pinsan ko na si Claude, a fifteen-year old grade eight student.
Hindi kami mahiyain na mag kakaanak dito, lahat kami rito ay nag-uusap at walang ilangan sa isa't-isa, 'di tulad ng ibang pamilya na nag kaka-ilangan pag nakikita nila ang long-time no see relatives nila.
I just smiled at him at ngumiti lang din siya pabalik sa akin.
I'm not into dance floor, I'm more on reading. I love reading specially may kinalaman sa mga Mystery, Thriller genres. Not into romance actually. I hate story related to love. Except sa mga horror stories, kung saan 'yung mga lover do'n ang unang namamatay o 'di kaya'y 'yung partner niya ang unang mamamatay. In that case mas lalong lumalabas ang tunay na kulay ng isang karakter and in that scenario, mas nagugustuhan ko ang storya.
Naisipan kong mag lakad papuntang banyo, ng pag kaliko ko. Naka bungguan ko ang tiyahin ko na babae, which is kapatid ni mama na panganay, si tita Beth. A fourty-two year old woman with two son. A business woman for almost twenty-years.
"Auntie sorry." pag hingi ko ng tawad.
Ngumiti lang siya at hinimas niya ang buhok ko.
"Mag ba-banyo ka?" she asked, tumango ako bilang tugon at ngumiti sa kaniya. "By the way, hijo. Did you see Claude?" pahabol niyang tanong nang aalis na sana ako sa harapan niya.
Napa-isip ako.
"Ah, yes. I saw him dancing with others, maybe his with them." sagot ko.
Ngumiti naman siya at umalis na sa harapan ko, ako nama'y nag patuloy sa tinatahak kong daan papuntang banyo.
As I reached the comfort area mabilis akong pumasok rito at nag banyo, tahimik lang dito except for the loud audio na maririnig ko pa rin pero mahina nalang dahil naka sara ang pintuan dito.
As I finished, nag hugas agad ako ng kamay sabay hilamos sa mukha
BZZZZ!! BZZZZ!!
I felt my phone vibrate at agad ko naman itong kinuha sa bulsa. Nag taka ako sa nag pop-up sa phone screen ko, kaya't agad ko itong sin-wayp at napunta ako sa messages.
Philip send a picture...
Merry Christmas Rey!
Oh, my dear friend.
Nag message rin ako sa kaniya at binati rin siya ng maligayang pasko. Philip send a picture with his family sa messages ko.
As I looking at them, they're smiling to each other that I felt a little bit jealous because of that. I hope my family was kinda like that, kahit sa pasko eh nagagawang ngumiti ngayong araw.
At kumpleto sila.
My mom was not here, she's to busy in the other country to deal with her business. She promised to me that she'll do anything para lang maka-uwi ngayong pasko, but he didn't shown up. Instead video call lang kaninang six ng dapit-hapon.
BINABASA MO ANG
Who Did It? (On-going)
Mystery / ThrillerA family reunion who celebrate Christmas Eve to everyone. A christmas that always gives happiness and love. But what if this is the day when someone died at your family relatives? And you are one of the witnesses but you didn't know who did it? *** ...
