Long Lost Daughter

42

It's already pm.

Dito kaming lahat mag-stay for vacation.

Next week aasikasuhin ko na ang kaso ni Celes.

"Celestine...Baby are you going to sleep na?" I asked her pagpasok ko ng kwarto.

"Hindi pa naman po.." her answer.

"Ms.Irene dito na po ba kami titira?" Tanong ni Jack.

"Just call me tita irene, okay?" I smiled to Jack.

"Sh! Jack." Saway sa kaniya ng ate niya.

"If gusto ng ate mo, oo naman." I answered and laugh a little.

"Hindi na po--"

"No 'nak, this is your house too." I smiled at her.

"But that's still your choice, we'll be so much happy if magsasama-sama tayo sa iisang bubong." I said.

She just thinking about it.

"Nga pala, your tita told me na isasama ka daw niya sa mall tomorrow. You want?" I asked her.

Ate wants to build more memories bonding with her talaga, she's my ate's favorite. Nasa kwarto pa ni ate naka display 'yung mga pictures nila nung baby pa si Tine.

"Uhm..okay lang po ba isama si Jack? Sabi niya.

"Ofcourse, pwede..hmm what if sabihin ko sa tita mo na family nalang?" Sabi ko.

Hindi pwedeng hindi ako kasama.

She smiled at me, pinatulog niya na din si Jack at sabi niya maya-maya na daw siya.

Lumabas muna ako sa kwarto dahil kanina pa nagriring ang cellphone ko.

"Hello?, Who's this?" I said in telephone.

There's no talking behind the call in seconds.

"Mommy...you really forgot about me, do you?"

Boses ni Celes, i'm so worried about what she's doing in there.
Her voice is...

"What a happy family, how i wish that we'll never see that Tine again." Mariin niyang boses sa call.

"Celes.."

And she end the call.

Kinabahan ako bigla, ramdam ko sa boses niya ang galit at gusto niyang mga gawin na walang makakaawat.

Pumasok na ulit ako sa kwarto at wala na si Celestine doon.

Nasa terrace siya, looking somewhere.

"Celestine." I call her.

"Mommy..."

"There's something wrong ba?" I asked her because she looks nervous.

Medyo namumula din siya na namumutla.

"W-wala naman po, nagpapahangin lang. Bigla po kasi akong kinabahan." She said.

I know that Celes have a plan, she really don't know what she really doing.

I hug her at sinamahan ko siya, pinatungan ko din siya ng Jacket dahil malakas ang hangin dito.

"Mommy, worth it po ba?....i mean masaya po ba kayo na...ako po 'yung anak niyo?" She asked me.

Anong pumasok sa isip niya at natanong niya 'yon, you have no idea how much i thankful, blessed and happy na ikaw ang anak ko Celestine.

"Ofcourse!, Why??" I asked her too.

"wala naman po.."

"You know anak, i'm really happy na ikaw 'yung anak namin. It's all worth it ofcourse. There's no waste when it comes to you baby." I hug her tight ang kissed her.