CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

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"Can I come in?" pabalik balik ang tingin nito samin ni Amirah, mas hinigpitan ko naman ang hawak sa kamay ni Amirah dahil nakatingin lang ito sa taong nasa harapan namin.

"Why are you here?" tanong ni Amirah sa kaniya.

"I just want to talk to you..." lumipat naman ang tingin nito sakin.

"...and you also." napatingin ako kay Amirah tsaka tinanguan siya.

"We'll talk on the veranda, just sit there and wait." matigas na sabi ni Amirah sa kaniya bago isarado ang pintuan.

"Amirah..." hinawakan ko ang dalawang kamay nito, mukha kasing kinakabahan ito.

"Hey it's okay, I'm here. Hindi ka niya masasaktan." agad ko siyang niyakap.

"What if he has his bodyguards with him and they will take me again a-and I will woke up in an i-island again with no one.  I'm s-scared, Tihanna." hinagod ko ang likod nito para pakalmahin siya.

"Amirah, I'm here okay? Sasamahan kita, we'll talk to him. Hindi ko bibitawan ang kamay mo okay?" bumitaw ako sa pagkakayakap sa kaniya at hinawakan ang dalawang kamay nito at hinalikan iyon.

"Hush now baby." I cupped her both cheeks and wiped her tears away. I kissed her forehead.

"We'll talk to him okay?" tumango ito sakin, I smiled at her and held her hand tight. Binuksan ko ang pintuan, bumuntong hininga namat siya ng makita ang tatay na nakaupo sa veranda.

Lumapit kami dito at umupo sa upuang nasa harapan nito. Nanatiling nasa dagat ang paningin niya at hindi tumingin samin. I saw his lips moved.

"I thought I was doing the right thing to do..." nanatili kaming tahimik ni Amirah.

"I thought seeing you with a woman will not make any good for you, but all this time I was wrong..." umayos ito ng upo at huminga ng malalim bago ipagpatuloy ang pagsasalita.

"All this time I made your life miserable and I made you unhappy by controlling your life. I also made a decision that tore my family apart, I lost my wife and my daughter at the same time." pasimple niyang pinunasan ang luhang lumabas sa mga mata nito, bigla namang humigpit ang paghawak ni Amirah sa kamay ko.

"And now I'm facing all the consequences for what I have done to my daughter, I really don't know what to do anymore." he burst out crying, tumingin ako kay Amirah and she's now crying too.

"This is the karma of everything I did, I deserved this." pinunasan nito ang luha at tumingin saamin ng nakangiti. Nakita ko sa mga mata nito ang pagsisisi. Umiwas naman ng tingin si Amirah at pinunasan din ang mga luha nito.

"Take this." parehas kaming napatingin sa kaniya ng nilapag nito center table ang isang singsing, based sa itsura non ay mukhang antique ito.

"I gave this to your mom when I proposed to her and unluckily she returned it to me." mapakla itong tumawa.

"Amirah..." he paused.

"I'm sorry for what I have done to you. I h-hope someday you'll forgive me, sweetheart." akma nitong hahawakan ang kamay ni Amirah na nakapatong sa mesa ng biglang nilayo iyon ni Amirah. I understand her, it's not easy to forgive but I'm sure na mapapatawad niya din yung daddy niya, hindi pa nga lang sa ngayon.

Nilipat ng daddy ni Amirah ang paningin nito sakin, napalunok naman ito ng tumango ito sakin at ngumiti.

"Shye, please take care of my daughter. I took care of her in a wrong way, please take care of her in the best way you can do." kahit naman ay may galit ako dito ay hindi ko pa rin pwedeng hindi respetuhin ito, she's my girlfriend's father after all.

Tumango ako bilang sagot sa kaniya, ngumiti ito sakin at iniabot ang singsing na dala nito.

"I'll leave it to you, I'm hoping for the two of you to settle and I'm hoping too that I'll be invited to your wedding." ngumiti ito sakin at tumayo, nilingon pa nito si Amirah na nakayuko at hindi na nag aksayang tingnan ang daddy nito. Ngumiti ito ng malungkot at nagsimula ng maglakad para umalis.

Agad kong niyakap si Amirah ng magsimula itong umiyak, I kissed her head to calm her.

"I don't know if I am able to forgive him." bulong niya.

"Mapapatawad mo din siya but not now. You need to heal that anger in your heart so that you can be able to forgive him. No need to rush, baby." hinawakan naman nito ang kamay ko at hinalikan. Umangat ang tingin nito sakin tsaka ako nginitian kahit namumula ang ilalim ng mata nito at ilong niya sa kakaiyak.

"I'm so lucky to have you." I smiled at her and gave her a peck on her lips.

"We're both lucky." we smiled at each other and I hugged her so tight.

"I love you." Bulong ko sa kaniya.

"I love you more." I smiled when I heard her saying those words. I closed my eyes to feel our body that so closed right now. I want this moment to last long.

After ng nangyari kanina ay naisipan naming mag ihaw sa labas, it's nearly 6PM and the sun is ready to set. Naglabas kami ng foldable chair and center table sa gilid ng bahay, nakaharap kami sa dagat na ngayon ay sobrang ganda tingnan.

"I thought I was going to hate everything about the sea but it became my to go place." nakangiting sabi nito.

"For almost two years, I've been talking to the sea. It became my best friend for almost two years." sabi niya sabay tawa. She handed me the hotdogs that she grilled.

"I saw your office and it has the view of the sea too." tumango ako sa sinabi niya.

"It has been my comfort zone, I like the sun everytime it's going to set." kinuha ko ang phone ko at pinakita sa kaniya ang wallpaper ko. The picture of her with the sunset. Namula naman ito ng makita niya.

"I took it when we were in palawan, look how beautiful you are here with the sunset." kinuha niya ang cellphone ko at tinitigan iyon.

"Take a look at this too." inabot niya sakin ang cellphone niya at ipinakita ang picture ko with the sunset too. Mukhang couple wallpaper tuloy yung picture naming dalawa. Napangiti ako.

"I took it too when we were in palawan, it looks like we have our couple wallpaper huh." inabot nito sakin ang cellphone ko at kinuha nito sakin ang cellphone niya.

"And now we need to take a picture again but this time we should be in one frame. C'mon let's take a pictire together." lumapit ito sakin, tumalikod kami sa dagat at para kitang kita ang papalubog na araw.

"say cheeseee!" sinunod ko naman ang sinabi niya tsaka clinick ang camera.

"We looked so cute, isa pa." umakbay ito sakin at hinalikan ang ulo ko, nakangiti naman ako habang nakatingin aa camera.

"Gosh this is cute, one more baby." Hindi ko mapigilang matawa sa kaniya.

"Mmmm" napatingin ako sa kaniya at nakitang ngumunguso ito.

"Hay Amirah." natatawa kong sabi, nilapit ko naman ang mukha ko sa kaniya at hinalikan ang labi nito sabay click ng camera.

"Yes, this is perfect. I'll send this to you and make it as your wallpaper too okay?" sabi niya sakin habang busy kakatingin ng pictures na tinake niya.

Nakangiti naman akong lumapit sa likod niya at niyakap siya.

"Yes ma'am." bulong ko sa kaniya, I kissed her right cheek.

"I love you, Borneo." mas hinigpitan ko ang yakap ko sa bewang niya.

"I love you more, Montello." humarap ito sakin at hinalikan ang mga labi ko. Oh I love this woman so much.

A/N: For those who's asking for an update in Adoring her, I can't make it pa po. Maybe pagkatapos ng TNE.

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