PILIT pumipiglas si Rocket mula sa mahigpit na pagkakahawak sa kanya ni Regan habang marahas siya nitong kinakaladkad papasok ng bahay. Matapos nilang lisanin ang ospital ay hindi na siya muling inimik ng lalaki ngunit ramdam niya ang galit sa paraan ng pagtingin sa kanya. Rocket was scared for her children's safety, that's why she's not saying anything to Regan. The twins are being held by Uriel and Evo and there's a thought running in her mind that they might hurt her kids if she fought Regan back.
Napalingon si Rocket sa mga anak niya na tahimik silang pinapanood. Ayaw niyang umiyak ang mga 'to kaya naman kahit nasasaktan siya sa hawak ni Regan ay hindi siya nagreklamo. Regan then pulled her upstairs but Uriel and Evo stayed in the living room that made her panic. She could feel her heart beating fast while she kept on glancing at her children but as soon as they reached the second floor, he pushed her inside his bedroom.
"Did you fucking know the mess that you made?" malamig na saad ni Regan na kinatingin niya dito. He was loosening the knot of his tie before he stood near her while his right hand was on his waist. There is a glum look on his face as his eyes are staring unsympathetically at her. Rocket didn't answer and in one swift move, Regan was already gripping her arm painfully. "Did you?!"
"Let me go!" she said and screamed when Regan slapped her hard. Nabuwal siya sa kanyang kinatatayuan at nahilo sa sampal na natanggap.
"I've been fucking trying to be a good person here, Rocket!" he yelled and pulled her again to stand up. "I'm trying to make myself a good father to your sons because I want to make it up to them but you're fucking pushing me to be an asshole! You're making me worse! You're making me mad! It was like asking me to just stay how I treat y'all before and then curse me to death because I am not changing! Then what the fuck do you want me to do, Rocket?! Why am I even trying to fucking protect my sons with my own goddamn life if what I'm doing wasn't even worth anything to you?!"
"You don't deserve to be my sons' father, Regan! From the very fucking start of my pregnancy, you wanted them dead! You made their lives miserable with your own hands! You can't fucking blame me if I want them to get away from you! Hindi mo alam, Regan, hindi mo alam kung gaano ako tinakot ng mga salita mo, ng mga pagbabanta mo kaya mas pinili kong ilayo sa'yo ang mga anak ko! Kahit pagbaliktarin mo pa ang mundo, kahit ibigay mo pa lahat ng kayamanan mo pati na ang buhay mo, hindi mo mababago 'yung mga kasalanang ginawa mo! You can make it up to them but you can never change the fact that you disregarded my sons like a fucking trash and I will never ever forget it for the rest of my life!"
"I know what I did and you don't have to tell these to me again and again! You're being so selfish, Rocket! How can you act blind whenever your sons are asking you for the father that you said was gone using lies?! I am here! I am fucking willing to be their father and call them my sons! I am more than prepared to fight all the enemies waiting for me just to make Rogue and Rebel safe! Can you even protect them, huh?! Can you even prevent them from dying?!"
"They're already stepping in their graveyards because of you, Regan!" malakas na sigaw ni Rocket bago humagulgol. She could feel the anger inside her chest but she couldn't deny the fact that she felt relief hearing Regan is protecting her sons. But her mind still wasn't accepting all the words he's saying to her. Hindi na siya muling maniniwala sa mga sinasabi ng lalaki dahil ayaw niyang makitang masaktan ang mga anak niya balang araw. Letting Regan into her life once is already enough and having him again for the second time would make her crumble with regrets.
Matagal na katahimikan ang namayani sa loob ng silid hanggang sa muling magsalita si Regan. "It's not worth it, isn't?" anito na hindi niya naintindihan. Rocket turned her gaze to him and there was a sad smile on his lips that she saw for the first time. "You want me to stay what I was before? Okay, I accept. But remember this Rocket, your children are still my sons, you can never hide that truth, you can never feed them with lies for the rest of their lives. They are mine and they will always be a Montenegro, put that in your goddamn mind."
