TEMPTATIONS OF US

CHAPTER 67

it's already night and we both here already in our house. i look at him beside me i saw him peacefully sleeping

how can you sleep beside me rod while you betraying me? how can you smile at me while you know you have your mistress on your side.

i grab his phone, rod delete everything. those contact those email that he have. i request that earlier

buti nga yun lang ang hiniling ko sakanya dahil kung masama akong babae baka pati siya hilingin kong umalis narin sa buhay ko

pero hindi ko kaya, may anak kami. i can endure everything for my child, i would do anything.

i open rod phone at bumungad naman saakin ang mga picture namin, i panely smile before i felt that there's a tear drip down from my face.

i wipe it, how could you do this to me rod. why...

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Irene PoV

"bong i'm telling you if you would see ate earlier i make sure shame will slap you infront of her to the point that you just gonna pull her from that situation." andito ako sa bahay ni mama meldy while i was telling them how our manang saw kua rod with ms. avancena

"wala tayong magagawa irene, hindi pwedeng malaman ni manang ang lahat. remember her pregnancy is critical she can lose the baby anytime, irene listen i know she wouldn't take the truth if we tell her" bong is now scratching his hair.

"but tito mommy needs to know this right, we're so unfair to hide this from her" singit ni borgy. yeah andito rin ang tatlong anak ni manang

"just look at her situation, she wouldn't take and handle this if she will knew about everything" bong

"is that what you think to our manang kua? after she endure all the pain, after she suffer silently from everything you think she's weak for this? she been through a enough kua you heard me clear? enough!" sa totoo lang i want to tell manang everything pero ayaw nila bonget dahil baka makasama daw sa bata at kay manang

pero mukhang mas makakasama kung patuloy pa namin itatago sakanya ang lahat

"i'm gonna kill tatay digong! akala pa man titino na ang ama ko hindi pala" naiinis na sabat ni sara

yes they all here. they know everything, we all know the truth

except to our manang, and that's make me guilty.

sa araw araw naming nagkikita sa bahay niya halos hindi ko na siya matignan sa mata dahil alam kong sa araw araw na yon kasabay non ang pagtatago ko sakanya ng katotohanan

"you'll need to calm down, hindi tayo makakaisip ng solusyon kung patuloy kayong magsisigawan diyan basta for now my decision is final hindi pwedeng malaman ni imee ito"i look at mama meldy with disbelief

i know manang would be mad at mama meldy if she knew about this, of all people ang sarili niya pang nanay ang nagtatago sakanya ng katotohanan

"mama ikaw rin? oh come on! anong nangyayari sainyo? what you all mean? na kailangan itago natin to kay manang hanggat manganak siya-" napatulol naman ang sasabihin ko when we heard some stiletto clicks as arrived behind us

we'll look at behind, then we saw manang wearing a non revealing open dress chiffon showing her baby bump. i can't help but bite my lower lips

habang papalapit siya, parang pakiramdam ko papalapit din ang espadang dala ko na pwedeng tumusok sakanya

"ano yung kailangang itago?" she ask again as i cleared my throat halos
namula naman ang lahat when she finally spoke up as she staring us.

she still have smile on her face, anong ginagawa niya dito. she supposed to be resting herself as of now in her house.....why she's here

i look at them

walang gustong magsalita

"oh para kayong nakakita ng multo ha, tsaka why you all here? is there anything problem" magsigla niyang tanong as she kiss us one by one

this more make's me guilty, i can't stand with manang with full of lies in my heart. i want to tell everything to her without hurting her

but i know that's impossible to do because if there's a truth there's a pain.

if i could've have a chance to have a power to take all your pains manang i might do and i would do.... i want to take your worries away, your agony and your tears that you keep holding since the day you choose to fight for our family

pero hindi ko magawa and i'm such a waste for being one of the reason of the truth that can make you down anytime.

"oh sara you also here" she kiss sara

"tsaka borg, mat, mic your three presents here ha? samantalang sa bahay halos hindi na kayo umuuwi" the three boys awkwardly laugh infront of their mom

i know they also want to tell the truth to their mom but sorry boys we can't

is this mistake if i tell the truth? spitting the fact that can may hurt everyone?

"oh ano irene? mommy? ano yung dapat kong malaman" i can't help but there's a lonely tear came out from me

i felt greg's hand in my back, sobra akong na gu-guilty dahil antagal ko ng nagsinungaling sayo manang.

yes matagal na because i've been keeping the lies of kua rod for two months from her.

two months na before kua rod tell us the truth between him and honeylet

i remember how he kneel infront of my mom to ask forgiveness because of one mistake that he done to our manang, but forgiveness isn't that easy.

hindi mababago ng sorry ni kua rod ang pagkakamaling ginawa niya kay manang, binuntis niya si honeylet and they now both living in the same roof.

"i'm sorry mom and bonget manang need to know the truth" hindi na ako nakapag pigil so i grab ate hand and face her.

"ate i know i've become unfair to you this past few months for not telling the truth, pero this time hindi ko na kaya. i can't look at your eyes while i know there's a lies that i've been keeping for a long month and i want to take this opportunity to say i'm sorry ate for everything sorry ate because i didn't do anything but to hide the truth from you" she wipe my tears without any expression and she gave me a blank stare after that

"what lies? is that white lies" she innocently ask, while bitting her lower lips on her own joke

i look at mama meldy and bonget and also to her kids, they all crying already. they nood to give me permission na okay nang sabihin ko

pinaupo ko muna si manang bago ko sabihin.

i took my deep breath

"manang si kua nakabuntis, yung nakita mo kanina si honeylet siya ang nabuntis ni kua" i can't help but sobbing and sniffing infront of her while greg still holding my hand

"I'm sorry ate I'm sorry tinago ko sayo" halos mapaos na ako makahingi lang ng tawad sakanya

she's didn't deserve this, after a minute of being silent she finally spoke. she gave us a smile

"alam niyong lahat" tanong niya, tumingin naman sakanya ang lahat. we'll crying already

i nood "i'm sorry manang" we said to ask forgiveness

"ahhh okay anyway mommy may food ba sa kitchen nagugutom kami ni baby eh" halos hindi naman kami makapaniwala ng tumayo na siya na parang walang nangyari

"imee wala ka manlang sasabihin? hindi ka magagalit" hindi makapaniwalang tanong ni mama sakanya, she smile.

"hindi ma, ang gusto ko food hindi explanation" she laughed on her own joke as we still staring at her with disbelief

manang why are you not angry? why are you being like that?

you should be mad to us, but why.