Run After Her

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Calyx Kheifer Huscaro

" 'Cause how can I move on, when I'm still inlove with you?" pagkanta ko habang tahimik na umiinom ng wine si Kourtney.

Wine sa hospital. What HAHAHA

I should be angry at her. I should be. Pero napaamo niya ako ng dahil sa mga anak namin.

Our babies are so cute and handsome just like their father. But she hid my sons.

"Calyx." Tawag nito sa'kin.

"What?" Masungit ang pagkakasagot ko sakanya. Hindi ko pwedeng ipahalata na gusto kong tinatawag niya ako palagi.

I missed her voice. I missed the tone I always receive everytime we're arguing about some small things.

"Are you still--"

"You're married already, aren't you?" Napatigil naman siya dahil sa pagtatanong ko. Hindi niya ako nagawang sagutin.

"Kourtney, after all these years you hid my son Raziel. 4 na taon mong hindi pinakita sa'kin yung anak ko. I waited for you for fvcking 13 years pero ito ang igaganti mo sa'kin. You hid my sons, why?"

"Kasi I know na hindi mo kayang tanggapin yung mga bata. Calyx, it isn't easy na magpalaki ng mga anak ng mag-isa, I tried to tell you. I tried Calyx but Dad stopped me. Ayaw niyang malaman mo na buhay pa 'ko at ang anak mo. Ayaw niyang makarating sa mga Huscaro na ang babaeng sumira ng engagement party na 'yon ay may anak sa'yo. Pwedeng lumabas na pera at ang katawan mo lang ang habol ko. Pwede nilang sabihin na, buntis ako nung na engage tayo baka nabuntis ako ng iba at sa'yo ko ipapaako. Hindi madali. But I tried, kasi hinahanap ka na ni Raziel. Sinubukan kong magtago, but I can't help it." Sabi niya habang paunti-unting iniinom ang wine niya.

"Nung nasa Cemetery ka. Ilang beses kitang sinubukang lapitan. Ilang beses kitang narinig na magmakaawa sa Diyos. Ilang beses kong nasaksikan kung pa'no ka mahirapan, magdusa at mag-agaw buhay. I was there through all your hardships."

"Why did you faked your death?"

"To flee." Simpleng sagot niya. "When I knew that Raziel is having a hard time staying in Korea, dun ko naisip na mag flee ng country and iwan si Oliver."

"You left Oliver dumbfounded habang papunta ka sa anak natin? Hindi mo manlang ba naisip yung anak niyo ni Oliver na namatay?" Pagtaas ng onti ng boses ko.

Lies. Lies. Lies.

She's telling me pretty lies.

"Anak? Iustus isn't Oliver's flesh and blood. It was yours. I didn't abort our child. All along it's just lies created by me." Pag ngiti niya sa'kin. "Hindi naging kami ni Oliver because he loves V."

"How about your death? Ang bilis kumalat ng fake death mo, nakaapekto 'yon hindi lang sa'kin kundi pati sa mga nasasakupan ng Sillero Clan."

"The death? We did fake the death. You heard na I died, yes I died but luckily God let me survive and gave me another chance to live. Nung una palang sinabi na ng mga doctor pati ni Keixo kay Ruelleen na mababa yung chance of living ko. That's true, but they managed to make me alive. A day after my so-called-death, nilipad ako papuntang America para dun gamutin. High-risk din daw kasi humihina yung kapit ni Iustus that time."

"Do you know that I suffered?" Tanong ko sakanya. Agad naman siyang tumango.

"Kourtney, I can forgive you because we have our sons already. But don't expect na ganun pa din ang magiging pakikitungo ko sa'yo. You know me. I don't tolerate liars. I'll do this for our children and not because I still love you." Saad ko.