DAY 4
5:55am. I was enjoying the sand, the breezy wind, the sea and the rising sun when my phone rang. I sighed when I saw my mom’s name flashing on the screen.
“Mom.” I sighed as I answered her call.
“Andrea! Oh God! Sa wakas! Dylan, yung anak mo sumagot na sa tawag ko!” Mom hysterically screamed. I smiled tiredly. “Andrea, baby! Ano na, kamusta ka na? Kumakain ka ba ng mabuti? Nakakatulog ka ba ng maayos?” Dirediretso nyang tanong.
“Mom, I’m okay. Please don’t stress yourself by calling me almost every hour. I told you, I’m fine.” Pagod kong sabi dito.
“Baby, who wouldn’t get worried when her daughter doesn’t answer any of her calls?” May kalungkutan sa boses nito. I sighed. I bet she’s silently crying. She’s just trying not to make her voice crack. I know my mom very well.
“Is that Andrea? Let me talk to her.” Napangisi ako nang narinig ko ang malalim na boses ni dad. “Andrea.” Bungad nito saken.
“Hey, dad. Sesermunan mo rin ba ako?” I joked.
He sighed. “We are just worried, Andrea.”
“I know, dad. And alam nyo rin kung ano ang desisyon ko dito.”
“Can’t we at least know where you live?” He asked.
“Pag sinabi ko kung saan ako nakatira ngayon, edi kelangan ko nanaman maghanap ng bagong titirhan?”
“Anak, I only ask na sana wag mong alisin samin ang karapatan namin bilang mga magulang mo.”
“Dad, hindi ko naman inaalis iyon sainyo. Kayo pa nga rin nag proprovide ng panggastos ko, hindi ba? Lahat ng pera na nilalabas ko galing sainyo pa rin naman.” Pangangatwiran ko.
“Yea, but you don’t give us the chance to find you.”
“I know you’ve been tracking kung saan ako nagwiwithdraw ng pera, dad.” Nakangisi kong sagot.
He laughed a little. “Is that why pa-iba iba ka ng town and city na pinaglalabasan ng pera? You are one smart girl.”
“No doubt. My parents are smart.”
“Andrea, baby, please tell us where are you now.” I heard mom pleaded.
“Malayo, mom. Bumibisita lang ako dito sa kasalukuyan kong inuupuan.”
“Still, let us know. Please.”
I sighed. Then I looked at my feet slightly covered with sand.
“Sand beneath my feet
A childhood remembered
BINABASA MO ANG
14 days
RomanceHow to change your life within 14 days? I am not sure how it happened but I am sure that this changed my life. Don't read this. It will break you as much as it broke me. This is Andrea Sebastian's story - a side story of Perfect Pleasures.
