Cold, and headache a common pain that's Celestine's feeling right now, her whole body is aching and yet still managed to stand up, there's no one there for her, Greggy left early to finish some errands while manang Ellen went back to the province.
Celestine put her pain aside to cook breakfast for herself, their chef is buying for some stocks, Celestine arrived at the empty kitchen, "Yaya Annie" Celestine shouted, when realization hit her, Annie have a day off today
She went to the pantry to check for some foods, she saw an instant noodles, she's not really a fan of instant noodles but she has no choice, either she eats it or she starved to death
She get two pack of noodles and started boiling some water, she reads the instructions and waited 3 minutes before she put the noodles in
Irene on the other hand, just arrived from the mass, she smelled something burning from the kitchen so she runned immediately, she saw her daughter having a trouble on cooking
"Celestine OMG, anak" Irene worriedly said as she turned off the stove and pulled Celestine "why are you cooking, do you know that it's not safe" Irene said and Celestine just looked at her with no emotion, she have no time to argue with Irene right now specially when she's sick
"Why are you pale" Irene asked her worriedly "are you sick" Irene asked her again "why do you care" Celestine said "I care because I'm your mom and you're my responsibility" Irene said to Celestine "since when, and please don't act as if responsibility is your thing" Celestine said to Irene
"Please let me take care of you" Irene said "I can handle myself Miss ma'am" Celestine said to Irene "you know what I'll just be at my room and choose to sleep all day" Celestine stubbornly said to Irene as she walked with a baguette on her hand
Irene sighed deeply as she wore her apron and start preferring the ingredients for her soup, Irene start cutting the ingredients and she saw what's Celestine's cooking "Hi hon what are you cooking" Irene heard Greggy behind her back
"Soup for Celestine, inatake siya ng lagnat niya" Irene said to her husband "Can you bring the tray out please" Irene said to Greggy "yes sure, do you want me to bring the soup for her" Greggy asked her "no need I'll do it" Irene said as she carried the tray and walked in the stairs
Irene arrived at her daughter's bedroom and she took a deep breath before knocking on the door, "the door is not lock" Celestine said and Irene entered her bedroom
She saw Celestine painting in the balcony "Here's your breakfast anak" Irene lovingly said to her daughter "I'm full" Celestine said shortly as she continue what she's doing
"How can you be, you still haven't eat breakfast anak wala pang laman yung stomach mo" Irene said in concerned "Sabing busog pa nga ako eh" Celestine shouted making Irene drop the soup on Celestine's painting
"What have you done, my painting" Celestine shouted and she saw the bowl that she painted broken "My bowls" Celestine shouted making Irene flinched at drop her hand in the shredded pieces
Celestine saw Irene's bloody hand, she was about to feel guilty when she remembered what happened to her before when she was still mistreated by Irene "What's happening here" They heard Greggy behind their backs "Daddy look at her clumsiness she ruined my painting and the bowl that's supposedly my gift for you" Celestine complaint
"OMG your hands are bleeding hon" Greggy ignored Celestine's complaint "I'm ok, just like what Celestine said it's my clumsiness" Irene said as Celestine rolled her eyes "Do you think I care, tsk I don't care" Celestine said as she walked away
"CELESTINE" Greggy shouted when she was about to leave "whatever" Celestine said and she leave her parents alone, Irene poured out all of her tears on Greggy's shoulder "Hon why is it this hard and painful" Irene cried as she looked at the painting that Celestine's doing
She saw that it's liza and her, a sudden jealousy was strikes at Irene's heart "She's still healing, come on let's clean your sugat" Greggy said as they go to the kitchen "So what's your plan" they heard someone talking to Celestine via zoom
"What do you mean Mama" Celestine asked her as her parents just watch her "stop acting tin, your plans, are you still going to do it" Irene and Greggy is so confused on what their daughter plan "what do you mean Liza" Greggy asked him
Celestine's eyes went wide "I think it's better if you ask Celestine" Liza said to Greggy "What is it" Greggy asked his daughter "Wala right mama" Celestine lied "Tin I think it's time for you to tell them yourself kasi nakakatakot pag sa iba ng galing" Liza said to Celestine
"Mama, diba I told you that I'll tell them once I'm ready" Celestine said and her fingers started fidgeting, Celestine turned off her zoom and face her parents Greggy closed his shoulder while his one brow is up "so care to tell us what is it" Greggy asked him
Celestine's panic attack is attacking her again, "let's go sa living room we'll talk" Greggy said to Celestine "Daddy pwedeng wag muna ngayon my head is aching a lot" Celestine said to Greggy as she started walking away
"NO WE'LL TALK NOW" Greggy shouted making Celestine and Irene flinched "N-no please d-dont h-hurt me" Celestine stuttered while covering her ears "please I'll tell you pag wala na akong lagnat, wag nyo lang akong saktan" Celestine cried, that's when Greggy realize that Celestine is traumatized
Irene saw Celestine shaking endlessly while tears are brimming in her eyes "anak come here" Irene said as she walked towards Celestine "no don't touch me please" Celestine cried as Irene hugged her tight
"Please let me go, I'm scared" Celestine pleaded but Irene just caressed Celestine's hair, for the first time, Irene hugged her daughter, and being in her embrace she felt a sudden comfort and responsibilities "please I'm begging you don't hurt me" Celestine pleaded
"Anak daddy will not hurt you" Greggy said as he helped Celestine walked, "Daddy" Celestine fainted before she even finish what she's about to say
"Anak" Greggy said as she carried Celestine "bring her to our room" Irene worriedly said to Greggy as he carried her, Greggy placed Celestine on the bed and Irene put a towel on her forehead, Irene kissed Celestine's cheeks before laying down beside her
To be continue
