Kissing the fire

Kabanata 43

Rekindle

"Mutter!" I hugged my son and furrowed my brows when I didn't see his sister tagging along.

"Wo ist deine Schwester?" I looked around and asked him where is his sister when they are usually together going home from school.

"She wants you to go fetch her at Schule right now with Vater,"

"Vater?"

"We had an Aktivität and we were instructed to draw our family. In the end, she made Wutanfälle and refused to go home without you and Vater," I sighed and kissed my son on the forehead.

"Ordnung, I'll go fetch her. Tell your Oma, I will be back later," My son nodded and proceeded on going inside. I watched him as he organized his shoes outside before opening the door. Between my twins, Rex is the quiet one and the most organized.

"Ria!" and Ria is the amusing one. She talks nonstop and likes to play all day. 

Ria and Rex are fraternal twins. People would say that Rex look a lot like me while Ria probably looks a lot like her father even though they didn't saw their real father. I would agree that Ria is indeed a lot like her father but Rex got his attitude from Zone and Ria got mine when I was younger.

"Mutter!" She gazed at my back and made a face when she saw no one is tailing behind me, "Where is Vater?"

I sat beside her in a bench.

"Rex said you made tantrums. What did I say about Wutanfälle?" She groaned.

"Good kids don't do tantrums,"

"That's right and you're 7 years old now. You're a big girl. Big girls don't do Wutanfälle,"

"Come on, let's get you home," I stood up and I was about to carry her when she leaned her back against the bench and crossed her arms.

"Ria..." I warned her. My kids are smart. Alam kong habang lumalaki sila ay hahanapin pa rin nila ang kanilang tatay. I sighed and sat again beside her, "We don't have enough money to go to the Philippines to see your Vater,"

"Nein, mutter!" She made a face again, "Vater must go here! Why must not he go here? You are here! We are here!" She stood up and walked back and forth like an adult.

They started asking about their father last year. I just told them that their father is in the Philippines and works there.

"Ordnung, we will go to the Philippines soon," her eyes lit up but then she squinted her eyes at the end.

"How soon?" I sighed and kissed her forehead.

"Maybe, next month..." I said and flashed a smile so she won't notice I have no problem going in the Philippines.

"gute Güte!" She caressed her forehead as she said goodness gracious in a german way. Oh no, I think I am really in trouble.

"Tante...what am I gonna do?" I said and bit my lips. Tante helga heaved a sigh. She looks a lot like my mother. I've only seen her in pictures and seeing my Tante Helga for the first time 7 years ago, I thought I was looking through a mirror.

"Was geht hier vor sich?" Onkel placed his mug on the table and looked at us.

"There's nothing going on here, Wagner! Except the fact that Sierra told a lie to her daughter! gute Güte!"

"Keep you voice low, tante. They might hear you,"

"What are you gonna do about it? Continue lying about their vater? Just tell them the Wahrheit, sierra,"