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A TERRIBLE MISTAKE

CHAPTER THREE: A TERRIBLE MISTAKE

" you got me stressing, incessantly pressing the issue "
- rihanna (sos)

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT! 18+ ONLY! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

"Ang ganda niyo po!"

"Thank you, maganda ka rin!"

Niyakap ko yung babae nang mahigpit at pinasalamatan ulet siya sa pagsuporta sa'kin.

Nagtitilian siya at ang mga kasama niya, I couldn't help but smile so hard like an idiot because of them.

I'm not famous, alright.

May nakakakilala lang sa'kin, gano'n.

I don't want to be overconfident, let's just say na grateful ako sa mga nagfofollow sa'kin sa Instagram, sa Facebook, sa TikTok, I'm just grateful.

"Tsk, tsk, ganda talaga ng kapatid ko, ha?"

Nilingon ko si kuya at binilog ang mga mata ko sa kanya, natawa siya at inakbayan ako sabay bigay sa'kin ng red envelope.

"What is this?" tanong ko.

"You know what it is, Alethea." bulong niya.

We went inside one of our favorite restaurants here in the area, to be honest this is the favorite restaurant of kuya kasi ito ang naitayo nilang dalawa ni ate Aida.

It's one of their many businesses they've built together, I didn't think he'd be this motivated to build his own business with the love of his life, it felt like ginagawa niya lang yun dahil kailangan niya.

Because he wanted answers.

"So... e'to na talaga? Kasalan na?" tanong ko at ininom ang smoothie na sinerve sa'min.

Strawberry smoothie, isn't this ate Aida's favorite?

Ikaw talaga kuya.

"Yes. I can say that."

I crackled a smile.

"You didn't... force her, right?"

"No, why would I do that? I waited for years, tama lang na pakasalan niya na 'ko 'no."

Pagdating kay ate Aida walang tigil talaga siya paghihintay para lang makamit ang gusto niya, and also to make her happy.

"Saan naman ang kasal niyo? Dito lang ba?"

"I want a wedding at our old house."

Oh, okay.

"I see. You want to make it special."

The old house is very important for us, it's where we were born and had great memories with our parents... noong buhay pa sila.

Binili ni kuya yung lupa at nirenovate ang buong lugar, bumibisita naman kami minsan kapag kaarawan ni mama o papa, alam kong may plano siya sa lugar na yo'n pero 'di ko sure kung anong plano ni kuya doon.

I never got to ask him.

I do love the place too, I miss our parents and every memory spent with them, pero... to me, feeling ko nakamove on na 'ko.

I've long accepted our parents' death, justice will always prevail and it did.

"Of course. I love her. She loves me, and I'm sure our parents will love her. She also loves the place, you know that." explain niya.