Loving, Caring Hearts Book II of Lying Cheating Hearts (Completed)

Chapter 23

"Mga Anak! Welcome back!" masayang bati at salubong ng mommy ni Jake sa'min pagkarating namin sa bahay nila. We're back from our very tiring but exciting Europe trip / pre-nup.

"Hi po," bati at halik ko sa mommy nya. "Kumusta po?"

"Fine, fine. How was Europe hija?" tanong nya.

"Wonderful po," ngiti ko. "It was my first time on some cities and I loved it," I gushed.

"Do we have pasalubongs?" tanong ni Ate Lily kissing us too.

"Of course, I-" simula ko na hindi pinatapos ni Jake. He grabbed me and hugged me from the back.

"Ate, mom, we're so glad to be back pero Aileen has a headache. Let us rest first, okay?" request ni Jake. "We had a long flight."

"Okay lang naman Babe," sabi ko.

"No. Let's go to our room," hinila nya ako kaya nagpaalam na lang ako ng maayos sa mommy nya at kay Ate Lily.

"Can we speak to you first Jake, for two seconds?" habol na tanong ng mommy nya.

"Okay," payag ni Jake. "Mauna ka na. Susunod ako," he told me.

"Okay," sabi ko na lang at tumungo sa kwarto. Naiwan si Jake with his mom and Ate Lily.

I called mama at papa pagdating sa kwarto. Nag-set si mama ng oras kinabukasan para magkita kami.

Bumagsak ako sa kama. Nakatulog kaagad ako.

I woke to Babe's kiss on my forehead. "Hey," I muttered.

"Hi," halik nya sa pisngi ko.

"You seem stressed," pansin ko.

Bumuntung-hininga sya.

Nag-antay ako ng sagot pero nakaramdam na ko ng kakaiba dahil hindi pa sya sumasagot sa kumento ko.

"What's wrong?" I asked, becoming fully awake.

"It's nothing," sabi nya. He sighed again.

"What?" ayos ko na ng posisyon. Umupo na 'ko sa pagkakahiga at tumingin sa kanya.

"This is nothing okay so I don't want you to freak out," simula nya. I kept quiet to hear what he has to say.

Umirap sya. He was not believing what he had to say.

"Please tell me now," nagpipigil ng inip kong sabi.

"We have a problem with the venue," he revealed.

Naningkit ang mga mata ko trying to figure it out. "Mmmn, okay... What?"

"We don't have one," sabi nya and pursed his lips. He was waiting for a reaction from me.

Kumunot ang noo ko. "What do you mean we don't have one? I paid for it already diba? And also the church," sabi ko. "Anong ibig mong sabihin?"

"You have to calm down okay?" sabi nya.

"I am calm. Tell me," sabi ko.

"Fran-"

I interrupted him. "Fran?!" Pa'no sya nasali dito?

"O wait, hear it first," sabi nya.

"Okay, go ahead," nakahalukipkip kong pagbibigay ng floor sa kanya.

"She's having her birthday there, on the same date. She was booked before us, well, allegedly. The reservation officer was looking at the July page when you booked. She thought she was looking at June," Jake explained.