Babysitting the Billionaire

Epilogue

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EPILOGUE

ROSENDA, what are you doing at this moment?

Iniisip mo ba ako kaya hindi ako makatulog? I stood up and stared at Baby Quiro's face. He fell asleep on the couch and I could hear him snoring. Lumapit ako sa kanya at hinagkan ko siya sa noo. Mas natititigan ko siya kapag ganitong natutulog na siya. Hindi ko kasi kayang makipagtitigan sa kanya o kahit tingnan man lang siya sa mga mata. Sinubukan ko pero napapaso lang talaga ako.

Ang dami kong pagkukulang sa kanya na hindi ko alam kung paano mapupunan agad-agad. Gusto kong makabawi agad pero hindi ko pa rin alam kung paano at saan magsisimula. Ibinibigay ko ang lahat sa kanya, all the material things kahit iyong hindi niya hilingin, but still matamlay pa rin siya. Though he's a healthy and a cheerful kid pero hindi maitatago ng mga ngiti niya ang lungkot. Siguro namimiss niya si Rosenda.

Sino ba ang batang hindi makakamiss sa ina nila? Oo naibibigay ko ang lahat sa kanya pero wala naman dito ang pinaka-kailangan niya.

Parang ako lang rin si Baby Quiro, hindi kompleto. Akala ko habang wala si Rosenda sa buhay ko ay makakapag-isip-isip ako. Akala ko habang wala siya ay makokompleto ko ang sarili ko nang sa gayun kapag bumalik kami ni Baby Quiro sa Cebu ay pwede na kaming magsama-sama at magsimula ng panibago. Pero habang tumatagal ay lalong nagkakaroon ng kulang sa pagkatao ko. Pati si Baby Quiro nga ay nadadamay na sa kamiserablehan ko.

I carefully lifted the child and placed him on his bed when my doorbell suddenly rang. I left Baby Quiro in the bedroom to see who had arrived. Without bothering to look through the peephole, I opened the door.

"Montenegro?" Nangunot ang noo ko. I'm not expecting to see his blue eyes in this midnight.

He stepped using his weight to get near me. Pagkatapos ay kinwelyuhan niya ako. "Douchebag."

"What?"

"I can't take anymore of this crap." His fist abruptly hit my face and I couldn't dodge it. The punch blew my mind and I found myself lying on the floor after. I was about to stand when he grasp my collar and aimed my face to slug me again. I can block it but I chose not to. Napalupagi muli ako sa sahig matapos tumama sa akin ang kanyang kamao.

"You freed me but you cannot free yourself!" Sinapak niya ako nang paulit-ulit.

I just let him do whatever he wanted. Maybe because of that, my brain will finally calm down, and I'll be able to make the right decision. He was panting when he sat beside me after he was done. He was out of breath and sweaty. When he looked at me, all I could see in his eyes was bitterness. And this was the first time I'd ever seen him like that.

I stayed lying on the floor after I wiped the cut on my lips. I shut my eyes before I took a deep breath. "How can I change everything and make it in favor of us?" I asked in a calm voice.

"You don't need to change anything." He inclined his back on the wall. "All you have to do is to choose and you have only two options. It's either you get up your ass and have a flight to Cebu or I'll strike your face again until you get up your ass and have a flight to Cebu."