Saved from the Dark (Galvez series #4)

Special Chapter

SPECIAL CHAPTER: Saint and his little problems

"Mga ilang araw pa, gusto ko na kayong layasan!"

I was sitting on the couch when my wife angrily shouted. I immediately stood up in a panic. My daughter, Velle, came running to me. She looked scared. Letizia is pregnant, and both Velle and I are afraid of her because she reacts differently now that she's pregnant.

My wife's scary

Yet she's the cutest. She's small but her tummy is so huge. She's carrying the twins.

She looked like a bomb that could explode in time, I was always fighting the urge to laugh every time she was angry. Namumula kasi siya. Mukha talaga siyang sasabog. But I wouldn't tell her. I was scared of her. Kaya nga isang sigaw niya lang ay tatakbo agad ako palapit sakaniya.

"What, wife?" Nag-aalala kong tanong nang mabilis akong tumakbo pataas. Lumapit ako sakaniya na nasa walk-in closet namin.

"Hindi mo kayang tupiin ang mga damit mo? Tuwing kukuha ka ng damit mo, laging magulo!" Sigaw niya pa uli at namumula ang pisngi sa inis. I was, again, fighting the urge to smile.

God, my wife is the cutest!

"Pati anak mo! Gayang-gaya mo na laging nagugulo ang mga gamit. Ano ba ang gusto mo, Trevor? Nasa lapag nalang lahat ng damit mo, ha?!" Sigaw niya uli.

Agad kong kinuha ang mga gamit ko na makalat. Nagmamadali lang naman ako kanina. It wasn't my intention. I'm very organized person but Letizia thinks otherwise, para bang noong nabuntis siya uli ay tingin niya marumi ang paligid.

"I'll let this fix, My Love. You take a rest, okay? Don't be mad—"

"Paanong hindi magagalit, ang ugali mo! Ayaw mo magbago, ha? Ayaw mo magbago?" He asked madly. Hindi ako nagsasalita at umupo nalang na parang bata sa kama habang nagsasalita siya nang paulit-ulit niyang narrative.

Mom told me that 'pinaglilihan lang ako ni Letizia. There are times na pinapa-uwi niya ako sa ibang bahay just because she doesn't want to see me. I almost cried. I begged her so many times. But after she kicked me out, she would hug me and kiss me like nothing happened.

I thought I was going crazy during her first trimester.

She told me na hindi naman daw siya nagkaganoon kay Velle noong buntis siya sa France but her now? It's worse.

"Daddy, are you okay?" Velle asked after I got out of our room.

"Do I look like I'm okay?" I sarcastically replied. My daughter just smirked.

"Deserve," She said and rolled her eyes.

"Not now, Velle. I'm not in the mood for your attitude," I said to my daughter and walked passed her.

"My attitude is your attitude, Old man. Remember, Mom always told me about how I mana your grumpiness and cold attitude? This behavior is basically yours, Dad." She said. I just ignored her.

Velle, My daughter, and I used to argue a lot. A LOT.

Kahit walang kuwentang bagay, pinapalaki niya.

"Mon amour, I miss you," Wife hugged me from the back while I was cooking Velle's baon to school. My daughter requested Aglio Olio, so before I went to work, I cooked and served the family.

"I miss you more," I faced her and kissed her forehead. "Please, wife, lessen your stress. Calm down and just relax, if you want to do something, just ask for Manang, okay?"

"How can I lessen my stress when you're my stress, Trev?" Bahagya pa siyang tumawa na para bang nakakatawa 'yon.

"I'm serious, wife."

"Seryoso rin ako, stress talaga kita," Sabi pa niya. I just rolled my eyes for a bit and continued my cooking. "Sungit mo! Bubuntis-buntisin mo ako tapos hindi mo ako kayang pagtiyagaan? Isauli mo nalang ako kay Mama—"

"I love you," I cut her off. Magda-drama na naman siya. I could never get to the point where I'd return her to her parents.

Kahit hirap na hirap na siguro ako, I could never let her go. She's mine. She's my wife.

"I love you, Lavender. You or no one," I said again which made her shut. And then after a second, she's now crying like a river.

God, I love this woman.

"I love you din, Saint. Bakit mo naman ako pinapa-iyak?" Humihikbing sabi niya. I hugged her from the back and carried her tummy. Gosh, they're so heavy. My little Saints are now big.

"I love you, Wife. I love you..." Paulit-ulit na sabi ko at hindi ako magsasawang sabihin na mahal na mahal ko siya.

She sacrificed a lot for me.

And I would marry her again and again.

***

"Saint!" My wife shouted.

I looked at my back and faced my wife pero nang matingin ako sa gilid ko ay napatingin din doon ang kambal.

Saints, really?

"Why, Mommy?" Sabay na sabi ng kambal. Saint Labyrinth that my Wife named "Uno" kasi siya raw ang unang inilabas and Saint Leander, my sleepy son.

"Tumawag si Rivo, he wants to visit," My wife said. I smirked, I saw Velle rolling her eyes.

Well, probably because I'm the best Tito! But I won't let Kuya Azrael hear that he'll probably argue that he's the best Tito which is not. But Sky likes him more than me.

"You two bond together but your conversation only lasted for 5 sentences per hour," Velle said irritatedly. "You guys are weird," She added.

"Language, I'm your father," I said as a warning.

She rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, old man."

That!

I don't know where she got that attitude, I wasn't the one who raised her.

I don't want to blame but maybe it's my wife's fault? Or Maybe Mom? Because Velle and Mom used to bond a lot.

"Velle, I am your father!" I shouted before she left.

"Really? I forgot!" Sigaw niya rin. I fought so hard to roll my eyes.

Paulit-ulit kong sinasabi sa sarili ko na anak ko iyon and she was my first daughter. Hindi lang tama ang pagpapalaki sakaniya. If maybe I was there, her attitude wouldn't be like that but don't get me wrong, I love my wife. She's the best. I appreciate all her sacrifice and effort.

"Sabi nang tigilan ang pakikipag-away sa anak, eh!" Sabi ng asawa ko at tumabi sa akin sa sofa.

"I hate to say this but she's annoying," I said. My wife's just laughed at me. I know what she's gonna say. 'Taste your own fucking medicine'  the hell! I wasn't like that!

My daughter is the best in school. She's always on top of her class. Best in everything. And I'm so proud of her. I love my daughter so much. I will give her everything. But sometimes, I just want to send her abroad to leave me and her Mom alone.

Pupunta iyan sa kuwarto, gabing-gabi. She would randomly sleep beside us—it's okay to me. She's my daughter. I love her. But not when I'm tired. Kapag pagod ako, gusto ko nasa akin lang ang attention ng asawa ko.

Late ko nang narealize na ayoko na ng maraming anak. Wala na akong nagawa, naka-apat na kami.

-end-

happy 4M, sftd! miss you, lela and sainty!

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