Arapaap

30

Gazing only at the ceiling, waiting for something to miraculously happen.

"Ang bigat nang pakiramdam ko." Irene change her position again, she just can't sleep it's already deep in midnight.

She try to hug Aimee to just let herself fall asleep but she can't. "Kating kati ako na i text ka kaso ayaw ko naman masira oras mo sa pamilya mo." She whispered.

"Kinakabahan ako na ewan." This time Irene sat down, she just can't figure out what she feel.

"Baka nasobrahan sa tea." She said, and woke out to the room.

"Manang paki BP nga ako." Irene sat down at the living room, Imee is still awake.

"Ha?" She ask.

"Ang bilis ata nang pintig nang puso ko." She sat down.

"Talagang bibilis, anong oras na hindi ka pa tulog." Imee scolded.

Irene sigh.

"Ano bang iniisip mo?" Her manang ask.

"Hindi ko din alam, hindi lang talaga ako makatulog ewan." Maybe she is use by Greggy's presence every night before going to sleep.

"Mag pahinga ka na, inom ka tubig." Imee suggested, "O kaya mag pa check up ka."

"Hindi wala to, baka magkaka monthly period lang ako. Nararamdaman ko din kasing sumasakit yung dibdib ko." She answered.

Inhaling the vape outside her sister's bedroom, "Ano nang gagawin ko?"

Looking up at the dark sky, it's already an hour when the fighting between his parents finished. Luis also left them, "Siya pa talaga may ganang mag walk out."

Another reason added why he hates his father.

He pick up his phone, he saw Patricia's text that was sent earlier.

Patricia

"Have you've seen the package I sent?"

"Ano na naman kayang package to?" He asked before replying.

"Have you seen the envelope I gave to you, nung nasa airport ka?"
"Call if you have a free time, have something to tell."
"Btw, no not yet."

"Bakit ka kasi umalis alis pa, sana narinig mo din." Greggy whispered, thinking that his ate is really lucky.

He put the duvet around Elvira's body, "Awang awa ako sa'yo, pero hindi kita makukuha. Hindi kita malalayo dito."

She knows that this girl also doesn't like to be apart to her parents, or maybe she just needs a time to heal too.

"Mommy?" Greggy call out, knowing that Emma is still awake.

"Oh you are here." She smile, her eyes become puffy because of crying.

"Sinaktan ka niya?" Greggy look around, some of the decorations become powder, it was near to empty the whole room.

"Hindi."

He stand there being froze by the one word of his mother.

"Anong hindi? I heard a lot? Lahat narinig ko, lahat narinig ni Elvira."

"Okay lang ako Greggy, alam mo naman na ni minsan hindi ako napanghawakan nang daddy niyo." She still defended, she doesn't want to make Luis image bad at his children.