Simula | The Last Zamora
"I will now rest,Zoya."Nahihirapang sambit nito sa akin.
Humawak ako sa kanyang kamay saka ako nangalumbaba,pilit na pinipigilan ang luhang gusto ng lumabas.
I didn't see this coming. I wasn't prepared for this moment.
Please God,not now not ever.
"Can you not go,if I ask you not to?."Inosenteng tanong ko dito.
Pinilit nitong humalakhak sa sinabi ko.
While me,I can't get to chuckle nor laugh at this moment.
"Oh,Zoya Vhi-enne Zamora... You're just like your father. Hard in the outside but sweet in the inside,no wonder you're my favorite niece."Saad nito,pero hindi parin ako makangiti.
I grew up witnessing Armando Zamora being so strong,jolly,caring and loving.
I memorized everything about him. To his favorite place in the mansion,his favorite breakfast, lunch and dinner,his favorite hubbies,his favorite car,his favorite horse,his favorite books and most especially his principles in life.
I have given the time to witness and assess those favorites of him.
I even know more about him than my own Dad,who past away when I was just two years old.
And now,I can't take this time where he needs to go in a place where pain doesn't exist.
I can't let go...
It's too painful to let go of my safe haven.
Please Lord, don't take away my Daddy Armando.
"I didn't know,God will give me a precious princess like you..." He said,as he rub his palm in my cheeks,while he is smiling. "He didn't gave me my own family, but he gave the most precious jem I could ask for,and it's you anak ko, it's you Zoya..."He gently said,still rubbing his palm to my cheeks gently.
Doon ko na hindi napigilan ang luhang kanina pa nagbabadya,at ngayo'y bumuhos na ng tuluyan.
"You're so unfair!"I said.
He smile,but pain is now evident on his face.
"You're now twenty one,you have already finished your bachelor's degree...Maybe, it's time for me to achieve the greatest achievement of all,Zoya..."He said,ibinaba ang kamay pero mahigpit namang hinawakan ang kamay ko. "I will now rest... eternally."He said,as if it's a joke.
Hindi ako sumagot at hindi rin sya tinignan.
I hate him!
How can he say something like that!
I want him beside me,always...
"I'm your only niece, because my Dad is your only sibling. Don't act as if you have a choice to choose for other nephew and nieces."Saad ko,nakapangalumbaba parin.
He now laugh,so I don't have any choice but to smile sadly to him.
I will miss this...
Having useless talks with him. Having argument that he can't take seriously.
I will surely miss him,I even miss him right now...
"Hummmmm..."He hummed.
"Do you want something?"I asked calmly, even though inside of me I am dying because of nervousness.
"Y-You grew up just like your D-Dad... Z-Zerano,is a very ruthless businessman. W-Wala syang pakealam sa paligid nya pagdating sa n-negosyo,but when it comes to y-you and y-your m-mom he is the most whipped person I know..."Kwento nya,at nanahimik lang ako.
Maraming beses na nyang kwine-kwento sa akin ito,and everytime he tells me about this,I can't stop to listen on how wonderful my Dad's love for me and for my mom is.
"W-When he knew that your mom is pregnant to you,he can't stop but to run everywhere in the mansion,and s-shouts that he is a father already..."He laughed as he reminisce those moments.
"K-Kulang na lang,bantayan nya ang mommy mo maghapon para hindi magpagod o ni' maglakad. Zerano is a big asshole,but when he loves he gives all out. K-Kaya ng namatay ang mommy mo while giving birth to you, Zerano lost his s-sanity for a moment..."He said sadly.
"Pero n-nabago lahat ng yun nang dumating ka sa buhay nya. Y-You bring color to his l-life again. You became his safe haven,you became his Zoya Vhi-enne, his very own creation...B-But in the fields of business,he lost...And d-die due to misfortune. That's when I took every little bit of responsibility towards you." He forced to sit on his bed kaya tinulungan ko sya.
"A-At hindi kita iiwan ng basta-basta na lamang... Y-You're the only Zamora now,a-and I want you to hold on to it, until the greatest one take you home."He said.
He guided me to come near him kaya lumapit ako sa kanya.
"I...I-I called someone,Zoya... S-Someone who can protect you from those enemy around...He will come one day,w-when I'm no longer alive..."Aniya,saka nya ako ako niyakap ng napakahigpit. "L-Loosened up to him, trust him,and live with him...I guarantee you,he will make you safe and sound until you are capable enough to be alone...D-Do you trust me,anak ko?"He asked me, without letting go of the hug between us.
Tumango lang ako,the tears are pouring so heavy from my eyes I can't no longer talk.
"Be strong,anak ko."He said and then tap my back,and thats it...He can't no longer talk to me with those nonsense stuff. He can't no longer join me,and compete with me when it comes to horse back riding. He can't no longer throw away his not so much humourous jokes. And most of all,he can't no longer be a Dad to me...
Because he's now dead,he left me...
My Mom, my Dad...And now my Uncle-Daddy left me...They made me felt so alone...They let me,became the Last Zamora alive.
They left me in the world where I don't know anyone.
God have mercy on me...
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