Unforgettable Mistake ✓

CHAPTER 9

#UnforgettableMistake

CHAPTER 9
Internship

"Oli!" 

Ang sigaw ni Ate Aleah ang bumungad sa akin paglabas ko ng airport. Kaagad sumilay ang ngiti sa aking labi nang matanaw ko siya katabi ng kanyang asul na Audi A3. Natagalan ako sa paglapit sa kanya dahil sa dalawang naglalakihan kong maleta. She didn't take it as a cue to help me. Pinanood niya lang akong maghirap. She haven't changed at all.

"You'd be living with me from now on," she said when I stopped in front of her.

I made a face. "I'd be living with you for six weeks only," paglilinaw ko. "Where's Kuya Iker?" I tried to take a peek inside her car, but it's too tinted.

"He's not here. Didn't you know that he's staying in Canada? We're in New York. Why are you looking for him here?"

I only shrugged my shoulders as an answer. Ngayon ko lang naalala na hindi nga pala sila magkasama rito. My eyes sparkled at the thought of meeting Lola and Lolo again. I stopped putting my suitcases in the back of her car and turned to face her—who's watching me suffer.

"Let's go visit Lola and Lolo," masayang aya ko.

She looked at me with those amused eyes then a grin broke on her lips. "You didn't know anything about us here." She shook her head.

Nanatili akong nakatitig sa kanya kaya lumapit siya sa akin at siya na ang tumapos ng ginagawa ko. Nakatulala lang ako sa kanya hanggang sa balingan niya. She took a deep sighed.

"Lola and Lolo are living with Tito Loey somewhere in California," she informed.

Lumaylay ang magkabilang balikat ko sa kanyang sinabi. Hindi ko alam. Bakit hindi ko alam ang bagay na iyon? I miss them a lot. Pumayag nga 'ko na pumunta rito dahil gusto ko na silang makita ulit, e.

Ate Aleah drew a deep breath. Before saying something that made me jump from joy. "Since you arrived early, let's go meet them."

Wala kaming sinayang na oras. Hindi ako nagreklamo kahit na kabababa ko lang ng eroplano pero muli akong sasakay. All I think about is I'm going to see my grandparents again!

Iniwan namin ang mga dala kong gamit sa loob ng sasakyan ni ate. She made calls earlier, and I think it'd be safe, too.

"Matulog ka muna. Mahaba ang binyahe mo, tapos byahe na naman," mahinang sabi ni ate nang makalipad na ang eroplanong sinasakyan namin. 

We're bound to San Francisco, California. I was really excited, not because I'd be there for the first time, but because I'd be able to meet my grandparents for the first time in ten years. They must be old by now. Hindi ko man lang nakita ang pagtanda nila. 

Wala kaming dala ni Ate Aleah kung hindi ang kanya-kanya naming handbag. We didn't plan this, but because she loves me, we're here now.

Kaagad kaming sumakay ng taxi pagkalabas ng airport. I didn't know what's happening in the Philippines, my battery's dead. Hindi ko ma-charge kahit na may dalang power bank si ate dahil hindi compatible. Naiwan ko kasi ang charger ko sa sasakyan niya.

"We're here," si ate nang tumigil ang sinasakyan namin sa tapat ng isang mansion.

Ate paid for the fare while I remained standing in front of the three-story mansion.

"I get it now why they chose to move here," I mumbled as I stared at the ocean in front of the mansion.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" si ate nang makalapit sa akin. "Let's go and surprise them."