Celestine woke up because someone is hugging her, she turned around and she saw her mother sleeping peacefully, Celestine looked at Irene closely and she saw dried tears on her cheeks and red nose 'did she stayed all night for me' Celestine thought
Celestine stand up and she checked the time and it's 5:30 in the afternoon, she wear her slippers and quietly open the door, she went downstairs to eat because she's hungry
She arrived at the kitchen and she saw her dad cooking pasta, she sat in the chair as she drink her water "Hi daddy" Celestine said to Greggy "Hi nak, how's your rest" Greggy asked Celestine while cooking the sauce
"I'm fine but my headache is still here so does my sipon" Celestine said and Greggy put his hands in Celestine's forehead "what's the occasion today bakit nagluluto ka ng pasta" Celestine asked him "we will have a dinner, the whole family will be here later" Greggy said to Celestine
"Did she stayed all day for me" Celestine asked Greggy "yes she did, and halata naman na nag bago na siya, the real question is, are you ready to forgive her" Greggy asked Celestine "I don't know, there's a part of me that wanted to forgive her, but there's also a part of me saying that I should not forgive her" Celestine admitted to her father
"Anyways, I invited some of your friends including Marco" Greggy said "are they going" Celestine asked him and he nodded his head "about Marco, tell me kayo na ba" Greggy asked his daughter firmly "what?" Celestine asked him
"Is Marco your boyfriend already" Greggy asked her again "no daddy, of course not, why would we date eh bestfriend ko siya" Celestine uncomfortably answer "siguraduhin mo lang kung ayaw mong pabangunin ko sa lupa yung mga ninuno mo" Greggy said to her
"Daddy, ano ba" Celestine said "I'm not joking kung maybalak siyang ligawan ka, mag popolo kaming dalawa kasama ni sandro" Greggy said "daddy naglalaro siya nun" Celestine said to her father "me and your cousin are not professional polo player kung nagpapatalo kami" Greggy Confidently said
"Tsk, nirarayuma na nga maglalaro pa" Celestine audibly muttered "nirarayuma pala ha" Greggy said as he carried Celestine and run "daddy put me down ano ba daddy" Celestine said while laughing and holding tight because they're in the stairs
Forgetting the fact that Greggy is still cooking, "daddy ano ba hahahaha" Celestine laughed until they reached the bedroom "what's that noise" Irene woke up because of a loud laugh "Hi hon, sorry ha, si Celestine kasi, she told me na nirarayuma na daw ako" Greggy said to his wife
"Why totoo naman ah" Celestine said and Greggy just tickle her "daddy stop an- hahahahahahahaha ano ba, mommy si daddy oh" Celestine laughed "Take that back, o itatapon kita sa kanal" Greggy said and Celestine just rolled her eyes "I'll not take that back kasi hindi mo kayang gawin yun sa nag-iisa mong anak" Celestine said
On the other hand, Irene is watching them with a smile on her face, "Hey daddy stop na please, mommy help me" Celestine said and Irene just joined them "ano ba kayong dalawa, pag ako nag ka lagnat ulit susumbong ko kayo kay mama meldy" Celestine laughed and Greggy just hugged Irene and Celestine
"Ha, I wish this will happen again" Greggy said as the three of them lay down on the bed, "I wish too hon" Irene whispered because they noticed that Celestine is already sleeping "I love you hon" Greggy said as he kissed Irene's lips
"I love you too" Irene said and she noticed that Celestine is hugging her really tight, she kissed Celestine's forehead and hugged her back, only she wish that this night will never end, she wishes that one day her daughter will forgive her even if it take years she'll wait for the forgiveness from her daughter
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Meanwhile, Imee together with her husband and step children arrived at the Araneta households "Mahal anong ginagawa mo jan sa kusina" Rodrigo asked his wife "nako, inayos ko lang tong spaghetti sauce muntikan na masunog" Imee said as she poured red wine in the Bolognese sauce
