My Willow Man (Book 1&2) (Unedited)

CHAPTER 76

"ALTHEA--" Agad akong umalis when he saw me.

"Althea wait!" Sigaw ni Sandro.

Na-realized naman ni Ravi kung anong nangyayari and he followed us.

"Althea!" Hinabol naman kami ni Sandro and he succeeded.

"Althea..." Hinawakan nya naman ang braso ko.

"Daddy.." Alex said when he saw Sandro.

"Baby.." Hinawakan ni Sandro ang mukha nito.

"Ohhh anak ko" Kinuha nya ito sa akin at niyakap.

"I missed you so much" Nakayakap din si Alex sa kanya.

Ravi stood beside me and Sandro glared at him.

"Where have you been Althea?" Sandro asked me.

"It's none of your business.." I tried to take Alex pero ayaw niya ibigay.

"You took my son away from me at itinago sa akin tapos sasabihin mo none of my busines?" He raised his voice.

Napansin ko naman na maraming tao na ang nanonood sa amin.

"Can we just get out of here? Ayokong ma-expose ang anak ko sa mata ng publiko" I whispered to him.

Na-realized nya naman na tama ako kaya binigay nya si Alex sa akin at sumunod.

I can see na halos magsuntukan na si Ravi at Sandro sa likod.

"Get inside the car" Sandro said to me.

I glared at him.

"Dito na kayo sumakay sa akin Althea and we will follow you" Ravi said and ramdam ko yung inis ni Sandro.

"Dito sasakay ang mag-ina ko sa akin" Sandro was firm.

Pero agad akong sumakay sa sasakyan ni Ravi.

"Althea--" I heard Sandro but I ignored him.

Wala naman magawa si Sandro kundi sumakay sa sasakyan nya.

His car drove off to BBM's HQ in Mandaluyong.

Madaming memories naman ang naalala ko when we entered the premises.

"Is this BBM's--"

"Headquarters" I continued what Ravi was about to say.

Pagbaba namin ng sasakyan, Sandro was waiting for us na sa may pintuan.

"Why here?" I asked him.

"So we can have the PRIVACY that we need." He emphasized the word privacy to Ravi.

Ravi rolled his eyes on him.

"We need to talk Althea" He said.

Huminga naman ako ng malalim.

"Fine" I answered him.

Dumiritso naman kami agad sa office nya.

"Hindi ba pwedeng dyan ka muna sa labas at mag-uusap kami ni Althea?" He told Ravi.

"Sh--"

"Ravi, can you take Alex doon sa may balcony?" I asked Ravi and he nodded.

"I'll be there if you need me" He told me and glared at Sandro.

"She won't be needing you, she have me." Sagot naman ni Sandro sa kanya.

Napataas naman ang kilay ko.

Luh.

Asa ka.

Pagpasok namin agad nya akong kinorner.

"Where have you been Althea?!" Sigaw nya.

"Tatlong buwan ka namin hinahanap! Kayo ni Alex"

"Ayaw din sabihin ni Anna kung saan kayo, she would just say that she doesn't know a goddamn thing!"

"Ano bang kailangan mo Sandro?" I was trying to stay calm.

"Kayo! Kailangan ko kayo ni Alex"

Ayoko naman kiligin sa sinabi nya.

Bahala sya dyan.

I scoffed.

"Talaga? Ano pang kailangan mo sa amin? You are building a life with Diane at ang magiging anak nyo di ba"

"She!! Ugh--" He was trying so hard not to shout at me.

Huminga naman sya ng malalim bago magsalita ulit.

"It wasn't mine. " Sagot nya.

Nagulat naman ako sagot nya.

Pero sa result ng DNA test, siya ang ama.

"One of the nurses sa hospital na yun was Diane's ex."

"Kinausap sya ni Diane na palitan ang DNA ko ng DNA nya para mag-match"

I didn't asked anything pero siguro nabasa nya ang isip ko.

"Althea... she--"

"Ayaw panagutan ng ex nya ang baby and then she was just in love with me na nagawa nya yun, and she thought na mas magiging maganda ang buhay ng anak nya if ipapa-ako nya sa akin ang responsibilidad."

I wasn't saying anything, gusto kong i-process muna ang mga sinasabi nya.

"Althea.. kayo ni Alex.. --"

"Mahal mo sya di ba?" I interrupted him.

"Kaya nga mas hinayaan mo kaming mawala ni Alex kasi mas pinili mo sila."

"Althea--"

"Hindi Sandro. You choose someone else over me... over Alex... bakit?"

"Dahil lang sa rason na you felt complete with her? Dahil pinaramdam nya sayo na how good it felt knowing that you are gonna be a father?"

Natahimik naman sya at nakayuko na lang.

Pinipigilan kong umiyak.

"Kaya nahulog ang loob mo sa kanya, di ba?"

"Well, think about this... while you were falling for her... I was falling apart!"

I raised my voice.

"Nagpakatatag lang ako para sa anak ko. And guess what kinaya ko--"

"If kinaya mo, bakit andito yang lalaking yan?!" Sumagot naman sya.

"He is the only person who supported me when you choose to abandoned me and Alex."

"Tapos ano ngayon? Gusto mong bumalik kami ni Alex sayo? Kasi nga nalaman mo na hindi mo pala anak yung dinadala ng babaeng yun?!"

I stood up in front of him.

"No, thank you. We can live on our own." I said bago lumabas.

"Althea--"

Ravi was already waiting for me outside at kinuha ko si Alex sa kanya.

"Let's go." I told him.

"Althea! Alex!" Sigaw ni Sandro but I never looked back.

He chose to let go of us.

Ilang beses na nangyari ito sa amin. Him letting me go because of his emotions.

I cannot be caught inside this loop.

I need to stop this cycle that Sandro and I keep making.

Pag-uwi namin ng bahay agad ko ng pinatulog si Alex.

Ravi was waiting for me sa sala.

He looked at me and hindi ko naman mapigilan na hindi umiyak.

I broke down in tears but he caught me.

"Shhh.. I'm here... it's alright." He whispered at he hold me tight.

I don't what to feel right now. I feel so betrayed by Sandro pero i-deny ko man, alam ko sa puso ko na mahal ko pa rin sya.