Usually every summer, I spend most of my time hanging out in my room, just doing some paintings, yoga sessions and sketchings, I have much books also which most of them was Mom's. I enjoy summer because of my sister Hedone who loves to play along with me. Mom loves reading, travelling and writing, she keeps on doing stuffs like travelling a month or a year just to film some documentaries. One summer, when I was 7 years old and Hedone was 9, we were happy helping Dad painting his surfing board, when Mom suddenly appeared at our front door, she's with some big guys, she took all her clothes and stuffs, Dad tried to stop her but she left us crying. We're on the side of our window watching her go while I saw how clueless Dad was. We were a happy family, I guess we were...
"Daddy, do you think mom will come back?"
"Yes baby, she'll come back sooner"
"But Dad tomorrow is gonna be my birthday"
Hedone babble
"Mommy will be here tomorrow"
He whispered.
But at the end of the day he just act like he forgot about our conversation the night before the celebration or he just act like super drunk and fall asleep early so that we could not ask him about mom.
I remembered when it was my sweet 16, it was my first time to celebrate my birthday receiving gifts from mom, I got bunch of flowers, money and books. But then I realized and was too familiar about the penmanship in the flower card, it was really Dad's, trying to make it up for Mom.
She is too lucky to have Dad as her understanding husband, she could have told us about the reason why she left, but she left without a single word, when she was packing to leave with those big guys, Dad tried to beg for a talk or even a reason why? But she refused to say a word, we only heard a confirmation when one of the guys seriously talk,
"She is not Happy about the marriage, so she's leaving", the guy uttered.
Imagine myself seeing Dad kneeling in front of Mom, crying and begging her to stay.
Days later Dad gets an devorce papers from Mom, it took him 5 court sessions to fight for the marriage but eventually, he quit when Mom sent some white flowers with a letter on it, only Dad read those but it turns like the letter was two painful, seeing him crying at night in almost 5 months holding that piece of shit...okay fine, that letter.
It was too depressing to see your Sister cry while your father is crying too.
Years have passed but my heart feels so empty, like I was longing for something.
I don't know if it's because of almost 13 birthdays without her or is it because of the closure or something.
Here comes Hedone's birthday and we got to celebrate it at her favorite Resto-bar, Twigs.
Dad is arranging the balloons while me and Hedone was assigned in the food set up.
The atmosphere seemed to change when we saw Mom arriving
"What the hell she's doing here"
I murmured
She gives us hugs and kisses as if nothing happens for those passed years
I just don't feel her anymore
Hedone talk to her while I'm with Dad all along the party.
When Party's over she said a big announcement that left us shock
"I'm here to get my Daughter, Hera"
She said it confidently
I hug Dad tightly as she slap the papers into Dad's face
