"BE HAPPY WITH whom? With Eroz?" sarkastiko siyang natawa saka umiling. "No. If I can't have my children, then I will make their lives miserable! I'd built the largest drug cartel. It has been running for twenty years, but I sacrificed it for my family!" sigaw niya saka tinanggal ang dalawa kong kuko.
Sigaw ako nang sigaw. I've been through worst but this thing... this fucking hurts!
"Because I know you're part of the government! So, I ghosted them! I didn't help them even if I have the resources to! I let them rot in jail or be captured by you and Erazius because if I would have to choose, I would always choose my children!" dugtong niya.
Hindi ako umimik dahil halos maubos na ang kuko ko kaya wala akong ibang magawa kung hindi ang sumigaw, umiyak at magtiis.
"Evette will always be the love of my life! And Eroz... Eroz is a fucking asshole. He... He was my best friend! I made a mistake once, and then a few months later, they were already married! They betrayed me! They deserved to lose the perfume company! sabi niya.
He will never be my dad. Dad never laid a finger on me-on us. He protected me. He was the epitome of a great husband and father.
TINANGGAL NIYA ANG natitirang mga kuko sa akin bago nagsalitang muli. "I made a promise to myself... that I will make their lives miserable. I'd planned everything for more than two decades! I'd witnessed everything! Like how happy you were with Eroz! I had suffered more than you can imagine!"
Sobrang hapdi.nSobrang sakit ng aking mga daliri. When I took a glance at my fingers, they were bleeding-all of them. I was starting to feel dizzy. I could die of blood loss.
"You are my daughter! Erazius is my son! And Evette... Evette is the love of my life!" pag-uulit niya.
Humahagulgol ako sa kanyang harapan saka umiiling. "You will never be a father to us. You brought us pain and suffering while Dad did everything to make us happy. I'm happy that Mom chose the right man for her!"
Napangiwi ako nang bigla niyang pisilin ang aking kamay.
It hurts... it fucking hurts.
"You should be thankful-that's the only punishment I can give to you," aniya sa malamig na boses. Ang kanyang kamay ay puno ng dugo na nagmula sa akin.
Naaalala ko si Dad at lahat ng sakripisyo niya sa amin ni Mom. Mahal niya si Mom... At mahal na mahal niya kami. Lahat ginawa niya para mabigyan kami nang marangyang buhayy. Ni minsan hindi siya nagkulang sa amin.
I won't accept this bastard as my father. My dad may not be my biological father, but I am a Gomez. I am Matt Eroz Gomez's daughter. Always has been, always will be.
I'VE BEEN LOCKED up in this small room for more than half an hour, and for the first time in six years, I never saw Mom hanging from the ceiling and Dad lying on the floor. Those painful visions were gone.
My therapist used to say I should think of happy thoughts, but I couldn't do it before. I didn't know where to start. But now, I already have the answer. I already know what to do. I just have to think about all of the moments that I've spent with them since I was a kid.
And one thing is for sure, my parents loved us. And I loved them... so much-to the point where-if I were given a chance to trade my life to bring them back, I would. I understand that they just wanted the best for us.
BINABASA MO ANG
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