SEEKING IDENTITY

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"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:2‬

Chapter 35
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[ Jane Hilary ]

"I DON'T want you to be my mommy!" she ranted and marched out of the living room, living us dumbfounded on what she just said.

Isang mahabang katahimikan ang namutawi sa'ming lahat. Nabasag lamang iyon nang malakas na tumawa si James. He clenched his stomach and rolled on the ivory floor of this mansion while laughing his ass out.

Kunot-noo ko siyang pinagmasdan at nang humupa na ang kaniyang nakakabinging tawa ay huminga siya ng malalim.

Napatingin siya sa'ming lahat noong mapansin niyang lahat kami'y nakatingin lang sa kaniya. "Pasensya na... it's just that, she really thought that Andrea is worse being a Mommy," he blurted out. "Teka nga, napapa-english tuloy ako. Nahahawa na ako kay Maureen, eh," nakasimangot na dagdag niya.

Dahil sa sinabi niya ay napatawa ako ng mahina. He's right. Maureen can't even speak Filipino without stammering on her child's form's mouth. She keeps on turning Andrea down when she is being pampered by her, like earlier.

Naaawa na nga ako kay Andrea, eh. Pinagsisikapan niyang mapalapit sa dalawang bata pero patuloy nila itong pinagtatabuyan. Those kids — Maureen and my twin, Jack — is being rude to Andrea. And Andrea being weak to kids, susuyuin niya ito pero hindi naman siya nagtatagumpay.

Kahapon pa sila ganiyan ang anyo galing sa kanilang misyon. Since our mission was being done successfully with the help of me, I thought that they're also successful. And I was not wrong. They successfully did it but a problem came. Naging bata sila pero hindi namin alam ang dahilan. Our hunch was that the experimental incubators did it to them.

Ang mas malala, their attitudes were worst than before.

Naging mas maldita at maarte si Maureen habang ang kakambal ko ay wala na talagang pakialam sa paligid niya. Maureen keeps on bugging him though, causing the little Jack to lose his composure. Maureen being Maureen, even if they are in the form of kids, keeps on irritating him. Sa huli, si Jack ang talo dahil nakikita namin sila ngayon na naglalaro.

"Stop it! You're ruining my house!" sigaw ni Maureen gamit ang maliit na boses.

"I'm not," tipid ngunit mahahalata mo ang pagkairita sa boses pa lang ni Jack.

Narining ko ang pagpipigil ng tawa ni James sa gilid ko kaya sinamaan ko siya ng tingin. He still can't believe that his best buddy just morphed into a kid.

James, Zoe, and I was assigned to stay here and guard them, the kids, because the others were going out to another mission that Professor Ed assigned.

At ngayon, nanonood kami kung paano maiirita ang kapatid ko kapag kalaro si Maureen. She's creating small houses using small bricks and Jack was just watching her. Minsan ay natatabig niya ang mga bahay-bahayan kaya sinisigawan siya ni Maureen.

But after Mau would shout at him, lalambingin niya ito. "Hey... I'm sorry, Harry. I didn't intend to shout at you," she apologized with her pouted lips. And swear, she's so cute!

"It's okay," my brother said and shrugged.

"Ang cute talaga nila..." rinig kong namamanghang sabi ni Zoe sa likod ko.

Gaya ko ay nanonood rin siya sa kanila dahil wala naman siyang ginagawa. She said she has an appointment with her father. Hindi naman iyon problema dahil pinahintulutan siya ni Headmaster kanina palang umaga. Andrea, on the other hand, was on the salon, the one that we went through the day of the ball.