Pain Of Broken Promises (Typographic Editing)

special chapter

I was supposed to write about the vacations, but I realized that a lot of spoilers are their kaya ito na lang, happy reading po.

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Special Chapter: His Own Family

"Attorney Gonzales, can I talk to you for a minute?"

I was inside my office when one of my co-lawyers knocked. I let her sit in front. We just talked about a new case, and she wanted to give me her new case that she's handling. She's a pregnant woman, and the case that was given to her is really complicated.

"Why don't you give it to Attorney Lopez?" I slowly said, "I heard he's already done with his previous case, and I still have two more cases,"

I saw the hesitation in her eyes, "I'll try pero kung ayaw n'ya ibibigay ko na lang sa iba,"

I nodded in agreement, I can't blame her if she's going to give out the case. It's dangerous for her and for her child umalis naman agad s'ya matapos ng aming pag-uusap, I followed her by my gaze her until she shut the door gently My eyes went back to my desk before looking at the picture of a woman smiling, she looks carefree.

It was a stolen shot of my wife when she's still in highschool, she's wearing our senior high school uniform and our school ID, and her smiles held beauty and grace. She looks carefree as if she doesn't have any problems.

"You looked like an idiot man, smiling alone," agad nasira ang aking mukha nang marinig ko ang boses ni Joshua. "You looked so whipped, Attorney Gonzales,"

"And what the fuck are you doing here Professor Scott?" Tinaasan ko s'ya ng kilay, ano bang ginagawa ng propesor na ito dit 'o? "Don't you have any class?"

He chuckled, "My classes are done, I am free today,"

Umupo s'ya doon sa may couch, pinagmasdan ko ang kaibigan kong itaas ang sleeves ng kanyang sout, my lips rse up to see the cursive name of a woman on his wrist it's not a big tattoo but its bold and visible if ever you would looked at his wrist. Hindi na ako nagkomento pa sa aking nakikita. Nagsalita ang hindi baliw sa kanyang babae. Pareho lang naman kaming magkakaibigan na mga baliw.

"Sa wakas umuwi na sila Lucius akala ko wala ng planong umuwi ang gago eh," My eyes averted from my laptop to him, umayos sya ng pwesto upang mahiga, "Nag enjoy ang gago sa Spain ayaw ng bumalik,"

Natawa ako at napailing sa naisip, months ago umalis sila Lucius ang sabi magbabakasyon lang sa Spain, mag u-unwind lang pero halos kalahating taon namalagi sa Spain ang gago. Akala ko hindi nauuwi ipapa-block ko talaga sya sa Philippine embassy, hindi na sya welcome sa Pilipinas. Tapos pag uwi celebrate agad, ano yun homecoming.

Hindi naman nagtagal ay tumahimik ang loob ng opisina ko dahil nakatulog na ang lalaki, nagpatuloy naman ako sa trabaho ko. I am handling to more cases kaya medyo busy ako ngayon but I will always make time for my family kahit gaano pa ka daming tambak na gawain sa opisina ko.

My top priorities are my family.

Nauna ng umuwi si Joshua matapos ng ilang oras nyang pamamalagi sa loob ng opisina ko, may susunduin pa raw sya kaya mauuna at kailangan nyang maging maaga, ayaw nyang pag hintayin ang kanyang susunduin, umikot ang mata ko sa kanyang magandang rason. ayaw lang talaga nyang mapagalitan.

I am tired already, dinala ko na lang sa bahay ang iba kong gagawin para doon nalang tapusin, I blow a loud and deep breath after I arrived home gusto ko ng humiga sa kama at magpahinga butI can't kasi pupuntahan ko pa ang gagong Lucius sa bahay nila akala nya makaaktakas sya sa akin.

Gugulpihin ko pa ang lalaki.

"Daddy!"

I smiled when I heard my daughter's voice after a long day of work. She run towards me along with our dog that we bought for her Mom. Agad ko syang kinarga at hinalikan sa pisngi. Nawala lahat ng pagod ko sa buong araw kong pagtatrabaho nang makita ko sya at maisip na nandito sila sa bahay naghihintay sa akin.