Her Forgotten Mistake (Mistake Series #6)

Twenty Six

(Note: Unedited chapter. Errors ahead.)

Twenty Six

"YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL, Mommy!" masayang papuri ni Topp kay Julia habang pinagmamasdan siya mula sa video call. "Your curly hair looks good on you."

Ngumiti si Julia saka hinaplos nang bahagya ang kulot an buhok. "Thank you, baby boy. And you also look good with your sleep wear."

Topp giggled like a happy kid as he was. Pinapanood lang niya ang anak na gumalaw-galaw sa ibabaw ng kama nito habang napapalibutan ng maraming stuffed toys.

"How is your room, Topp?" tanong niya sa bata.

Topp's face lightened up. "It's wide and it's clean and it smells good, Mommy! And the whole room is painted with galaxy!"

Kinuha ni Topp ang iPod nito at saka ipinalibot sa buong kwarto para makita niya ang kabuuan ng silid. The walls were indeed painted as galaxies and the sheets of Topp's bed were black with stars as its pattern. Lalong napangiti si Julia dahil ramdam niya ang kagalakan ng anak.

"You have to say thank you to your Daddy. He told me he personally chose the designs for your room," aniya nang muling ibalik ni Topp ang iPod sa stand nito.

"Where is Daddy?" tanong ng anak.

Julia licked her lower lip before looking around the villa. Limang araw na sila roon ni Lucas at sa pangatlong araw nila ay tumawag ang kaniyang Mommy para sabihin sa kaniyang discharged na si Topp at puwede nang umuwi. That's when Lucas suggested to her parents na sa condo muna ng binata tumira ang mga ito dahil pinaghahandaan na ng binata ang paglabas ng anak nila.

Bumilib siya kay Lucas nang malaman na marami na itong nagawa para sa kaniyang pamilya kahit na hindi siya humingi ng tulong mula rito. Lucas worked in silent and doesn't even want to ask for credits about it. Just how she love his man so bad.

"He's inside the bathroom, baby. Do you want to wait for him?" sabi niya.

Topp nodded eagerly. Nakita ni Julia na sumilip ang kaniyang ina habang nag-uusap sila ni Topp. She waved her hand at her mother. Tipid naman itong ngumiti sa kaniya.

"Kamusta riyan, hija?" Lumapit ang kaniyang ina sa tabi ni Topp para mas makita siya.

"We're doing good here, Mommy. some flashed of images showed in my head the first time I saw Alpha Azul," kwento niya sa ina. "Lucas said that it was part of my memory. Nanggaling na raw kasi kami rito."

Naging interesado ang kaniyang ina sa kwento niya. "It's true that you left with Lucas and went to Ilocos a few weeks ago. Looks like it's really helping na nandiyan kayo sa Ilocos para bumalik ang mga alaala mo nang mabilis."

Totoo nga at unti-unting bumabalik ang kaniyang mga alaala simula nang manatili sila ni Lucas sa resort. He even chose the floating villa that they stayed in when they attended Armee and Eros' wedding. The bed, the jacuzzi, and the whole room was very familiar to her.

Ngumiti si Julia sa ina. "How about you there, Mom? How are you and Dad?"

"Oh! The securities are tight. Kahit na hindi kami lumabas sa condo ni Lucas ay nasa labas pa rin sila para magmasid," her mom said, worry less. "Your Dad's the one who's busy these days. Inaasikaso niya ang pagbawi ng pera Rivero Agencies mula sa accounts ni Anthony sa tulong ng mga Suarez. Lector Savirino even offered help to transfer our business from Milan to the Philippines."

Julia was surprised. Alam niyang malaking pangalan ang Savirino at marami na ring naitulong ang pamilya ni Lucas sa kaniya. But the fact that even the Suarez are helping her family, it was making her mind blown away. She didn't expect that her adoptive parents were as powerful as the two names in business years ago. Kaya pala mabilis lang na napakiusapan ni Lector Savirino ang kaniyang mga magulang tungkol sa pagbili ng Rivero Agencies dahil matagal na palang magkakilala ang mga ito.