Strings of Guitar

Chapter 05

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"Ash, can we dance? Let's dance, please!" Nakita kong tumayo si Thalia atsaka iniabot ang kamay kay Ash, I'm trying my best not to look at them and keep myself busy chitchatting with Thor and Nico but I'm seeing them in my peripheral vision.

"Later baby," nakita kong hinigit nito si Thalia sa bewang pabalik sa upuan sa tabi niya. "let's stay here for a while."

Putangina mo, umalis ka na aba.

"Lia. Come inside my office," bumalik lang ako sa katotohanan ng marinig ko ang boses ni mommy.

Inayos ko muna ang sarili ko bago pumasok doon.

"Yes ma'am?" agad kong tanong pagkalapit ko kay mommy, kapag office hours I still use the word ma'am for professionalism and kapag tapos na ang office hours I call her mommy again.

"What's my schedule for today and next week?" she asked while massaging her temple.

"Today you have a meeting with an investor and for next week lunch meeting on wednesday and a party you need to attend on friday night, the charity ball." tumango tango naman ito.

"Do you want some coffee ma'am?" I asked her, mukhang stressed na si mommy.

"Yes please," agad ko namang sinunod ang utos nito.

Bakit ba hindi ko malumutan 'yong nangyari kagabi? Obviously I'm still affected by it pero mukhang okay naman na siya and he's happy.

"Here's your coffee ma'am," agad namang nagtaas ng tingin si mommy at ibinaba ang phone na hawak nito.

"Lia, sit down for a while." agad ko naman siyang sinunod.

"I'm not going to work starting tomorrow, okay?" panimula nito, "you know what to do, I may be gone for weeks or maybe months, sa bahay lang naman ako. You know the way."

I nodded. Ganito rin namna dati kapag hindi pumapasok si mommy ako ang pumapalit sa kaniya for a day pero parang sobra ang weeks at months? Maybe because she wants to spend time with Ash. 

Mom deserves it kaya I nodded.

"Lia, how are you?" she said out of the blue.

"I'm good ma'am," 

"I'm asking you as my daughter not as one of my employees anak," hinawakan niya ang kamay ko, "my son is here with another woman, anong gagawin mo?"

I sighed.

"Ma, I'm happy with my life now," I smiled. "mukhang gano'n rin naman siya, masaya po ako na kahit gano'n ang nangyari sa amin may mommy pa rin po ako na katulad niyo."

Talaga ba Lia? Masaya ka? Eh halos mangisay ka na nga sa selos eh.

"I'm also happy na you're still my daughter after what happened." she said. I smiled again when we heard a knock. Tumayo ako para buksan ang pinto at nakita ang isang hindi rin katandaang babae.

"Good afternoon, ma'am," I slightly bowed and motioned her to enter the office. Nang makapasok ay agad siyang lumabas at tumalima sa mga gawain para hindi na isipin ang nangyari sa bar kagabi.

She was drowned into working when she felt her phone vibrated.

"Hi mommy!" napangiti ako ng marinig ang boses ng anak ko.

"Hey, baby."

"Mommy, I missed you so so much!"

"I miss you too so so much,"

"Can I ask you out mommy?"

"Like a date?" I looked at my watch.

4:20, five naman ang out ko.

"Yes mommy, I want to have a date with you! Please, please pretty please?" 

Narinig ko naman ang pagbukas ng pinto sa office ni mommy at nakitang palabas na ito.

"I'll call you later baby-" natataranta ako pero hindi ko pinahalata.

"Say yes first!"

"Okay, date it is." I heard my daughter squealed before I turn to around to kiss mom's cheek.

"I'm going home na anak," we kissed each other's cheek, "I guess you need to go home na rin, I heard you'd be having a date," I smiled.

"Yes ma," with my daughter.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop," I shook my head.

"It's nothing, ingat po sa pag-uwi." nakita ko namang tumango ito bago umalis.

Hindi na rin ako nagtagal at lumabas na ng opisina para daanan ang anak ko sa bahay ng nanny niya. Doon ko na siya iniiwan since may anak ito at para may kalaro siya.

"Mommy!" she smiled and get off the car, her daughter is standing outside the gate together with her nanny and her son. Kinuha ko ang bag nito atsaka nagpaalam bago bumalik ng kotse, Pinaupo ko ito sa likod at kinabitan ng seatbelt.

"I wite ABC with nanny and Isaac mommy!" she said and showed me her papers with crooked ABC writings on them "but Isaac's wites  beautiful mama, I want his hand."

"You're still young that's why your writing is like that and Isaac is going to school that's why he can practice, you can be like him soon if you'd go to school," I said glancing at her.

"Mommy, let's go to the seaside!" my daughter said cheerfully and I don't have the heart to crumble her happiness that's why dinala ko siya sa seaside ng MOA.

We were eating french fries from McDonald's and we're sitting side by side watching the sunset when my daughter asked.

"Mama, who's Dada?" tumingin siya dito pero hindi ito nakatingin sa kaniya busy itong nakatingin sa french fries niya habang dinidip sa ketchup.

"Uhm, he's somewhere and he's busy." I patted her head, she instantly licks her lips and bit them before pouting.

That gesture is so much like Ash if he's not satisfied with the answer he's receiving. I guess my daughter inherit that habit.

"I know that youy talking about Dada when we eat with tati's and uncle, I hear taytay and that is daddy and  ta'Mia said Ash and I'm little Ash," she looked at me innocently, "Is dada's name is Ash?"

She stayed silent, my baby Ley. I'm sorry.

 I can't give you your father, he's with someone new and he's happy.

If I can only take away all those longingness inside my daughter I would.

"Mama, do you love-love dada?"

Do I?

"Hm, I love dada," this is bad.

Dahil mukhang

Mahal ko pa ata.