CHAPTER 66

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Rod PoV

"i need to go" paalam ko kay honeylet after imee leave us

"love kararating palang natin aalis ka agad" she said, i panely smile

"i have important meeting honeylet. i'm sorry" i didn't wait for her answer but i immediately ran towards imee

"nakita mo si senator imee" tanong ko sa isang psg

"no sir

"putangina anong silbi niya at dili niyo nakita si senator" naiinis na bulyaw ko sakanila, they look at me with disbelief.

"sir"

"ah nothing, accompany ms. honeylet she's inside. ako nang bahala sa sarili ko"

"but sir hindi mo pa namin kayo pwedeng pabayaan"

"hahayaan niyo ako o tatanggalan ko kayo ng trabaho" i heard their chuckles before they let me, i immediately jumped inside of my car and drove away from home

as i jumped out agad ko nang tinanong si manang

"ay nako sir, kaalis lang po ulit"

"sinong kasama" tanong ko

"siya lang po, pero nagbilin po siya na kung hindi raw po siya makakauwi sa ilocos nalang daw po siya magpapahinga" napatango naman ako before i immediately ran outside again and this time i use my motorcycle already

please babe let me explain, hayaan mo lang akong ipaliwanag ang lahat. i didn't mean this

this was not my plan, i'm waiting for a perfect timing for us babe

i don't know where you are right now mahal ko, but there was one place that can make you feel safe everytime you want to release your pain and it's your dad.

is that possible that you are their.

i wear my helmet and drove away again from ilocos batac, after a half of the hour driving i'm finally here

dumiretso ako sa museleo ni president ferdinand.

"mr. president" gulat na tumingin naman saakin ang guard, i gave him a smile

"andiyan ha si senator imee" i ask

"ah yes po president. asa loob" i nood before i walk inside

hindi pa ako tuluyang nakakapasok when i saw my love of my life crying infront of her father

i'm sorry mahal pinaiyak nanaman kita

"dad you know how much i love all of them, i gave my all for them daddy, kinalimutan ko ang sarili ko para sakanila but why they always making me feel this? why would i need to feel this way? am i not worth it daddy"  she's now sniffing

as i looking at her a thousands of sword stabbed me, my fragile yet sophisticated girl are now crying infront of her dad.

nagaalangan naman akong lumapit sakanya but i can't stand here watching her, i need to do anything

dahan dahan naman akong lumapit, but i didn't touch any party of her body instead i face her father

a preserved body in a refrigerated crypt hosted inside the late president

"can i take this honor sir to apologize to your panganay" from here i heard imee sniff behind me

"and also to apologize to her father, i'm sorry sir for not being good man for your daughter. i pitty her so much for loving me but i can't do anything to love her that much. i promise sir once this mess cleared i will assure you daughter and your granddaughter with me and by that i want you to know sir how much i love your daughter"

naramdaman ko na ang pagtulo ng luha ko, tama nga sila minsan nagiging kahinaan natin ang mahal natin sa buhay

my weakness is imee therefore she's my strength. she can make me laugh after i had a stressful meeting, she can make me feel young when she's with me. she can make me feel heaven in just one smile of her na hinding hindi kayang gawin ng iba saakin

my senator is different among of the girls that i've meet in my whole life

marahan naman akong lumingon kay imee because i heard her sob.

"i'm not yet finish babe" pagbibiro ko then i saw a smile on her face again that make me feel's calm.

she didn't say anything instead she hug me, she wipe all her tears

"babe can we talk" i said

"we are talking already" pagbibiro niya kaya bahagya naman akong napailing

"babe i'm serious" she stop then look at my eyes then we parted

"why do we need to talk. for what" she ask, i chuckle for a moment

why she acting like this? i mean she saw everything earlier she has supposed to be mad

"sa kanina, yung nakita mo uhm babe that's---" she cut me again this time she grab my hand and clasped it

"i'm hungry babe let's eat" naguguluhang tumingin naman ako sakanya, why she's declining me about it?

she supposed to be mad for what she see but why she acting like this, she's making me guilty

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Imee PoV

"but babe we need to talk-" i cut him again

"please rod nagugutom ako" i intentionally cutting his words, sinasadya kong ilayo ang lahat ng usapan about kanina

i didn't want to talk about it, gaya ng sabi ko kaya kong tiisin at pagtakpan ang lahat para lang mabuo kami

hindi ko hahayaang mawala ang lahat lahat ng ganon ganon lang, lalo pa may anak ako. may anak kami

pumunta ako dito para makapagisip isip, but i didn't know that rod came here also. is he finding me? well that's expected

hinahanap niya ako para ano? para mag sorry again. sorry sorry walang katapusang sorry. nakakarindi na

so instead of him saying sorry, manahimik nalang siya

dahil sa totoo lang rod, ayoko nang pagusapan ang lahat. gusto ko na ring kalimutan ang lahat kung saan tayo nagsimula at kung pwede lang wag tayong umabot sa patapos

because i didn't know what to do if you will choose honeylet over us, over your child in my womb.

nakakalungkot lang rod na ikaw ang unang nagsimulang magbukas ng bagong aklat sa buhay ko pero mukhang ikaw rin ang maninira nito

can you please preserve the value of my book rod kahit para sa anak nalang natin?

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