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THIRD PERSON

Present

"Mommy! Mama! Mommy!"

Bea slightly groans from being woken up by her 2-year old daughter. The kid flashes her most beautiful smile while coming up to Bea's bed. Little girl already has strong bones for a 2-year old which is amazing and scary at the same time.

"Mommy?" She silently calls and playfully taps Bea's cheeks.

Bea opens her eyes a little and yawns before snuggling Callista. She kisses her forehead, "Good morning."

"Mommy... work? You... you... work?" Callista is trying to ask Bea if she has work today.

Bea ended up giggling at her daughter struggling to ask a question, "Later. Mommy. Work."

"Oh... later... work." Callista nods even if she doesn't fully understand what later means and kisses her Mom on the cheek.

Later that day Bea shows up for training with her new team. She brought Callista with her dahil hindi siya makampanteng iwanan ito sa bahay kahit na may nag-aalaga sa bata. Kasama rin nila ang Yaya nito para magbantay habang nasa training si Bea. Mother instincts would always get the best of her and she only wants her daughter to be safe.

"Callista Dominique Paras De Leon!" Buong-buo na salubong ni Alyssa habang papasok si Bea kasama ang bata. Agad na nagpakarga sa kanya si Calli at bineso siya ni Alyssa, "Hoy, ang cute talaga ni baby! Jusko, ang busog lusog."

"Mana sa 'kin." Taas babang kilay na sambit ni Bea bago nakipagbeso kay Alyssa. Tumanaw siya sa likuran nito at nagtaka dahil wala pa ang iba, "Tayo palang nandito, Ate Ly?"

"Oo, na-move kasi ng isang oras ang training. Nakalimutan sabihin ni Coach kaagad. Mamaya darating na ang iba dito." Sagot ni Alyssa tapos dahan-dahang binalik si Callista kay Bea.

"Ma'am Bea, kargahin ko na po muna siya dahil mabigat pa man din ang dala niyo." Singit ng Yaya ni Calli at tumango si Bea tapos pinakarga sa kanya si Callista.

"Ate, doon na lang po muna kayo sa upuan. Salamat." Utos ni Bea at hinalikan ang Anak sa pisngi bago sila humiwalay sa kanya. Agad siyang napalingon kay Alyssa matapos siyang tapikin sa balikat. "Ano 'yun, Ate?"

"Buti okay lang sa Tatay niyan na asa sa'yo parati ang bata?" Seryosong tanong ni Alyssa.

"Exactly why we separated, Ate. Wala naman siyang pake mula nang dalhin ko sa tiyan si Calli." Seryosong tugon ni Bea. She looks back at Calli playing with her Yaya and smiles, "I'm happy we separated, kaya ko naman pala."

"Bata ka pa, Bei. You can still do a lot at the age of 24. Swerte ni Calli at ikaw ang Nanay niya." Alyssa smiled before turning serious again, "Pero kamusta na ba 'yang puso mo?"

"Ate Ly talaga." Bea smirked and Alyssa laughed, "Okay na ako, tagal na no'n."

"You know who I'm pertaining to, Bea." Alyssa shows a grin and Bea shakes her head while smirking.

"Matagal ko nang tanggap, Ate. Hindi ko na nga pinaglaban kasi siya na mismo umayaw." Bea confidently said though she still has a lot of unanswered questions in her head. "That was 5 years ago, Ate. Immature pa 'ko nu'n."