The Vow

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It's my day off, and andito ako sa mall, with Mommy and Ericka sinadya kong isama yung kambal para makita nya rin.

"She's here na daw, ate" sabi ni Ericka.

Sya yung nagtutulak ng stroller ni Elira. Tapos ako naman kay Ellie, hindi ko na pinasama yung babysitter nila since tatlo naman kami.

Maya maya, may babae na naglalakad papunta sa direksyon namin.

"Mom, this is Ate Beka, kuya's fiancè, and this is Tita Ella, Ate Beka's Mom. Ate, Tita, this is our mom, Denisse Santiago" pakilala ni Ericka.

"Hi Mrs. Santiago, nice to finally meet you" bati ko. Di ko kasi alam anong itatawag sa kanya eh. Ang kapal ko naman kung tawagin ko syang Tita, eh hindi naman kami close pa.

"Elijah's life. Nice to finally meet you, hija, and you too Ella. Just call me Mom or Tita, whatever you please" sabi nya. She looks so soft, intimidating at first pero ang kind nya, ang soft ng boses nya.

"Nice to meet you" sabi ni Mommy.

"Is this your babies? I just saw them in Ericka's stories, you look even more beautiful in person. My gosh! I thought I won't be able to see these 2 cuties" sabi nya at hinalikan sila sa noo. "What's their names?"

"From your right is Ellie and the other one is Elira"

"Oh they have bracelets for their names, how cute. Hi girls, I'm Lola Denisse" pakilala nya.

Nagkatinginan kami ni Mommy at ngumiti. Pag-ayos nya ng tayo, para syang may hinahanap.

"Ahm, Elijah's on duty, nakaday-off lang po ako that's why I favored Ericka to join us and invite you po."

"Alam ba nya to? Baka magalit sya sayo ah"

"Yes, he knows about this, and I had his approval to bring the twins din po. Let's eat muna before we stroll around" sabi ko at pumunta na kami sa restaurant na may reservation ako.

Pagkarating namin sa VIP Room na pinareserve ko, nagsiupo na kami at sakto namang nag-ring ang phone ko.

"Excuse me, sagutin ko lang po tawag ni Elijah" sabi ko at lumabas, kaso si Ellie umiyak. "Wait lang po anak, Mommy will answer daddy's call lang po" pagpapatahan ko sa kanya kaso umiiyak parin.

Kinuha ko sya sa stroller nya at binuhat atsaka kami lumabas para sagutin ko yung tawag ni Eli.

(You busy? It took you minutes to answer)

"I was about to answer but Ellie cried, kaya dinala ko nalang palabas, si Elira nakay Ericka"

(You're with Ellie?)

"Yup. Tumahan naman, nagpapabuhat lang talaga. Did you eat lunch na? Papadalhan ba kita ng lunch?"

(Yes, done na. Greg, Kiko, and Hunter went here an hour ago kaya sabay sabay kami kumain sa labas. I'm just checking in on you and the twins. How is it going?)

"We're about to eat lunch palang, I ordered mashed potato para may makain yung kambal"

(Did you drive there?)

"Nope, nagpadrive kami kay Kuya Jorge, hassle kapag ako ang nagdrive"

(Alright, I'll pick you up, anong oras kayo matatapos?)

"Anong oras out mo?"

(Around 4pm, I'll pick you up at 4?)

"Alright, see you later, and Love, don't worry about us, we're fine, ok?"

(Ok, I love you)

"I love you. Ellie says I love you daddy"

(I love you 3 so much. I'll attend a meeting lang) sabi nya