Again • Darren Espanto {AMNESIA Book 2}

Chapter 16 - The Truth

-Darren's POV-

It's been a week since we moved in. We're all good, everything's back to normal.

It's just that somehow, something's not right.

"Hey, Bella?" I asked. Parang tulala siya.

"Yeah?"

"Are you okay?" She nodded, then I held her hands.

"One week palang naman diba? Symptoms shouldn't show just y- owww!" Wrong move Darren. Never ask her that hahaha.

"Tangeks, that ain't it." She joked, but then she sighed.

I can sense things are about to get serious.

"Wait, how come you said you don't remember me, but then you said you love me? I don't get you."

She checked to see if the kids were here, then she spoke. "I love you, simple as that."

"Do you remember everything?!" I lightly slammed the table. Maybe she remembers me, but doesn't want to say so.

"No-"

"Then why did you say you love me?"

"Because I do! Okay, and I remember everything!" She stammered, but then face palmed herself. "Sh*t, I wasn't supposed to say that!"

"Was it that easy to forget me, huh?! Why did you choose to forget?!"

"If only you knew the reason."

"What is the reason?!"

"It was part of the plan." She stumbled backwards, falling on her seat.

"What plan?" I asked, a bit more calm.

"I was forced to pretend that I had amnesia, that I'd forget about you and that you're their real dad. I was forced to think that JK is the father of the twins. So much has happened in my past life, Darren. You have no idea."

"Ganun nalang ba ako kadaling kalimutan?"

"Heck no!" She cried before I could walk out. "God knows how much I love you, He knows how long I waited, He knows the sacrifices I've been through just so you could live peacefully."

"You call my life peaceful? Life without you is extreme torture! I cry myself to sleep just waiting for you to come back, and when you did, I had to force myself into thinking that I was never good enough for you cause you came back with someone else and you seemed in love. I tried to be happy, but it was still you, and it always will be you." I said to her, pulling her into a hug and resting my head on top of hers. "I love you."

"And I love you too." She smiled, then I kissed her on the lips.

"Hey you know the twins are going to find out sometime soon." I told her, and before she could answer, may sumabat.

"Find out what?" We turned around to see the twins, rubbing their eyes, standing by the staircase.

-Bella's POV-

Darren and I held hands and sat in front of them, while they just looked back at us innocently, their legs kicking back and forth.

"Kids." Darren gulped. I squeezed his hand, but he ran his finger across my palm, telling me it's alright.

"Yes?" Elijah innocently said, taking another bite of his cookie.

"Yeah well um... you miss your dad, right?" Darren asked again. The tension started to build up inside of me.

They both nodded. "Umm... what if I would be your dad? Okay lang ba?"

Then the twins looked at each other. It gave me the feeling of guilt and it just made me wish that I told them earlier. "Okay. Maybe only until daddy comes back." Gavin answered.