Sweetheart Series 11: My Own True Love By Martha Cecilia

EPILOGUE

Six months later

ANG KASAL nina Marti at Dash ay ginanap

kasabay ng pasinaya ng bagong tayong three-­‐‑

bedroom house on the hill.

Nagawang kumuha ng emergency leave mula

sa ospital na pinagtatrabahuan si Mia upang

daluhan ang kasal ng kaibigan at gumanap bilang

maiden of honor.

It was a simple wedding though flowers were

abundant. Ang buong pamilya lamang ng

magkabilang panig ang naroroon at si Nanang

Dalen. Si Joshua ang tumayo bilang best man at si

Gertrude ang flower girl.

Ang awitan ng mga ibon, langitngit ng mga

dahon, palapa ng niyog sanhi ng mabining hangin

at ang banayad na hampas ng alon sa dagat ang

tila nagsilbing musika ng mga ikinakasal.

Magkatabing

pinanonood

nina

Donya

Gertrudes at Martin ang dalawa.

"Marti, do you take this man as your loving

husband and vow to love him for as long as you

live?"

"I do," she whispered, and then gazed at him.

"I will be your wife, Dash. Your lover, your

friend, and the mother of your children. And I

want to spend my graying days with you. ." She

smiled at him lovingly. Then she added softly.

"And if endless time is possible, I will still love

you through."

Tumikhim ang marriage celebrant and smiled

with pleasure at the unexpected vow.

"Dashiel, do you take this woman to be your

lawful and wedded wife and vow to love her for

as long as you live?"

Dash held her gaze for a long moment bago

siya sumagot. "I do. You're my own true love,

Marti. This body is an empty shell without you.

You're my world, you are my life, and my day. At

kung loloobin, mananatili kitang mamahalin

hanggang sa panahong walang takda."

"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may

kiss the bride, Dashiel."

Humarap siya sa asawa at hinawi ang veil na

nakatakip sa kalahati ng mukha nito. His hand

went up to cup her face and softly touched his lips

to hers.

"Daddy, Mommy!"

Atubiling pinakawalan ni Dash ang mga labi ni

Marti. Magkasabay na nilingon ng dalawa ang

munting tinig. Yumuko siya at kinarga ang anak.

Then his free arm went around Marti's shoulder,

holding both the two most important women in

his life.

"Tell me you love me, too, Daddy, till. . till—"

nilingon nito ang ina "—what is it suppose to be,

Mommy?"

Nagkatawanan ang dalawa.

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