The Warmest Place (Paradise Series#4)

Kabanata 5

Mansanas

I just watching him while making a cotton candy. I don't like sweet nor hate it. Ayoko lang talaga ng matatamis pero mukhang natatakam na ako sa cotton candy na ginagawa ni Harvey.

"Matagal pa ba 'yan? Inaantok na ako," pagkatapos kong sabihin ay humikab ako.

He smiled at me and handed me a stick with full of cotton candy. It's bubblegum flavor.

Kinagatan ko agad iyon. I give him a thumbs up. Sarili niya naman ang ginawan.

Maliit ang apartment na tinitirhan niya at tama lang para sa isang tao. It's more on studio type but there's a divider to cover his bedroom.

Nandito kami ngayon sa kusina niya at nakaupo ako sa tabi niya habang siya naman ay nakatayo.

Tumayo ako at naglakad para libutin ang sarili sa loob ng bahay. Nilingon ko ang paligid. I stopped looking around when I saw ID.

Harvey Serrano.

Maganda ang apilyedo niya.

Nakarating ako sa pwesto kung saan nandon ang kama niya. Naupo ako sa kama at tumingin sa bintana.

Nasa third floor siya ng apartment at puro bubong ng bahay ang nakikita ko mula dito. I looked up at the sky.

Hey, Papa. I am eating your favorit pasalubong—cotton candy. With someone who I'm not really close.

But still I come with him because I feel like he really need someone.

Naramdaman ko ang pagtabi sa akin ni Harvey sa kama ngunit may distansya pa rin.

Nilingon ko siya. "So what happened? Why you need someone?"

He took a deep breath before he speak. "I have some thing that I really treasured. But someone want to take that from me."

Napaayos ako ng upo at hinarap siya. I didn't talk I just want him to tell me everything.

Sabi nila, maganda raw ang magopen up sa isang taong hindi mo kilala dahil hindi ka raw magagawang ijudge.

But for me, you can judge them freely but in a nice way. Like you need to them to wake up from thinking something bad. Katulad ng gusto nilang magpakamatay dahil sa problema. You're a stranger and God sent you for her or him to erase whatever he or she is thinking.

You need to tell them what is really true. Kaysa naman ay sang-ayunan mo kahit alam mong mali 'di ba? How that person will grow if you are going to agree of what he or she is saying if it's wrong?

"My Grandma passed away before I graduated college. She gave me her small company. Yung kompanyang hindi niya binatawan kahit walang naniniwala sa kaniya. That's why I am doing my best to make her dreams come true. Yung tatanyag ang kompanyang binuo niya. It's robot company. But while I am working on it, my brother. My eldest brother wants to take the company. He wants the one who will lead. Pero ang huling bilin sa akin ng Lola ay huwag ibibigay kay Kuya kahit anong mangyari. That's why even I love my brother. I can't disappoint my Grandma. Yung mga panahon na walang naniniwala sa kakayahan ko. Siya lang yung taong nagawang pagkatiwalaan ako," he chuckled as he remember something from the past.

I smiled. "Your Grandma probably are watching you now from above and bragging that she has a grandchild like you."

He looked at me. "My parents didn't believe of what I can do but my Grandma? She fight for it. While I am fighting, she was planning to leave me too," sandali siyang tumigil at iniwas ang tingin sa akin.

I feel something heavy from my chest.

"I'm sorry if I disturb you from your rest time... wala lang talaga akong malapitan."