Sincerely Yours, Your Ex-Wife

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David Pierce Jameson

"I met this kid sa isa sa mga hospital natin" I told Jonathan, katabi ko ito sa sasakyan.

"Bata sir?" confused itong tumingin sa akin.

"Yes, I think he's around 6 or 7, sabi nung yaya nya he's suffering from a rare type of disease kaya nag i stem cell therapy sya" I told him, nanatiling nakatitig sa akin si Jonathan, weirded why I am telling him this. "Well, he's just too cute, too bad hindi dumating yung mom nya, nagka emergency daw, but I asked the hospital staff to get their contact number so if ever I can help them"

"You're going to help them sir kasi cute yung bata?" tanong nito sa akin.

Napahawak ako sa baba as I looked at the buildings we're passing by, pabalik na ako ng opisina. I managed to do everything my father wanted at kasalukuyan itong walang maisip na ipagawa kaya makakapasok ako sa opisina, it is past 2pm na din.

"Well, it's weird na pakiramdam ko kakilala ko sya, parang nakita ko na sya dati" sagot ko dito.

"Baka naman sir, dahil sa gusto mo ng magka anak na talaga, dati mo pa naman pangarap yun diba?"

"Maybe" I told him. I wanted to have kids when I was with Morgan, pero nung nawala ito sa akin, I realized I want to have her more than anything in this world. I pulled my phone from my pocket. "Look, tingnan mo how adorable that kid is"

I took a photo of him nung nagpaalam na akong umalis, he's still sitting in the waiting area, he looked at me as I was about to snap his stolen photo kaya naman nakatingin ito sa kuha ko.

Hinawakan ni Jonathan ang phone ko bago kumunot ang noo.

"Eh kamag anak mo ata to sir eh" sabi nito sakin kaya naman tiningnan ko sya. "Papasa pa nga itong anak mo eh, oh kuhang-kuha yung pagsalubong ng kilay mo"

Tiningnan ko naman ang picture. Does he really look like me?

"Imposible, I just randomly met him yesterday" sagot ko.

"Baka may naanakan ka sir tapos hindi nagsabi sayo" pang-aasar nito bago tumawa.

Hinatak ko ang cellphone ko dito bago binigyan ng masamang tingin.

"Wag mo kong tatanggalin sir, marami na akong nalalaman sayo, isi share ko lahat yun kay Ma'am Morgan, sige ka!" pagbabanta nito.

"Okay, I won't fire you but I can kick you out while we're still driving"

"Sir naman"

Ibinulsa ko na lang ang phone ko at ibinalik ang tingin sa labas.

Everyone greeted me as I came inside the building. Jonathan pressed the floor to my office pero nagulat ito ng pindutin ko ang 5th floor.

Nasisiraan na ata ako ng ulo pero I wanted to see her. I badly want to see her, it felt like years already. The elevator opened on her floor, sakto namang pagbukas ay nakita kong pasakay sya sa kabilang elevator, nakasunod ito kay Greg. Nakayuko si Morgan. It seems like they are talking kaya hindi nila kami napansin. Pasarado na yung elevator na sinasakyan nya ng mag angat sya ng tingin.

Her face turned pale when she saw me, agad agad itong yumuko pero nakita ko na ang mukha nya.

Morgan Grace Mendoza