KABANATA 15 (LAST CHAPTER)
“Mom, it's time to drink your medicine”
Lumapit ako kay mommy saka inabot sa kanya ang gamot niya. She's now coping up at unti unti nang nawawala yung paghahallucinate niya.
Talagang tinulungan ni Aera si mommy.
“You know what son, I'm so glad that i have you”
Agad kong niyakap si mommy saka kinuha sakanya ang baso. Kailangan na niyang matulog.
Inayos ko narin ang higaan niya. I let mommy sleep first bago ako lumabas ng kwarto niya.
It's been 10 years since Aera died and years since I woke up from that dream.
Marami nang nangyari simula nung nawala siya. Yung bahay namin, ilang taon naring natahimik. No more loud speaker from her room, and i never heard mommy laugh again the way she laugh tuwing kausap niya si Aera noon.
Maraming nagbago. Wala narin sina tita Ailyn kasi she decided na umuwi narin ng probinsya para makasama niya ulit si Kiko. Last thing I heard from them, luluwas si Kiko ngayong linggo dito para bisitahin si Aera.
He chased his dream. He's now an LPT. A professional license teacher. And I'm so happy for him.
Saglit kong sinilip ang kwarto ni Aera. Matagal nang bakante ang kwarto niya pero hindi ko yun pinagamit kahit sa anak ko pa. This is her room, at ayokong may ibang gumamit dito.
Pumasok na ako sa kwarto ko at naabutan ang mag ina kong naghihintay sakin.
My daughter. She looks like the little Aera…
I am married. And I have a wife and daughter.
Marami akong pinagdaanan. Simula nung nagising ako sa panaginip na yun, hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko. Nababaliw si mommy at hindi ko parin matanggap na patay na talaga ang kapatid ko.
Instead of blaming myself, I do everything to cope up with the pain.
Bumibisita kami ni mommy sa mga ampunan, and i didn't expect na dun ko nakilala yung asawa ko. She's a former orphan of that orphanage at nagkataon na nag volunteer siya dun the day we donated Aera things.
We're 5 years married now. And we have our Seren. Our daughter.
“Daddy, so what happened to Aera after the guy pushed her in the pool?”
My 4 year old daughter ask me. Kinwento ko sakanya ang mga nangyari noon, but she don't have any idea that i am the guy she's talking about.
Agad akong tumabi sakanila saka niyakap ang anak ko.
“Her first love save her”
Kiko save her that time, at wala akong nagawa nun.
“Really? Yung guy ba yung first love ni Aera?”
“Nope. It's Kiko, her best friend”
“Then what happened next? Did the guy save Aera also?”
“Nope, he did not”
“Ohhh, that guy is a heartless daddy, I hate him!”
I kissed my daughter forehead. At tinignan ang asawa ko na nakikinig lang saming dalawa.
“Yes he is, pero the guy apologize to Aera”
“Dapat lang daddy! He's bad!”
Even my daughter, hindi niya gusto ang mga ginawa ko noon. I don't deserve forgiveness but Aera always did.
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Cerita PendekShe's Aera sweet and humble. Inadopt siya mula sa ampunan nang mayamang mag-asawa. They have son, Christ, 5 year older than Aera. Ayaw niya ng kapatid at ayaw niya sa inampon ng mga magulang niya. He do all the bullies, making sure that Aera living...
