Chapter 10: Tahanan At Mundo

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'Ma! Ma! Can you stop breaking random things!-----'

Ah!

The glass hit my arm.

'..Ma! Stop!' she kept sweeping and breaking all of the glass and items we had.

I tried to stop her by coming near her. 'Ma! That's our family picture----'

'Lumayo ka sakin Allistair!' she burst into tears while I see her arms were full of bruises and sugat.

Our family picture.

'Mom! What's happening to you!? What's the problem!?'

'Well! Your Dad has another child other than Paulo! And I know na alam mo! You even tried to hide it from me!? Ha!'

How did she found out!?

MOM!

I saw her pointing the glass shard on her neck.

'Ma! Let's stop this. We can talk about this!'

'No!'

'I've done a mistake na tinago ko siya sa'yo---- But it was for you naman Ma!!!'

'Pagod na pagod na ako Allistair! Lagi ka nalang busy!
Gusto ko lang naman na may magtanong sakin kung kaya ko pa ba, kung okay lang ako, kung kamusta ako? Ba't kahit 'yon hindi niyo magawa gawa!?'

'Ma---'

'Alam mo!? Nung namatay talaga yung Kuya mo nagwatak watak na lahat! Dapat ikaw nalang yung namatay! You should have died Allistair! Pabigat ka lang sa household na 'to!'

...

I tried to control my emotions.

But somehow, I can't be angry at mom. She's right. Everything broke down when Kuya Pau died. And I know may pinagdadaanan si Mom.

'Ma! We can still solve this Ma okay?' she finally allowed me to get near her.
'Let's.... just put that glass down.' she dropped the glass.

'Anak..... I'm s-sorry....' she cried.

'Marami lang pinagdadaanan Mama mo ha? S-sorry Alli.... ' she hugged me tight.

'It's okay Mom.. let's just talk about this.'

'Bakit may sugat sa braso mo..? My baby Alli!' she cried again as if i'll die. 'Mommy will cure your sugat ha? Mommy is sorry.....'


'M-Ma, it's fine..'

Talking to my mom was a struggle for me. She ranted to me about how her life was so hard without Kuya Pau and Dad. And I couldn't even do anything about it. Was I such a useless son?

I went to my bedroom and closed the door behind me.

I went to my bedroom and closed the door behind me

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