"Mama, wine in Bolognese pwede ba yun" Kitty asked her step mother "yun yung gusto ni Celestine" Imee said to Kitty "nasaan yung tatlo Imee" Just then, Liza and her family arrived
"Ewan ko, nakita ko nalang na walang tao" Imee replied "here kitty taste it" Imee said as she feed Kitty with a spoon "how was it" Imee asked her "masarap naman medyo matapang nga lang" kitty said "hello everyone I'm here" Aimee said behind there backs and make beso with them
"Oh nasaan ang mga Araneta" Aimee said as she put the wine on the table "ewan ko" Imee said "ano ba daddy kanina ka pa" they heard Celestine and Greggy coming inside
"Oh you guys are here already" Celestine said as she make beso with them "kanina pa, and by the way if we weren't here ng maaga siguro nasunog na yung sauce" Imee said and Greggy gulped in fear
"No way, I'll not eat that if there's no wine on it" Celestine proclaimed "don't worry Tintin, mama Imee put kanina, madami nga eh" Kitty said to her step cousin and Celestine smiled
"Where's Irene, Greggy" Imelda asked her son in law while sitting down, Greggy looked at his daughter, who's eating her meatballs peacefully with kitty "why are you looking at me like that" Celestine asked her father and she noticed that they're looking for Irene "oh I left her in the room sleeping" Celestine said with no emotion
Meanwhile, Irene is still sleeping peacefully with a smile on her face, she woke up and she noticed that no one is beside her, her smile disappear knowing that it's all a dream
She stand up as she remembered that they have a dinner with family and friends "hayst, hanggang panaginip lang pala yun, sana hindi na ako nagising" Irene muttered under her breath, as she stared at their family picture
She saw a hint of sadness in Celestine's beautiful face, when she realized that she made Celestine do a something that she wanted but not Celestine wanted
Irene stand up and fixed herself, she wore her white shirt and nude wide pants, she fixed her hair and wore a hairpin to put her side bangs aside, she left the bedroom after fixing herself, she went down and she saw her mag-ama talking again 'I wish we're that close anak' Irene thought as she went close to her mom
"Goodevening everyone" Irene greeted them but Greggy and Celestine just ignored her, "ading ikaw talaga, napaka antukin mo" Bongbong said to his sister, the reason why he received a hard slap on his shoulder
"Ma'am, sir, nandito na po yung mga kaibigan ni ma'am Celestine" yaya nik said to her boss "Bessy ko" Aton greeted Celestine with a hug "Hi Panda" Marco said as Celestine greeted him with a hug "have you told them already" Marco worriedly asked Celestine "I haven't I'm actually nervous, I don't want them to get mad, sad, and disappointed if they found out, specially si daddy" Celestine answer
"Ehem, mukhang ang sarap ng yakap mo sa anak ko ah" they heard Greggy said and they both let go from the hug "H-hi dad este tito" Marco said nervously as he blushed in embarrassment "dad? Kelan pa kita naging anak ha" Greggy said firmly as he trap Celestine on his arms
"S-sorry po, oh I'll be at the garden mag lalaro pa kami ni Kuya sandro ng ML eh bye pand- este Celestine" Marco said as he kissed Celestine's cheeks before going in the garden
"Aba ma'y pag haliy pang nalalaman yung kumag na yun ah, bakit girlfriend ka ba niya" Greggy annoyingly said to his daughter, Celestine just laughed at her father's action "what's funny baka gusto mong hindi kita palabasin ng bahay" Greggy threatened her but Celestine just walked away
"Hon calm down" Irene said to her husband while caressing his shoulder "how can I calm down, nag ibang bansa lang yung kumag na yun naging mayabang na" Greggy complaint
"And he even have a guts to call me dad, bakit anak ko ba siya" Greggy complaint again, and Irene just laughed "I think you need to bakod Celestine na hon" Irene said before leaving
To be continue
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