Treasure and gift, that is Celestine to her father, Greggy Araneta, He never thought that he'll became a father at the age of 60, never expected because Irene don't want a child after all
"Nak, what do you want to do when we arrived in Ilocos" Greggy asked Celestine, who is busy reading her law book "I don't know, uhm sleep I guess" Celestine answered and Greggy just chuckled at his daughter's behavior
She is indeed his daughter, she just got her mother's facial features but she got her Father's attitude…
"I'm hungry" Celestine said to Greggy "what do you want" He asked her as they both stand up "I don't know uhmm" she was about to say doughnuts when she remembered what her mother said, 'Too much sweets is not good for you', those words kept repeating on her mind
"Vegetable salad would do" Celestine said "don't you want doughnuts" Greggy asked Celestine, who just avoided her gaze from her father "I want to, but mommy will get mad at me" Celestine said quietly "get what you want I'll take care of your mom" Greggy said to his daughter
Celestine's eyes went wide "really" Celestine asked him and Greggy just nodded his head, the lasting he knew is that he was crushed by Celestine's hug "thank you daddy mwa" Celestine said as she kissed Greggy's cheeks
Celestine may be longing for a mother's love, but eversince she was born she was indeed a daddy's girl, Celestine run in a doughnut shop and Greggy watch his daughter
He can't help but to smile seeing his daughter enjoying and laughing "You keep spoiling her with sweets, it's not good for a ballerina, she might gained some weight" Irene said behind her husband
"Why? Do you think I care if she gained weight" Greggy said to his wife "hon I want her to be perfect, just like how we wish to have" Irene said "if you can't love her with her own flaws I'm ok with that, but you have no right to stop her on doing what she loves" Greggy said to Irene
"You have no right to judge my skills as a mother" Irene argues "And you have no right to judge her skills as our daughter" Greggy retorted to his wife
"And one more thing, you should see her efforts and love for you not her mistakes and imperfections" Greggy said to his wife before walking away from her, 'I just want our daughter to be perfect ng hindi siya mapahiya, tapos ako yung sasabihan ng masama' Irene thought as she watched Celestine and Greggy have fun
'what am I going to you Celestine, gusto ko lang naman tumino ka and yet your father kept spoiling dahilan ka nagiging brat ka and uncontrollable' Irene thought as she drink her coffee
After 30 minutes the plane already called the passengers, the Marcos family decided to ride a public plane than private so the children can experience how is it feels like to live like a normal person
They went to the line going to the plane, most people are shock to see them waiting and standing patiently in the long line, Greggy holds on Celestine's arm making Celestine hissed in pain
"Are you ok" Greggy asked Celestine worriedly "yes I'm fine" Celestine lied to her father and Greggy raised a brow at her "we'll check that in the plane" Greggy said to Celestine
"No need daddy, I'm fine don't worry" Celestine nervously said while walking "no we'll check it weather you like it or not" He said to Celestine and she just nervously nodded her head and gulped "Tin I told you, you should tell kasi, malalaman at malalaman din yan ni tito" Cara whispered to Celestine
"Know kaya nga pahiram ng concealer mo so I can cover it" Celestine frantically said while tucking her hair behind her ears, cara hold her shoulders "hey calm down, for sure tito greggy will not get mad, I mean since when did he ever get mad" Cara said to Celestine
"Uhm he got mad at me 3 hours and 46 minutes ago" Celestine said, "you really are smart tanda mo talaga yung time" Cara said to Celestine "of course Marcos ako, and there is no bobo in the family" Celestine said to Cara
Celestine gave her ticket to the guy before entering the plane, Celestine walked with greggy going to their designated seats, they sat down and they fasten their seatbelts "give me your arms" Greggy said to Celestine who just looked at him nervously, luckily they we're alone in the compartment in the back row
"Celestine, I said give me your arms" Greggy said to Celestine firmly, she slowly give her hands to Greggy, Sandro went to their sit "tito Greggy, tita Irene said you should sit beside her let's exchange" Sandro said to Greggy "we'll talk when we land" Greggy said to Celestine and kissed her forehead before leaving
"Thank God, you just save me from the most scary thing ever" Celestine hugged her cousin "what do you mean" Sandro asked her "nothing kuya, you saved me kasi boring pag si daddy yung katabi ko, he will convince me na naman on how good business management is" Celestine lied, well it's half true tho, that's also one of the reasons why she don't want to sit with greggy when traveling
"So you're really interested in politics don't you" Sandro asked her "nope and hell no man, I can help but entering the government no way they can't afford me" Celestine sassily said
"You and mom said the same thing" Sandro said "of course siya na yung nagpalaki sa akin remember, and ⅓ of my attitude is from her" Celestine said to Sandro, he just chuckled at her response, what Sandro is worry about is that Celestine hides her pain and agony with her silly and witty humor
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After 3 hours of flight they already arrived at Ilocos Norte, "tin wake up we're already here" Greggy tried to wake Celestine up but he can't "nak gising na nandito na tayo" Greggy said while shaking her
"Aray ko" Celestine yelped in pain because of Sandro's grip on her wounded arms, Greggy got curious and so does Sandro, "should we check tito, kasi kanina pa siyang ganyan, she kept on yelping kanina pa" sandro suggested on his uncle
Greggy began to leap Celestine's sleeves "just carry her, mukhang pagod ata" Bongbong said to his brother in law, Greggy and sandro have no choice but to ignore it
But they'll ask Celestine if she wake up, Greggy carry Celestine in the car, on the other hand, Irene saw what happened she got curious on what's happening to her daughter right now
To be continue
