But Three is a Crowd [SOON]

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Someone called Evaander’s attention saying there was a commotion outside and he quickly turned his heels to leave and attend to them before he could see the triplets.

Napatawag ako bigla sa lahat ng mga santo sa langit at labis na nagpasalamat. I also thanked God that Kuya Naoki was able to quickly catch my kids and grabbed them back inside the room they were before they could stir rumors.

My heart pounded at their near meetup. And no matter how much I denied it, meeting him again gave me that giddy feeling in my stomach, one I hadn’t properly felt in years. Pakiramdam ko rin ay inalisan ng hininga ang aking baga.

Good God!

Now, I couldn’t not wait to leave and never return again!

Inihabilin ko ang mga bata sa mga kuya ko, and with shaky knees, I ran outside, to our backyard and sat on a hardwood sofa there to take a deep breath. Being in the same room with that man and him just few feet away from me was so suffocating.

Humawak ako sa aking dibdib at pilit na kinalma ang nakabibinging pagpintig noon.

That was so close! We really needed to leave as soon as possible! Staying and living here was never a good idea and I would not know what to do if that encounter would happen again.

Bitterness suddenly flowed in every veins in my body remembering our interaction a while ago.

Papaanong nagawa niya akong tingnan sa mga mata na parang wala lang?

Papaanong natawag niya ako sa palayaw ko na parang hindi niya ako sinaktan?

Because for me, it was so hard to call him just Evaan, so damn hard to look at him in the eyes without remembering all the things he had done.

I looked up at the night sky and released a deep breath. Gusto ko na sanang bumalik sa loob at asikasuhin ang mga nakikiramay pero natatakot ako na baka naroroon pa ang lalaking iyon. So I guess, I would have to stay here and just wait until he was gone. Siguro naman ay dumaan lang siya rito para ipakita sa mga tao na nakikiramay siya sa mga constituents niya at aalis din agad—

A heavy sounds of familiar footsteps had me flinching hard. I turned to look who it might be and I hadn’t been wrong.

Bakit ba kahit yabag lang ng mga paa ay kilala ko na agad na siya iyon?

And what was he doing here?

Bakit naririto pa siya?

What else did he want from me?

Calm down, Dessa!

But having him and the triplets just inside made my situation a million times harder for me!

Napalunok ako nang malalim nang walang paalam na umupo siya sa tabi ko. I quickly stood up to leave, dahil wala ng dahilan pa para magkaroon kaming dalawa ng interaksyon sa isa’t isa. He already cut everything in between us since that day he broke up with me.