Circle of Life

33.

It was a not so late afternoon, Imee together with bongbong and liza was outside tackling regarding some matters while the others were peacefully having their rest as they had been too tired of the activities they had done especially for the not so young and old adults.

Zoey on the other hand just woke up from her nap and saw her family still in their own deep sleep.

Yes all of them we're all sleeping in one bed and room alfonso and luis always do that when having naps in the afternoon and sometimes sleeping in night when they have plans in mind that creates bonding for them. She carefully removed Irene's hand that was wrapped on her afterwards. She washed her face a bit and decided to go out when she saw others, she approached them and greeted a lovely afternoon.

"Good Afternoon dear", liza and bong greeted back

"Just woke up anak?", Imee asked, as she noticed it's eyes. "Just like Irene", she thought.

"I bet I do look like no tita?", Zoey replied in a somewhat pabalang but not disrespectful way to which everyone chuckled.

"Aba! Aba! Natuto na", Saad naman ni bong na tumatawa to which Liza agreed.

"Come sit beside me", imee offered she was on the other side of the couch facing the two lovely couples.

"No one to cuddle with tita?", asar pa na tanong nito.

"Young lady who taught you that ha?", tanong ni Imee as she raised her eyebrow.

"Got it from you tita", Saad naman ni Zoey at ngumiti.

"Kung ano-ano Kase tinuturo manang Ayan bumabalik din sa'yo", Saad ni Bongbong na tawang tawa.

"Masamid ka sama", Saad ni Imee Ng painum na si Bongbong which resulted na masamid nga 'to.

"Deserve", Sabi na tuloy ni Imee at Siya na Ang humalakhak Ng todo-do

"You young lady, umupo kana dito at Tama na Ang kalokohan", Saad na dagdag ni Imee.

Zoey immediately went to Imee and comfortably hug her. Yes zoey did that, along that vacation they are having and with that span timenot less than two weeks they stayed all together she realized that she was not alone. And whether she like it or not they're her family, she saw how they loved, care and willing to sacrifice something for her.

This action shocks the three people as they look at each other, Zoey noticed it so she stated, "thank you po tita's and tito bong"

"Thank you for what?", Imee queried, still being at lost.

"Thank you po kase you were there for me since mommy and daddy passed away I didn't get the chance to thank you all for all the help and of course with these. I know naman po na you're all busy with your work but you all managed to stay here just to have a break with all the chaos going around, nadadamay narin kayo sa medias. I know that the event happened in the mall was one of the reason you decided to come all along here kahit madami kayong trabaho. You all sacrificed too much and sorry for it.", She explained as she parted her hug from imee and bowed her head.

"Hey zoe, your a family. You're our niece and they're your cousins of course we'll help you, and before we learned about your identity we had loved you and included you as part of the family already. Damay na kung damay, it's true that everything was a chaos but that wouldn't hinder us from loving you Zoe, parte ka na Ng pamilya at Buhay namin", Bong explained.

"And zoe who wouldn't love you? You're beautiful, kind and soft, lahat naman ata mapapamahal sayo agad. You're precious darling", liza added

"You don't gave to say thank you as it was our responsibility to do so, and sorry?", Imee lovely assured her.