La Douleur Exquise: Imee Marcos

Chapter 105

Imee's POV

The early morning sunshine glistened in my eyes, and ang nakakairitang hilik ng asawa ko, greeted me good morning. I woke up at 6 am, at tumungo sa kusina, made coffee, and cooked pancakes, and a few strips of bacon. Babalik na din kami ng Maynila ngayon, dahil may meeting si Rodrigo ng alas-dyis, at may meeting pa ako kasama ang mga Mayor ng Third District mamayang hapon, and ofcourse, hinihintay na rin kami ng anak namin.

I'm extremely thankful for Rodrigo for driving almost 2 hours just to bring me here, in order to give me a little break out of the ordinary, especially, after my mental breakdown last night. As much as I'd like to give back through a kiss in the lips, I can't. Kaya, I decided to give back through breakfast in bed.

It is very impressive how full the pantry here is, wala namang tumitira dito, pero it has everything I would need para mag-pista.

I knocked on the bedroom we slept in, tulog pa naman si Rod, we stayed up until almost 3 am, discussing where we could possibly bring Eloise for treatment: kaya knock out ang Lolo niyo.

"Gising oyh!" aniya ko at kinalog-kalog ko si Rodrigo.

"5 minutes.." reklamo niya at tinakpan ng kumot ang ulo niya.

"Rooood, mal-late tayo sa appointments natin!!" satsat ko naman.

"Don't care!" he mumbled. Gago to ah.

"Rodrigo.. Masamang tinatalikuran ang biyaya.." I authoritatively said.

"Di naman kita tinatalikuran ah.." he jokes.

"Inamo!" I raised my voice at hinampas siya ng unan. "Kumain..! Ka..! Na..!" aniya ko at tinutukan siya.

"Kakain na.." aniya at tumayo upang maghilamos at bumalik sa sofa na tinutulugan niya.

Oo, mag-asawa pa naman kami. Oo, ako sa kama at siya sa sofa, at oo, wag ka nang mag-tanong bakit.

"Thank you.." pasalamat niya. "You're welcome.." simple kong sagot, pinipikon ba naman ako.

Naligo lang siya, at nagbihis dahil may mga damit pala siya dito. Habang ako'y nasa damit ko pa galing kahapon, ang dumi ko na, ang unfair!

He drove me home just like before, which made me thought to myself, "Will we ever be like before again, will we once again settle our broken and timid hearts?"

"I'll just update you if may news na sa mga doctors abroad.." he said as he escorted me out of the car. Nagmamadali, ayun ang tagal kasi bumangon naabutan kami ng traffic sa Roxas Boulevard.

"Oh look who's here!" Irene's voice lingered around the house. Shet.

"Bat ka nandito?" I asked as she went out of my house.

"Wala, tinawagan lang naman kasi ako ni Eloise kanina, iniwan lang daw siya ng mommy at dad niya sa Malacañang?" she asked, while she positioned her hands on her waist.

"We went out for dinner.." sabi ko.

"Dinner? Eh anong oras na? Alas dyis? Ng umaga." she emphasized and gave me a stare.

"Anong nangyari, chikahan mo 'ko ate, bilis!" Irene excitedly uttered as she pulled me to the sofa.

"Parang teenager, get a life, Irene." I said and rolled my eyes.