A Child's Best Interest (Completed)

27

"Nakita mo na ang ginawa mo? Kailangan na matapos ang kahibangan mo ngayon!"

Mozzy threw the pictures in the air as soon as she got hold of them. Bea looked at the picture she couldn't even recognize or remember. Lahat sila ay nagulat.

"What are these? Saan ito galing?"

"Nakita mo na? Kasama ka nya but still manage to be with Anton at the same time?" Mozzy told Thirdy.

Thirdy just looked at the pictures, not picking any of it .

Bea almost crawled going to Thirdy.

"I will explain. Hindi ito totoo, pls Thirdy you have to believe me. I swear this didn't happen."

"Kaya pala hindi ka sumasagot when I tried calling you while I was in the hospital, naalala mo? The next day ang sabi mo nasa bahay ka ni Maddie pero wala ka, katulad din ng sinabi mong wala si Zoilo but he was there. I asked you if there was anything you want to tell me pero sabi mo wala. Why do you have to lie to me?"

"Ano'ng klaseng babae yan. May kasamang ibang lalake kahit nasa ospital ka. Of course she had to lie." Mozzy said.

Nakangisi lang si Anton sa tabi nakikinig at pinapanood sila.

"Ngayon sabihin mo sa akin, asan ka nung gabi na un?" Thirdy asked Bea.

"Sa - sa k-kanila A-anton. I'm sorry, I really am, Thirds please." Bea responded, catching her breath as her tears fall one after the other.

Parang gumuho ang mundo ni Thirdy when Bea confirmed where she was.

"It's not what you think, Thirdy, please naman maniwala ka. Walang nangyari sa amin!"

"Why did you lie to my face? At itong mga litrato, ano ito? If you weren't sleeping with him, ano yang mga yan?"

"I swear, wala akong alam sa mga litrato na yan, wala akong kinalaman dyan."

"For days, I've been convincing myself to trust you, but you betrayed me."

Agad lumapit si Bea kay Anton.

"Anton, please explain mo sa kanila, tell them it's not true, tell them!"

He took one of the photos and looked at it.

"This looks real, kitang kita nga mukha natin pero invasion of privacy ito." 

"Anton! Tell them na walang nangyari sa atin! Please, sabihin mo sa kanila." She was desperate. She knows she's telling them the truth.

"Bea, why do we have to explain this to them?"

"May nangyari ba sa inyo?!" Gigil na tanong ni Thirdy sa kanila.

"These photos already have the answers." Sagot ni Anton.

Bea pushed Anton as soon as he heard him say those words.

"What are you saying? Bakit mo ginagawa ito?"

Bea ran to Thirdy.

"Please, believe me, walang nangyari sa amin kahit ano."

"Inamin na nya, hindi mo ba narinig?"

He grabbed Bea's necklace with their wedding ring and took it.

"My ring!"

"Asawa mo ako! Pinakasalan kita!" He said as he threw the necklace where the ring was on.

 Mozzy was shocked hearing them from Thirdy.

"You married her?" And passed out.

Dali dali nilang tinakbo sa hospital si Mozzy, naiwan si Anton and Bea.

Napaupo si Bea, crying her heart out. Nilapitan sya ni Anton.

"Bea-"

"Huwag mo ako hawakan!"

"Mukhang mahihirapan tayo ngayon, her condition has worsened." Ito ang sinabi ng doctor kay Thirdy about his mother's condition. "Gagawin lang namin ang makakaya namin, the rest is up to her.

He can only cry after the doctor left.

Pagdating ni Bea sa hospital, agad nyang nakita si Ivan..

"Asan si Thirdy?"

"Umalis ka na. Ayaw ka na nya makita." Ivan responded.

"Teka, kamusta si Thirdy?"

"Ano sa palagay mo? Alam mo ba, I've never seen him like this before. Umalis ka na, he doesn't want you here!"

She knows na hindi nya makakausap si Thirdy hanggang andun si Ivan. Bea tried to call him pero hindi pinansin ni Thirdy ang pag vibrate ng phone nya. Bea decided to send him a message. Binasa lang ni Thirdy and kept his phone without responding. Bea tried to call again pero hindi sinagot ni Thirdy, he eventually turned off his phone. She waited at the lobby hanggang makatulog, when she woke up, umaga na.

With nowhere to go, dumerecho sya kay Maddie and told her what happened.

"Gusto ko lang naman magkasama sama sila as brothers and family."

"How could Anton do this?" Maddie responded. "Bakit ka nya ginamit para makaganti kay Thirdy?"

"He has been using me all this time." Bea says repeatedly.

"Papa, where's Mama?" Aston asked Thirdy one day after he came home from the hospital.

"Babalik din sya dito, she's just needed elsewhere." He explained trying to fight the tears.

"That's not true po eh."

"Go and eat your food. Be a good boy, okay?"

"When did your Papa ever lie to you? Pag di ka kumain at bumalik Mama mo and see you skinny, Mama will be sad." Ivan explained to the little boy.

"Papa, babalik po ba si Mama if I eat?"

Thirdy smiled at him and nodded yes.

He took his food and sat at the dining area. Dali dali nyang inubos ang pagkain nya, hoping to be with his Mama after.

Dumerecho si Thirdy sa home office nya, sinundan lang sya ng tingin ni Ivan.

Lumayo lang si Ivan when his phone rang, it was Bea. After nila magusap, bumalik sya kay Thirdy and told him.

"Pwede ba daw makitya ni Bea si Aston."

"Yan lang?"

"I really think na payagan mo na sila magkita. Hindi na din tumigil si Aston kakahanap sa Mama nya. Baka kung ano pa mangyari kay Aston."

"Dalhin mo sya dito and let her know this is her last chance to see Aston."