The Ice Queen's Rebound

Chapter 53: Just The Two Of Us

Beaux

It was Christmas day, while everyone was celebrating, I was staring at the christmas tree that I had put up with her when we were together. The fairy lights that we snaked around the fake branches of the green tree were the only source of light in the cold penthouse

Humikbi ako bago ko nilagok ang natitirang alak sa aking bote. I then tossed it on the side, where a few more empty bottles were resting.

The bedroom feels sterile, and empty. She didn't even wait, she immediately hired some people to take all of her things. She didn't even have the face to pick up her personal belongings. She just couldn't wait to leave like I did not mean anything to her.

"B..."

Napatingin naman ako sa main door na ngayon ay nakaawang na. My mother walked in and I flinched when she flipped on the lights. I guess she told the front desk that her son lives here, that's the only way that she'll get access.

Knowing how insufferable she is, she must have given that frontdesk lady the worst minutes of her life, and had no choice but to surrender extra keys to my mother.

I didn't say anything to her as she was approaching me. My dear mother looked around the empty apartment. The dåmn people even took her framed educational degrees, meanwhile, I almost had a fight with them when they tried to take our pictures too. Mga walang awa.

They saw how serious I was with the pictures, so they left them with me.

And I wanted to break each single one of them, pero hindi ko magawa, kaya itinaob ko na lamang ang mga iyon para hindi ko na makita. Everytime I see her face, my already broken heart would crack again.

"She left you," My mother said as she stood a few feet away from me. The Christmas tree lights gleamed on her dress.

"Can you believe it? What you were wishing for happened. She left me....s-she's carrying another man's child." I sobbed as hot tears rolled down my cheeks, I was prepared to take responsibility for the kid. I don't care if it wasn't mine. The child has nothing to do with any of this, even if they're a product of infidelity.

I mean I didn't care, because no matter how embarrassing it is to admit or humiliating, aakuin ko 'yung bata, I will forgive her, if it means she'll stay with me.

She hit me that hard.

"Oh," was all she could say and the silence lingered between us. "I was younger than her when I had you.." She said,

Napatingin ako sa kanya.

"I don't need any of your stuff right now. You got what you wanted, I am broken, I am in pain, and since you don't like seeing any of this, or even the idea of being there for your only child, I suggest you please leave me alone." Mariin kong sabi sa kanya.

Napalunok siya bago siya napahalukipkip.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know how to deal with a child and with my own emotions." Sagot niya, the pearls on her ears shook a little when she looked away.

I scoffed in disbelief as I sat on the floor of the living room.

"And you think with years of deflecting and pretending I didn't exist, "sorry" will just fix that, hm, mother?" Galit kong tanong.

She shook her head.

"I am not gonna do that again. Let me be here for you and fix my mistakes."

I chuckled humorlessly.

"After all these years, now you're here for me. Listen to yourself. You came here insulting and tearing my happiness down, never even dropped by to see how I was doing while you were staying in the apartment, took my money, and now you're ready to fix your mistakes. Wow." Hindi ko makapaniwalang sabi.