Gia's point of view
I woke up from the rays of sunlight that's hitting my face, I was still wearing the outfit from last night.
I got up and went downstairs without even taking a shower or brushing my teeth.
"Ate" tawag ko kay ate Jenny na nag pupunas ng mga figurins sa sala.
"Yes ma'am?" Tanong nito.
"Ang mga tita?" Tanong ko.
"Ay ma'am hindi pa po bumababa" sabi ni ate Jenny.
I nodded and went upstairs just see kuya Alfy sitting in the stairs while wearing a long sleeve white polo looking so problemado.
"You ok? And what are you even doing here" I asked.
"Alam mo ba kung nasaan si mommy? May kasalanan ata ako kagabi eh" sabi ni kuya Alfy.
"Talagang may kasalanan ka" sabi ni tita na nakapamewang sa likod namin ni kuya Alfy.
"Do you know na nagsuka ka pa? You kept screaming that I have a new apo, sabihin mo Alfonso Fernando Luis Marcos Araneta sino nanamang babae ang nadisgrasya mo?" Tanong ni tita.
"Wala ma! I was drunk! I didn't know what I was saying so forget about it" sabi ni kuya Alfy sabay kamot sa ulo nya.
"Siguraduhin mo lang talaga Alfonso kung hindi.." pagbabanta ni tita Irene.
"Kung hindi ano ma?" Tanong ni kuya.
"Basta! You two freshen up mukhang sabog na sabog pa kayo sa kanya kanya nyong delubyo kagabi, we're going to Grace" sabi ni tita Irene na nagpa kunot sa kilay ko.
"Sino po? Relative nyo?" Tanong ko.
"No dear, bunso kong anak who died" sabi ni tita that made me shock.
"M-may anak kang babae tita?" I asked and she nodded.
"Is it ok if you come with us?" Tanong nya.
"Of course tita, I'll just get ready" sabi ko at bumalik sa kwarto ko.
Fast forward
"Tita you ok? I asked.
"Yeah" she shortly replied as she lit up the candles and placed the flowers in the tomb.
Forever be our always
"Celestiana Grace Marcos Araneta"
Born: June 17, 1992
Died: June 17,1992
"Tita you never mentioned her to me" banggit ko kay tita.
"That's because im too scared love, so so scared" she said and placed her arms in my shoulders.
"You shouldn't be, she's still my half sister after all"
Sabi ko at nginitian sya.
"Everything about 1992 for me is a trauma, my husband getting another woman pregnant, having so many fights, crying in my sleep because of how miserable I felt, loosing my daughter, I thought I'll never recover, I thought hindi ko na mapapatawad ang asawa ko, but indeed time heals, pero hindi ko padin masabi na im healed from the loss of my daughter, hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi mag sink in sakin yung nangyari, na nawalan ako ng anak." Sabi ni tita.
"Hindi naman po kasi talaga nawawala yun agad agad, I don't know the feeling of loosing a child pero I do know the feeling of loosing someone that you love dearly, since I was a baby si mommy lang ang family ko, she's my everything. And even nung tumanda na ako she still is, kaya ganun nalang yung sakit nung nawala sya, feeling ko mag isa ako, kasi yun naman talaga yun, mag isa naman talaga ako. All I had was her, until I had nothing because she left, siguro kung di ako kinupkop ni daddy miserable na yung buhay ko, sobra. That first three weeks was so painful na feeling ko all of me died with her, it's so easy for me to say all of these kasi I never saw her suffer, gusto ko syang maalagaan pero ayaw nya kasi ayaw nya daw na nakikita ko syang nag hihirap. And sana hindi ko sya pinakinggan, I'll admit na takot din akong makita sya na nagkaka ganun, mahina ako eh, im not as strong as her" sabi ko nang di ko na namalayan na tears are falling from my eyes.
She wiped my tears and gave me her handkerchief
"Moment mo po dapat to' with Grace eh, tapos ang drama ako" sabi ko at tiningnan ang gravestone.
"Ta? Same kami ng birthday ni Grace, so when mommy is in labor, nag l-labor kadin po?" I asked.
"Yes, although you mom didn't know that I was pregnant, the Elizalde's didn't know" tita Irene told.
"Oh, nga po pala bakit di sumama si daddy?" Tanong ko.
"He had an emergency dear kaya di na muna sumama, but he said he'll visit Grace tommorow before he goes to work" sabi ni tita.
"Ma, Gigi, let's have lunch sa labas?" Aya ni kuya Alfy.
"Sure" sabi ni tita.
"Hoy kanino mo nalaman yang Gigi na yan?" I asked since it's a nickname that only my mom knows.
"Of course from Mavs" sabi ni kuya Alfy.
"Of course" I said and gave him a sarcastic smile.
"Shall we?" He asked.
"Yes we shall" tita Irene said and stood up from the grass and got rid of the dirt from her pants.
I stood up aswell and did the same, I looked at kuya Alfy who's looking at the tombstone, but then looked away when I looked. He then placed his arm in my shoulder and led me to the car as tita Irene follows.
Fast forward
We're here sa wildflour sa bgc, we're eating peacefully when I saw a familiar guy walking his way to our table.
"Good afternoon mrs. Araneta" bati ni atty. David kay mommy.
"Oh, David you're here! Good afternoon din" bati ni tita.
"Good afternoon ms. Araneta" bati nito sakin.
"Good afternoon din" bati ko at tinuloy ang pagkain.
I looked at kuya Alfy who's looking at us weirdl while chewing his stake.
"Good afternoon sir" bati ni David kay kuya Alfy.
And kuya just nodded.
"Is it ok? For me to have a word with you? Ms. Araneta?" He asked.
I stood up and held his arm and led him near the comfort rooms, I crossed my arms in my chest.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Diba last time, I got in trouble with you nung nag bar kayo nila Mina?" He asked.
"And?" I asked.
"Everythings fine, you don't need to worry about it I already sued those guys" sabi nito.
"O-" he didn't even let me finish from what I'll say.
"It's fine, no need to say thankyou, but" he said.
"Ano?" I asked as my patience gets shorter and shorter.
"I have a favor, be mine for a night" sabi ni atty. David as he sorrounded me with his arm.
That's all he said for me to slap him right in the face.
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Amando Familia
Fanfiction"She loves you so much that she's willing to accept me, your biggest mistake. Just to make you happy" It's a story about Gianna Louise Araneta, daughter of Nadia Elizalde from the famous clan of Elizalde's in the Philippines. In 1991, Nadia had a o...
