"Mom."
Lumabas ang lalaki upang salubungin ang kaniyang ina sa tarangkahan. Nakasilip ako sa bintana at pinanonood sila.
"No one can deny that they're related." I smiled. "They look alike so much."
Ngayon ko lang napansin ang pagkakahawig nila dahil magkalapit ang nga mukha nila. Ngunit ang ipinagtataka ko ay kung bakit kasama ni señora Regina si abuela.
"Hunt, are you following the doctor's advice?" Sakop ng mga palad ng ina ang mga pisngi ng anak.
The man held his mother's hands. "Mom, I am doing well."
"You always say you're doing well. Then the next think I knew, you're in the hospital."
"I'm following his advice this time." He massaged his mother's hands.
Banayad sa mukha ng ina ang pag-aalala. Ang nagsisinungaling na anak naman ay magaling mangumbinsi. He's sweet to his mother. Para siyang maamong lobo tuwing ina ang kaharap.
Pagkatapos isara ni abuela ang tarangkahan ay naabutan niya ang dalawang magpalitan ng matatamis na salita.
"Kayong mag-ina talaga. Dito niyo pa naisipan maglambingan. Halina sa loob."
Natawa ang mag-ina.
Naitakip ko ang kurtina sa bintana. Magsisimula na naman ang bago kong misyon. Sandali kong inayos ang buhok at sinalat ang mukha kung may harina pa ba. Hindi man lang ako nakapagbihis ngunit; pareho lang naman kami ng señor kaya ayos lang.
"How did you end up together?" Si Hunt ang unang nakapasok. Natagpuan niya ako kaagad sa gilid at sineniyasan. Hindi ko nakuha ang nais niyang ipabatid.
"I was on my way here when I saw abuela. She can take a ride so I don't understand why she have to walk with two big bags of vegetables," ani señora.
"Tama lang sa akin ang naglalakad, Regina. Ehersisyo ko na rin 'yon."
Nasa gilid lang ako, naghihintay na mapansin ng señora. When she looked at my side, it was my cue to act.
"Mamá," nakangiti at malakas kong bati bago siya lapitan.
"Your secretary is here," aniya bago ko siya mahalikan sa pisngi.
"Mamá," ulit ko dahil tinawag niya akong secretary. I'm a girlfriend today.
"M-Mamá?" She looked at her son, clueless.
Ang nakatayong lalaki sa gilid ay hindi malaman ang sasabihin. "Ah, Mom—"
"I'm sorry for lying last time, Mamá. I didn't know what to tell you—how to tell you. Besides, I want you to know about it through the both of us." Hinila ko ang lalaki papalapit sa tabi ko.
"Know what?" Higit siyang nagulumihanan.
"That we're in a relationship, Mamá," mabilis kong sambit. "I am your son's girlfriend." I held Hunt's hand and showed it to her.
Bahagyang umawang ang labi ni señora. "H-Hunt is in a relationship?" Nilingon niya si abuela na nanonood at kanina pa nagpipigil ng ngiti.
"Ipaghahanda ko kayo ng kape." Tumakas si abuela sa tanong kaya napilitan si señora Regina na ibalik ang paningin sa amin.
"Since when?"
"It's just—"
"Just awhile, Mamá," putol ko muli sa lalaki. "We met and immediately felt connected. We knew we were each other's soulmates." I was full of enthusiasm. "We went out and dated. To be honest, when I first saw him, I knew he is the man I will marry."
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Been Hunting Home | Suarez III
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